Standard body Verra has launched a consultation on a draft savanna fire management method, it announced Wednesday.

A US-based non-profit and a carbon market platform on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to expand access to carbon removal (CDR), methane mitigation, and refrigerant destruction projects, while strengthening the operational foundation behind how philanthropic capital is deployed in the carbon markets.

A Berlin-based carbon credit marketplace has partnered with a Munich-headquartered developer to provide buyers access to CO2 removal (CDR) credits generated via European forestry projects.

Afforestation and reforestation projects should assess whether their remote-sensing can detect fine-scale biomass changes, particularly if they plan to issue credits early, attendees of a Wednesday webinar heard.

US-based tech giant Amazon has announced it is expanding its carbon credit service to offer super pollutant neutralisation and lower-carbon fuel (LCF) inset credits.

Twenty-nine activities transitioning from the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) received approval from host countries in the last month, a UN body said on Wednesday.

Rapid growth in the number of tonnes purchased from technical carbon removal (CDR) projects has triggered increased buyer scrutiny, while also weeding out developers who raised initial capital but failed to scale, analysts from a leading data firm said on Wednesday, who noted that these were both signs of a maturing market.

A Paris-based carbon removal (CDR) portfolio manager announced Tuesday it has launched a due diligence coverage service to provide buyers with access to project-level assessments.

Methane destruction - Isometric has released its first draft protocol for superpollutant reduction, for projects that capture and destroy methane from landfill sites before it reaches the atmosphere. The Landfill Methane Flaring and Utilization Protocol has been released in draft for public consultation, closing on Mar. 15, 2026. Eligible projects install and operate gas collection systems that capture landfill gas from the decomposition of organic waste, with the collected gas then used to generate electricity or heat. Methane is responsible for about 30% of global warming to date, and has over 80 times the warming power of CO2 in the first 20 years after release.

Shipping decarbonisation continues - Global shipping firms are continuing to invest in low-emission vessels and fuels despite the one-year delay to a proposed carbon price under the International Maritime Organization, Reuters reported. Industry players said the delay has not changed investment decisions, pointing to long vessel lifetimes and expectations that stricter rules will still be introduced. Ships capable of running on alternative fuels now dominate new orders. The decision on a proposed $380/tCO2 levy was postponed in Oct. 2025 after opposition led by the US and Saudi Arabia.

Durability matters - The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) is launching a new Continuous Improvement Work Program (CIWP) on permanence: monitoring and compensation, in order to ensure carbon credits deliver durable climate impact. The new programme buildings on the recommendations of the previous CIWP on permanence and will explore ways to strengthen pooled buffer reserves, develop standardised definitions, and advance innovative compensation mechanisms. Additional applications from experts to join the CIWP working group are welcome. More information here.

A coalition of international organisations has unveiled a new effort to expand access to clean cooking, aiming to transform political commitments into financed infrastructure and nationwide deployment programmes, with several governments and industry voices also backing carbon credits as a key means of financing greater clean energy access in the sector.

Carbon markets should evolve to finance long-term ecological stewardship, not merely insure credits, argues Charles Bedford, Founder of Carbon Growth Partners and Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Demand for carbon removals (CDR) in 2025 roughly doubled year-on-year, largely driven by offtake agreements led by a tech giant, according to a sustainable energy outlook published on Wednesday.