Another extension - The Brazilian state of Para’s environmental asset company CAAPP has extended, once again, the evaluation period for PMI No. 03/2025, which seeks to select a specialised technical partner to help raise resources and support the company’s institutional structuring and market intelligence development with regards to intermediating and commercialising jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) certificates. Citing the technical complexity of the proposals and the need for a thorough review by its executive board, CAAPP has prolonged the analysis phase from Nov. 10, 2025 to Feb. 23, 2026. The expression of interest was first launched in October, then extended in late November. The selected partner(s) must also structure strategies to sell future jurisdictional credits once they are independently verified, certified, issued, and after FPIC processes are concluded. CAAPP recently published a term of reference document formalising its decision to seek high-level external strategic advice before determining the final structuring model for the commercialisation of Para’s credits under PMI 03/2025. The ERPA that Para signed with Emergent/LEAF must be strictly observed, including the $15/tonne reference price and priority delivery of 12 Mt. Para accounts for roughly 40% of recent Brazilian Amazon deforestation and is seeking to scale its J-REDD efforts as part of a wider climate policy framework push.

Offset drought - Acadian Timber Corp.’s 2025 results were materially affected by the absence of carbon offset sales, which had been a significant earnings driver in 2024. According to full-year results published this week, in 2024 the company sold 752,100 voluntary carbon credits from its Anew – Katahdin Forestry Project in Maine, generating C$24.6 mln in revenue and C$19.8 mln in adjusted EBITDA. No carbon credits were sold in 2025, leading to a sharp year-on-year decline in adjusted EBITDA, which fell from C$38.9 mln to C$15.8 mln, with C$19.8 mln of that decrease attributable to the prior-year carbon credit contribution. The project is registered with ACR under an Improved Forest Management methodology and is currently being transitioned to Version 2.1 of the protocol, which introduces dynamic baselines. This transition has delayed registration of the next tranche of credits and may result in slightly fewer credits being issued than originally expected, though all are anticipated to qualify as carbon removal credits rather than conservation credits. Acadian said it expects additional credit registration in the near term and states that demand and pricing for voluntary carbon credits are expected to remain stable, while it also evaluates potential future projects under either Canadian compliance or voluntary standards.

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) announced $5.2 million in Clean Air Program grant awards this week to support the deployment of emissions reduction technologies at industrial facilities across the state.

Public awareness of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is climbing sharply, but a knowledge gap is creating conditions for misinformation to spread and harden opposition before the industry can shape its own narrative, according to new research.

Carbon removal (CDR) buyers in 2025 sought hands-on portfolio support, delivery guarantees, high-quality durable credits, and flexible contract terms, a carbon removal solutions provider said in its annual market review.

Consulting - India’s largest power producer NTPC Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with its wholly-owned trading arm NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) to collaborate on carbon management and capacity building, local media reported. Under the agreement, NVVN will provide consultancy and advisory services to identify, register, and validate carbon value across NTPC’s projects and support the monetisation of carbon credits.

Australian voluntary cancellations of Kyoto-era carbon credits fell 76% year-on-year in January, according to figures released by the Clean Energy Regulator, as the government continues to mull changes to its Climate Active scheme.

Formal signing - ASX-listed Foresta Group Holdings said it has formally secured a 30-year lease, with a 20-year extension option, for 9.6 ha of industrial land in Kawerau, New Zealand, to build a NZ $300 mln ($180 mln) biomass plant, the company announced. The signing took place at a ceremony hosted at Parliament. The facility will produce 60,000 tonnes of torrefied “black” wood pellets and 20,000 tonnes of pine-based chemicals annually in its first stage, using a patented solvent extraction process and pyrolysis technology. The lease, signed with the Putauaki Trust and including expansion rights over a further 40 ha, underpins plans to scale output to displace domestic coal demand, though the company has not disclosed a start date for production.