The pace of issuance of Article 6-authorised credits under one of the major voluntary standards slowed in 2025, even as the number of project authorisations grew, according to a recent report. 

A team of researchers has released what they describe as the first globally consistent daily fossil CO2 emissions dataset spanning more than five decades, a development that could materially improve the ability of analysts to disentangle short-term temperature effects from structural emissions trends.

Carbon managers welcome - The new Carbon Management Society has launched a global membership platform, inviting individuals, academic institutions, government representatives, and organisations who are committed to credible, measurable, and economically sound carbon management solutions, it announced last week. The Australia-based non-profit, established in November, aims to become a platform for knowledge exchange, professional engagement, and policy dialogue, with a focus on implementation. The society will publish articles, reports, and op-eds, hold expert webinars, and foster collaboration across industry, finance, policy, and academia.

The first issuance of credits using Verra’s new high-quality label for the afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) is expected this year, a webinar hosted by the carbon registry heard Tuesday.

Japan is hoping to help decarbonise India’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in a bet that hard-to-abate sectors such as textiles, dairy, and steam-intensive manufacturing can deliver early emission cuts under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).

Eight carbon removal startups have been selected for an accelerator programme spanning Europe and India, following a competitive screening process involving 32 early-stage firms, the initiative’s backer said Tuesday.

A Singapore-based non-profit has secured design certification and registration for a mangrove restoration project in Indonesia, marking the first blue carbon initiative approved under Gold Standard’s Methodology for Sustainable Management of Mangroves.

New partner - Japanese project developer Green Carbon has signed an MoU with Thailand's Naresuan University to pursue an emissions reduction project using alternate wetting and drying practices across rice paddies in Phitsanulok province. They aim to introduce precise measurement of GHG emissions, develop a data infrastructure aligned with international carbon credit standards, and establish research and demonstration models to support large-scale project implementation, Green Carbon said in a statement, without disclosing more project details.

Malaysia has already used up its fair share of the global carbon budget under most equity-based allocation methods, with any further CO2 emissions now exceeding its 1.5C compatible limit, according to a policy brief published Tuesday.

The committee steering Japan's J-Credit programme is planning to add a new methodology that can encourage businesses to switch from high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants to natural alternatives.

Indonesia has launched a five-year plan to protect and restore its vast mangrove and seagrass ecosystems, as it seeks to unlock new streams of finance from blue carbon.

The Australian government continues to work to ensure it has the right settings to encourage investment in carbon capture and storage, a minister told a conference Tuesday.

Finance friends – The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and Japan’s Kamakura Sustainability Institute have signed an MoU to collaborate on a framework to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, the international non-profit said in a press release on Tuesday. Specifically, the two organisations will focus on strengthening green and transition finance efforts in Asia-Pacific, including via capacity-building on transition finance planning for national, sub-national, and private sector actors in Japan, CBI said. Last week, the CBI published a report which found that Japan risks missing its net zero by 2050 target due to heavy coal use, and called for it to raise its carbon price.

Prices in the New Zealand ETS have jumped up 20% over the past 10 days amid a surge in trading activity amid volatile conditions as natural sellers eke out higher prices. 

Missed opportunity – South Australia risks squandering an opportunity to lead the world in green iron and steel by signing an agreement to procure vast amounts of gas from Santos for the Whyalla steelworks, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said. The agreement backs a shift from coal-fired blast furnaces to gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI), but it still entrenches fossil fuel use and sidelines green hydrogen, the think-tank added. IEEFA also warned that while gas-based DRI cuts emissions versus coal, it cannot produce “green” steel and may leave Australia lagging global peers that are moving to hydrogen-led production.

Farming tool – Australia's science agency, the CSIRO, has launched FarmPrint, a web-based tool that helps farmers calculate, benchmark, and track their GHG emissions and broader environmental footprint using farm operational data. It measures both on-farm emissions and supply-chain inputs such as fertilisers and fuel, enabling farmers to improve reporting, demonstrate sustainability performance, and identify ways to reduce emissions. Supported by the government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the tool is designed to help farmers meet growing market and finance pressures for transparent emissions data while supporting more sustainable farm management.

Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy achieved its 2025 net emission reduction targets by surrendering some 1.28 million carbon credits, as gross emissions continued to rise, according to its annual results published Tuesday.