Spanish Amazon entry - Spanish business group Grupo Alvariño has entered the voluntary carbon market through an agreement with Peruvian firm Amazon Carbon to commercialise credits from Amazon rainforest conservation projects, Expansion reported. Dosfer, Grupo Alvariño's energy consulting subsidiary, will market credits from Amazon Carbon's projects across thousands of hectares in Peru's Loreto, Ucayali, and San Martin departments. The projects are certified by AENOR under the BioCarbon Standard, with Spanish banking group BBVA having already purchased credits. Dosfer founding partner Sergio Fernandez said the credits meet the highest global standards and emphasised Amazon Carbon's social development component for local communities.

Paraguay's carbon credit projects could generate annual revenues exceeding $100 million as it advances its domestic carbon market framework, according to media.

A Japanese trading house has launched a project to reduce methane emissions in Bangladesh, with the aim of generating credits under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), it said on Monday.

Rising temperatures are increasing soil carbon storage in boreal sphagnum peatlands, according to a synthesis of field experiments.

Global carbon markets contracted in 2025, with their total value falling to €791 billion, the lowest since 2021, analysts' calculations have found, with 2026 now seen as a pivotal year for setting the long-term direction of the sector.

Several Latin American governments are aiming to bring new CORSIA supply online via jurisdictional carbon programmes, while Kenya’s decision to deny cookstoves developer Koko Networks a Letter of Authorisation (LoA) continues to shock the market.

Nigeria has refined its forest-related emissions benchmark, adding in degradation data for the first time and making moves towards Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) payments.

A France-based carbon standard has released a new jurisdictional risk map for REDD+ projects in Colombia, it announced Monday.

Spot prices for Phase 1 CORSIA carbon credits tumbled last week amid a lacklustre voluntary market, where the recent collapse of the Koko Networks cookstove and clean fuel provider continues to stir debate.

Rebuilding a third of Brazil’s depleted soil carbon stocks could cut emissions by 1.5-1.7 billion tonnes of CO2, matching the level required to meet the country’s Paris Agreement goal of a 59-67% reduction by 2035, according to a recent report.

A climate research group is seeking hosts for one or two pilot enhanced rock weathering (ERW) field trials launching in 2026, supported by five years of philanthropic funding, it announced last week.

Carbon removal registry Isometric has released a new crediting method, setting out standards for measuring and certifying carbon removal through agroforestry systems.

Biochar deal - Direct air capture developer Climeworks has agreed to purchase 90,000 tonnes of CDR credits from Ghana-based biochar firm Truecoco through 2032. The biochar is converted from agricultural biomass residues - specifically coconut husk waste - using pyrolysis, and the credits are certified by Puro.earth. Truecoco sources coconut husk waste from more than 180 smallholders and 12 coconut cooperatives, with the biochar returned to local farmers as a soil amendment, improving fertility and sequestering carbon. The deal follows an initial phase where Truecoco delivered over 3,000 tonnes of CDR to Climeworks. By 2030, Truecoco aims to remove more than 250,000 tonnes of CO2. (Biochar Today)

The Philippines has decided to implement a five-year strategy to ensure a robust and credible voluntary forest carbon market, local media reported.