Racing to remove - The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team will imminently announce a new carbon removal deal for a total of more than 18,600 tonnes from seven projects, the Economist Sustainability Week heard in London on Tuesday. These projects include ones developed by biochar developer Carboneers and Brazil-based enhanced rock weathering (ERW) developer InPlanet, said Alice Ashpitel, the company's head of sustainability, on a panel about carbon credits. The purchase will contribute to the company's net zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 goal, and the projects were chosen to reflect geographic diversity and innovative technology - to reflect the team's need to travel internationally for races and investment in its own R&D, said Ashpitel. Framing carbon removal as aligned with the company's core values was key to getting approval by the CFO, she said.

Experts charged with implementing the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) have a tricky year ahead as they aim to fast-track implementation of the new Article 6 market, while ensuring standards are kept high, observers have said.

Deforestation tied to Indonesia’s industrial palm oil sector remained steady last year, even as new plantation expansion slowed, according to new data.

A Latin American biochar company has reached a significant milestone in credit issuance for the carbon removals (CDR) market, it said on Tuesday.

Locked in - Isometric has introduced locked protocol requirements across all carbon removal pathways, it announced Tuesday. This means that the project requirements in place at the start of registration are the same used for credit issuance throughout the project's crediting period, and means suppliers can plan with certainty, the registry said. Protocols won’t be updated more frequently than once every six months, and will continue to evolve based on scientific advances, tech developments, and real-world rollouts. New projects must use the most recent certified protocol version available, and when Isometric releases updated protocol versions, existing projects can voluntarily adopt them. Read more.

India’s struggle to build a pipeline of forest carbon projects has less to do with international methodologies and more to do with who owns the land, according to developers of the only community-based REDD+ project in the South Asian country.

A global consultancy has launched to provide integrated advisory services remotely across carbon market policy, science, and communications, its founders announced on Wednesday.

A US-based fund focused on nature-based solutions (NbS) has issued a request for proposals, with funding of up to $1.3 million available in 2026.

A-rating – Colombia-based developer Biofix's 2-mln ha Ilha do Bananal+ project in Brazil has secured an ‘A’ rating from MSCI under its Carbon Project Ratings framework, it announced Monday on LinkedIn. Certified under Cercarbono, the project is located in the Amazon-Cerrado transition zone in the state of Tocantins. It includes both REDD+ and non-REDD+ activities in forest and wetland ecosystems. The project has already received 3.8 mln credits from Cercarbono. The rating signals alignment with institutional expectations on additionality, permanence risk mitigation, buffer design, and governance, executives from Biofix and MSCI said in a separate press release.

A Swiss-based insurer aims to replace buffer pools with regulated in-kind and in-cash cover, but says the Verra pilot will test the mechanism's efficiency and long-term sustainability.