Financing for post-wildfire reforestation in the southwestern US is unlikely to deliver meaningful climate returns beyond high-elevation mesic areas, as low seedling survival and warming sharply constrain carbon storage, new research has found.

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.

Modelling alliance – US-based soil carbon project developer Grassroots Carbon has joined Colorado State University’s Ecosystem Modelling and Data Consortium (EMDC) as an industry member, it was announced this week. The EMDC brings together scientists, NGOs, and industry to develop data-driven approaches to land management and climate mitigation, and its addition of Grassroots Carbon incorporates project-level soil carbon data into the methodologies underpinning carbon markets and NbS, press materials said. In January, Grassroots Carbon announced it had reached 2 mln credits delivered via its regenerative ranching programme.

An Estonian carbon farming project developer and a German data firm have partnered to deliver monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) for soil carbon projects covering more than 300,000 hectares across six European countries, the companies said Tuesday.

A European investment bank has advocated for companies to be allowed to use environmental attribute certificates (EACs) including carbon credits where direct mitigation is not yet feasible.

Carbon removals registry Isometric is extending the crediting periods for direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) projects to support suppliers in their project development.

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.

A London-headquartered tropical forest restoration company has signed a long-term offtake agreement to supply up to 1.8 million carbon removal credits to Microsoft over 15 years, in one of the largest carbon removal transactions from a single project in Africa to date, the company said Tuesday.

Funding call - The Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund has opened its 2026 call for proposals under its nature protection and restoration and decarbonisation pillars, the organisation said on Feb. 19. The fund is seeking projects that remove implementation barriers and support early-stage climate solutions. Selected projects will receive one-year grants, with potential renewal based on performance. Applications close on March 17, with final selections expected by June. The fund is prioritising deforestation prevention, ecosystem restoration across forests, peatlands, and mangroves, and the scaling of emissions reduction solutions. It is also inviting expressions of interest from developers of nature-based carbon credit projects to explore future collaboration.

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.

A nature-based solutions project developer has appointed former South Pole CEO Daniel Klier to its top post, in a push to scale carbon credit generation and supply chain decarbonisation efforts, the company announced Tuesday.

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.

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.