Sweet deal – CDR platform CnerG has teamed up with Bangkok-based developer Happy Ground and the Kaset Thai International Sugar Corporation on a biochar project, it announced on LinkedIn. The project entails the use of sugarcane byproducts to produce biochar which is then used on farmland to enhance soil sequestration. Following its start earlier this year, the next phase of the project will see the partners progress through soil analysis, application cycles, additional research, and data collection to demonstrate CO2 capture and generate CDR credits, CnerG said in a press release.

Brazilian prosecutors have called for the suspension of an improved forest management (IFM) project in the state of Amazonas, alleging it overlaps with traditional territories but failed to follow proper free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) standards.

2025 came to a close with a series of political and policy decisions across Latin America that are likely to shape the trajectory of the region’s carbon markets well into the coming year.

Donate to forests - The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) has launched its Rainforest Accelerator Challenge, aiming to raise $1.5 mln by Dec. 31 to go towards supporting ten forest countries next year unlock the finance they need to protect their rainforests and meet their NDCs. CfRN experts have worked closely with countries like Suriname and Honduras in recent years to strengthen conservation data, but needs continued private finance to reverse deforestation by 2030, the organisation stated on LinkedIn. Donations can be made here.    

Voluntary carbon credit retirements picked up las week, but December still looks set to record a low monthly figure compared to previous years.

A portfolio manager’s latest procurement round delivered more than $18 million in durable carbon removal (CDR) contracts across eight technology pathways, it announced Monday.

Australia on Monday released consultation documents for its long-awaited integrated farm land management (IFLM) carbon credit method in a proposal that would allow farmers to combine multiple activities under a single project.

Singapore has released a “pre-approved” list of carbon crediting methodologies that will be eligible under its bilateral Article 6 implementation agreement with Vietnam.

Gold Standard has opened public consultations on updates to several of its methodologies that credit clean cooking activities as it pushes its framework to align with the Paris Agreement, while also publishing new eligibility and certification requirements for agricultural projects.

Niger has formally outlined how it intends to participate in the new international carbon market established under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, positioning UN carbon crediting as a key tool to finance its sustainable development.

A Paris-based digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) provider has teamed up with a local rice exporter to develop Cambodia’s first rice methane reduction project, the two announced last week.

Germany’s research ministry has committed €1.4 million over three years to a project examining the long-term carbon removal potential of enhanced rock weathering (ERW), the Potsdam-based geoscience institute behind the initiative announced last week.

Uganda's first large-scale industrial biochar carbon removal project is on the horizon, according to its developers who have agreed to partner on the $12 million project to remove about 1 mln tonnes of CO2e.

Local credits – Japan’s ByWill has facilitated the creation and use of forest-based J-Credits in Gifu prefecture, with Material Tokai and Maruei agreeing to purchase these credits. Under the agreement, ByWill will provide end-to-end support from credit creation to sales, and circulation, enabling locally generated environmental assets to be converted into economic value within the region. Separately, Tamura city in Fukushima prefecture, Toho Bank, and ByWill have signed an agreement to jointly create and distribute J-Credits as part of efforts to advance decarbonisation and revitalise the local economy. Under the deal, the parties will collaborate on providing technical know-how and services related to environmental value, developing new business models that utilise J-Credits and other initiatives aligned with regional carbon-neutral goals.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced a $100 million loan to a major financial institution in Vietnam to support sustainable agriculture in the country, as part of a wider $250 mln finance package involving other partners.

MRV platform - Indonesia-based environmental services firm Dassa last week launched Sakala, an integrated MRV platform, according to a post on the company’s Linkedin. The platform aims to streamline field data collection, analysis, and reporting into a single workflow. At the launch event in Jakarta, President Sylviana Andhella, who is also the director at Rimba Raya, said the platform is a culmination of decades of field experience of the company’s employees.

Funding shortfalls are limiting the scale and financial viability of nature-based projects in China, with many initiatives struggling to attract private capital despite strong policy support and growing demand for ecosystem services, according to a report published this week.