A California state senator who has led recent efforts to legislate on carbon removals (CDR) will not introduce a new bill this year, instead calling to prioritise regulatory implementation and directing existing climate funds toward the sector, he said on Monday.

A blockchain-based carbon registry could strengthen the credibility of transport sector emissions targets and carbon credit projects, a new study said.

Zambia Article 6 applications open – Zambia has opened applications for a National Carbon Markets (Article 6) Capacity Building Programme, aimed at strengthening local expertise in carbon finance and project development. The programme is being launched by CarbonSphere Climate Advisory, in partnership with BCM Advisory Consult, and will focus on carbon market development, project preparation and verification under Zambia’s Green Economy and Climate Change Act, 2024. Open to youth, professionals, government officials, community leaders, and private sector participants, the initiative will offer training in Lusaka in April and will cover Article 6 mechanisms, ITMOs, MRV systems and international standards.

Over 2.1 million Core Carbon Principles (CCP)-labelled credits were issued last week – bringing overall tagged issuance close to 90 mln – but CORSIA credits came under pressure, fuelling concern in the airline industry expressing that operators may have to declare a force majeure if available credits under the UN's aviation offsetting scheme don't increase soon.

A Texas-based carbon registry is migrating more than 2 million issued credits from one blockchain network to another to improve auditability and traceability, it announced.

Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) could remove between 350-760 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2050, depending on the level of ambition in national policies, according to a new scientific paper published on Monday.

TotalEnergies spent a record $73 million on carbon credits in 2025, up 49% from the previous year, according to financial results published last week.

Carbon credits remain the best mechanism to finance and deliver clean-cooking appliances to households across Sub-Saharan Africa, argues Peter Scott, CEO and Founder of cookstove developer Burn.

REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon have recorded lower cumulative deforestation over the past 15 years, but rates have risen again in recent years, a study has found.

Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued a decision requiring non-banking financial institutions to purchase carbon credits from the national database to partially offset company emissions, anticipating a “strong boost” to Egypt’s regulated voluntary carbon market system.

A Berlin-based non-profit has won a court battle against a German newspaper over allegations that cookstoves funded by the city of Hamburg in Nigeria "didn't exist", securing a court-ordered retraction and correction.

Kenya is set to launch its national carbon registry this week, providing a digital platform designed to centralise tracking, verification, and management of carbon credits and emissions mitigation outcomes.

Rural restoration in Brazil - Brazil's Mato Grosso state will provide free environmental compliance support to over 1,500 small landholders through a new rural regularisation programme, it announced at the end of January. The Tangara Rural Regularization Program will help producers complete Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) filings and develop restoration plans for degraded areas, targeting properties up to four fiscal modules in size. The initiative is funded through a partnership between Mato Grosso's government, Brazil's Forest Service, and Germany's KfW Bank, with technical execution by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. Participating farmers can access assistance via WhatsApp with required documentation including property titles or possession declarations and personal identification.

OAE boost - The Carbon to Sea Initiative (C2S) is seeking proposals to assess integrating ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) with municipal wastewater treatment, the non-profit ocean science programme announced last week. The request for proposals aims to produce a technical report evaluating climate, human health, and environmental benefits of combining OAE technologies with wastewater systems, which currently account for an estimated 3-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. C2S will fund one four-month award of up to $125,000, with proposals due by Mar. 20, 2026. The report will examine geographic feasibility, operational considerations, and risks across two scenarios: existing wastewater treatment infrastructure in regions like North America and Europe, and newly developing systems in areas currently discharging untreated wastewater.

Picking up pace - Taiwan's Ministry of Environment has identified 234 enterprises meeting high-carbon leakage risk criteria across 17 industries and will complete reviews by end of April, enabling carbon fee payments in May, the Climate Change Agency said last week. Approved voluntary reduction plans will be publicly disclosed by end of February. Of 430 voluntary carbon reduction plans submitted by fee recipients under the carbon fee system launched in 2025, 190 have been approved while 24 withdrew applications, with measures expected to deliver approximately 47.45 mln tonnes of CO2e reduction annually by 2030 – exceeding the initial 37 mln tonne estimate. Low-carbon fuel conversion accounts for roughly 55% of reduction measures, process improvement and energy efficiency for 40%, and renewable energy for 5%.

The European Commission convened an expert workshop last week to examine the CO2 sequestration potential of direct ocean carbon capture and storage (DOCCS) technologies, launching “exploratory work” towards possible EU wide certification.