Chile on Wednesday gazetted a package of technical resolutions detailing governance, methodological standards, and integrity requirements for mitigation activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

There is limited evidence that converting pasturelands to silvopasture in the eastern US can deliver as a large net driver of GHG mitigation, a review of existing literature has found. 

Plans to register Bolivia’s first sovereign jurisdictional carbon credit project have been delayed from initial official issuance estimates, aligning with the government’s roadmap to build a national carbon markets architecture, the initiative’s main technical partner told Carbon Pulse.

When countries put in place macroeconomically damaging climate and nature policies, carbon revenues may not be high enough to calm credit rating agencies, so sovereign nations must either plan alternate sources of revenue or strike deals with investors, Carbon Pulse has heard.

Energy and removals - Shropshire Council in England's West Midlands has announced a new partnership to produce high-quality biochar and carbon removal credits. The agreement between Raft Energy and Biodynamic Carbon (BDC) - a JV between Shropshire Council and Carbon Hill, will see biochar activated and added to anerobic digestion systems to help increase energy output and improve the quality of the resulting fertiliser. The first energy, biochar, and carbon capture to be partially owned by a council is already operating near Welshpool and another fully council owned unit will commission this spring in Ludlow. Both units will generate carbon removals in line with international standards such as the European Biochar Certificate (EBC).

Uncertainty over risk, credit quality, and financing is continuing to hold back the reforestation carbon market despite signs that buyers and developers may be more aligned on price than expected, a webinar heard Tuesday.

US ecosystem market stakeholders are awaiting word on a proposed EPA rule which would dramatically reduce the number of wetlands requiring offsets.

Application in - Carbon Standards International (CSI) has confirmed its application to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), seeking eligibility for the upcoming compliance periods of UN aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA. CSI's Global C-Sink Registry is technically optimised for corresponding adjustments (CAs) under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement - ensuring that no credits are double counted, it said on LinkedIn.

A Colombia-based international carbon standard on Wednesday published a new REDD+ methodology meant to align project baselines with UNFCCC reporting, including voluntary market (VCM) and Article 6.2 aims.

The voluntary carbon market is not the solution to global climate change, but it is a valuable instrument that can help mobilise finance, support sustainable development, and contribute to mitigation – when properly understood and managed.

An Australian chemicals company fresh off the back of fundraising is exploring voluntary carbon market opportunities to value stack its zero emissions chemical reactors, its CEO told Carbon Pulse. 

RFP opening - US-based sustainability software provider Watershed has opened its 2026 request for proposals (RFP), it announced Monday. The RFP is intended to supply Watershed's customer base of over 800 companies with credits from durable carbon removal (CDR), nature-based CDR, and super pollutant avoidance projects. Supplier applications close on Apr. 10. Watershed's first RFP targetted 1 mln CDR credits and drew proposals from over 300 projects, the software provider said, with selected suppliers gaining access to a pre-committed buyer group that executed more than 100 purchases, including multiple contracts valued at over $1 mln. Watershed will share lessons from its first RFP in a webinar on trends in carbon markets on Mar. 19.

Call for projects – The EU-funded Forestry-Climate Change-Biodiversity Programme in Papua New Guinea has opened up a call for project proposals to be eligible to receive €6 mln, it announced. The recipient is expected to allocate sub-grants to community-based organisations and NGOs that will create economic opportunities for PNG traditional landowners through "deforestation-free" sustainable livelihoods. This includes commodities pipelined for conservation accreditation or branding, by forming partnerships with ESG focused companies, and capacity building in conservation, forest management, benefit sharing, and community governance. The application deadline is Mar. 19.

Future Fijian farms – Fiji is introducing climate-resilient crops and innovative farm tech as it seeks to bolster its agriculture sector to a changed climate, FBC News reported on Tuesday. Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry Tomasi Tunabuna said that researchers are currently trialling saline-tolerant rice varieties, in order to identify which crops can withstand saltwater intrusion, the outlet wrote. Work is also underway on integrated rice and tilapia farming systems, the minister said, while new cassava, taro, and yam varieties have been introduced.