Voluntary carbon market protocols for agricultural soil carbon can generate vastly different numbers of credits for the same underlying farming practices, raising fresh questions about whether such credits are truly equivalent, according to a new study.

A UN body launched a call for companies in the private sector to identify possible suppliers of high-integrity Article 6.2 Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) to Switzerland, it announced this week.

Brazil has overcome a political and technical impasse with the agribusiness sector by redrawing the way carbon emissions are allocated between agricultural production and land-use change under its national climate plan.

Signal saturation - Researchers have produced the first annual maps of canopy height and aboveground biomass across Africa’s dense tropical forests for 2019–22, addressing long-standing data gaps caused by satellite signal saturation in high-biomass regions. Using a deep learning model trained on GEDI LiDAR data and Sentinel imagery, the study maps canopy height at 10 m resolution and estimates biomass using field inventories and wood density data. Researchers said the results outperform recent biomass datasets, capture large-scale spatial gradients of aboveground biomass across African dense forests, and provide an open, scalable tool for monitoring forest disturbance and interannual biomass dynamics.

J-REDD+ safeguards – In Para, Brazil, the State Secretariat for the Environment, Climate and Sustainability (Semas) presented this week at a local forum the REDD+ Safeguards Information System (SISREDD+) initiative for its jurisdictional programme, which is under development. SISREDD+ is an instrument designed to monitor socio-environmental safeguards, seeking to consolidate a robust safeguards monitoring model by integrating data, strengthening social oversight, and supporting public climate policies, Semas said.

Indigenous REDD+ – Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment (MMA) joined a meeting this week on a carbon project in Rondonia led by the Indigenous Paiter Surui people. The REDD+ Paiter Surui Project, launched in 2009, was suspended in 2018 and resumed in 2024, with greater community engagement, new partnerships, and accumulated experience. The group carried out free, prior, and informed consultations (FPIC) in 37 of the 38 Indigenous villages in the territory, and invited different actors for an exchange of experiences, to present achievements and prepare next steps. MMA participated through the Executive Secretariat of the National Commission for REDD+ (CONAREDD+).

Amazonian J-REDD+ – Representatives from ten Brazilian states met this week in Sao Luiz, Maranhao, to discuss joint efforts to address socio-environmental challenges in the Legal Amazon, strengthening interstate cooperation and coordinated action on priority environmental issues. The workshop provided an important forum to share experiences and advance discussions on jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programmes and access to climate finance, the government of Acre said.

Portugal's government has launched a two-year programme aimed at advancing the restoration of seagrass meadows, eyeing the development of carbon credit methodologies tailored to these ecosystems.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Mongolia launched a pilot project on Friday, aiming to restore areas of the country’s grassland, boost carbon sequestration, and inform an upcoming credit issuance regulation.

Large agrifood companies operating in the EU fail to adequately disclose their most significant negative environmental impacts beyond climate, including those associated with biodiversity, a study has said.

An agricultural machinery maker has signed an agreement with a local developer for the sale and purchase of Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) credits generated in the Philippines, in a step towards using agricultural decarbonisation to offset corporate emissions, the company announced this week.

More than 30 years after being mandated by the Constitution, Colombia’s president on Wednesday signed the decrees recognising the country’s first eight Indigenous Territorial Entities (ETIs), marking the beginning of a process to establish governance systems and financing mechanisms in new jurisdictions covering millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest.