Investment in durable carbon removal companies fell by a third (36%) last year, the second year on the run that levels have slumped, according to data from an analytics firm.

An Israel-based agricultural technology firm appointed its first carbon removal (CDR) chief.

Start the year right - Nauru’s newly updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2025-35 targets 50% renewable electricity generation by 2030 and 75% by 2035, alongside energy efficiency improvements, electric mobility planning, and methane reductions from improved waste management. Adaptation is also among the key focal points in the plan, which does not set quantitative emission reduction targets and does not explicitly propose participation in carbon markets or cooperative approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Instead, most mitigation and adaptation measures are conditional on international finance, technology transfer, and capacity building. Nauru also explicitly addresses loss and damage and articulates an aspirational goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, emphasising equity and the special circumstances of SIDS.

Greater fuel efficiency, rather than sustainable fuels, can help airlines cut emissions by over 10%, with changes including less premium class seating, a shift to newer aircraft, and more passengers, according to new research.

The average price of carbon credits fell in 2025 but the value of the market as a whole remained steady at $1.4 billion, according to an analytics firm.

Small-scale clearing of humid forests was responsible for the majority of aboveground carbon losses across the tropics over the past 30 years, according to a paper published this week.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced the first successful delivery of CORSIA Eligible Emission Units (EEUs) under its ICE CP1 Dec. 2025 futures contract.

Forest-based carbon credits in India may find firmer footing in domestic compliance markets and national climate targets rather than the voluntary market as prices remain too low, an academic paper argued.

We make it easier - Tokyo Gas has launched a service for corporate solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) to convert the environmental value of electricity consumed by buildings into domestically issued J-Credits. The gas supplier said the new service helps reduce the administrative burden for its customers to create offsets from solar power generation. Profits generated from carbon credit issuance will be returned to customers through discounts on PPA fees.  

A carbon market insurer has launched a new insurance policy designed to protect lenders and encourage more institutional finance for carbon and nature projects, it announced on Thursday. 

South Korea aims to mobilise KRW 100 billion ($69 million) in international green infrastructure projects this year, as the government seeks to support domestic companies' entry into the global green market.

A subsidiary of energy giant Shell has teamed up with a Tokyo-headquartered project developer for an emissions reduction project under the bilateral Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), according to a company statement released Thursday.

The extraction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by US military forces this week has opened new fissures in a fracturing geopolitical order that could see the global carbon market divide along similar lines.

Rising financing costs and weakness in the power sector risk slowing down India’s renewable energy deployment as the country looks to install 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by the end of this decade, according to a new academic review.

More clarity, please - South Korea's trade ministry on Thursday held a meeting with representatives from the steel industry to discuss measures in response to the EU CBAM, which enters into effect this year. Steelmakers have urged the government to help ease policy uncertainties through consultations, as details of some policies, such as those regarding carbon prices paid in third countries, remain unclear. The ministry will communicate directly with EU authorities regarding any ambiguities in the actual implementation of the system, it said.

The volume of applications to submit land into New Zealand’s ETS continued to fall in December, according to government data.