The EU’s independent climate change advisory group called for pricing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions this week as part of its latest policy recommendations for climate-proofing the bloc’s agri-food system, reviving an AgETS idea the Commission has previously dismissed.

Chile has approved a list of priority and contraindicated mitigation activity types for the generation and authorisation of carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, marking another step in the country's ambition to become a frontrunner in this international market.

A strategic financing partnership announced on Tuesday will support the expansion of a global portfolio of ecosystem restoration projects, with potential priority investment commitments reaching up to $500 million.

The supply of carbon credits for Phase 1 of the aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA reached more than 32 million as of early March, according to a new International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) dashboard that tracks eligible credits, while prices have slipped to their lowest levels in over a year.

Some European corporate climate managers are showing a preference for nature-based solutions (NbS) over engineered carbon removals (CDR) when purchasing credits, according to a study published this week that surveyed firms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Asia’s share of global voluntary carbon credit supply has fallen in recent years even as demand for high-quality offsets remains, a webinar heard Tuesday, with governments and companies pointing towards jurisdictional forest programmes to unlock supply.

Digital monitoring technologies could improve transparency and accuracy in the voluntary carbon market but also introduce new integrity risks without proper governance, according to recent survey results published by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

The Global Carbon Council (GCC) issued around 4.46 million carbon credits in 2025, bringing cumulative issuance under the Qatar-based standard to roughly 13.1 mln credits as the programme expands project registrations and prepares to scale activity this year, according to its latest annual report.

Singapore-based carbon exchange Climate Impact X (CIX) has decided to reduce the frequency of publication of its benchmarks for credits from forestry and cookstove projects, along with the associated price assessments.

A US-based forest carbon project, registered under California’s cap-and-trade scheme, has been officially ended by tribal leaders after it was ravaged by wildfire several years ago.

Residual emissions - Southeast Asia's largest bank DBS in its sustainability report said it prioritises real-economy decarbonisation through sustainable and transition finance, with more than $102 bln in sustainable financing extended as of 2025. The bank added that rather than relying heavily on offsets, its strategy focuses on supporting clients’ transition plans and measurable emissions reductions, with carbon markets and related financial services treated mainly as enabling tools. For its own operations, DBS is working toward operational net zero by 2050, and is looking at nature- and tech-based carbon credits to offset residual emissions after its  efforts to decarbonise operations have been exhausted.

Branching out – The Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance (AWBA) launched on Monday in the US to act as a global platform to expand the use of the fuel. Building off its roots in the US Industrial Pellet Association, AWBA brings together stakeholders from a range of industries to collaborate, advance supportive policy frameworks, and drive investment to accelerate the development and use of woody biomass as a renewable fuel, it said. The growing use of woody biomass globally – including for power generation, advanced fuels, industrial use, and carbon removals – makes it even more urgent to have coordinated representation of the whole ecosystem, AWBA added.

The year 2026 marks the launch of new carbon policies and decarbonisation markets in Latin America, as per reporting last week.

Spain could erase nearly 70 million tonnes of CO2 per year through removal methods by mid-century under an ambitious deployment scenario, according to new research assessing the country’s capacity to scale the nascent technology as part of its net zero pathway.

Not driving good – Lawyers for Climate Action NZ has filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority alleging that Mazda New Zealand is misleading customers with its claim that its tree-planting programme is mitigating the emissions impacts of cars sold. The car company’s website claims that it financially supports the planting of five natives for every new car sold, however the NGO said that analysis showed that the five trees barely offsets any of the vehicle’s emissions. It added that Mazda should either increase the number of tree plantings it is funding or re-word its website to avoid greenwashing.