The UK ETS Authority has opened a public consultation on how sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) should be treated under the country's compliance carbon market.

CORSIA carbon contracts continued to fall last week amid the ongoing war in Iran, sending jet fuel prices to all-time highs, and leaving the airline industry contemplating cutting flights amid supply shortages.

Experts on carbon accounting - The International Chamber of Commerce and Carbon Measures has announced the second and final group of experts appointed to the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) on Carbon Accounting. The panel is now fully formed, it said on Monday, bringing together 21 renowned experts to define the principles, scope, and applications of a carbon emissions accounting system that will produce product-level emissions data for use in underpinning trade and regulation. Newly appointed panelists are: Mawra Al-Ansary of UNESCO; Maria Atkinson, net zero commissioner of the New South Wales Government and partner at Nirman Ventures; Alex Cantlay of Shell; Dickson Chin of Jones Day; Jon Creyts, CEO of RMI; Hoesung Lee, former chair of the IPCC and president of the Carbon Free Alliance; Phuthuma Nhleko, chairman and CEO of the Phembani Group and formerly of the MTN Group; Braulio Pikman of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Brazil; Peter Saling of BASF; Vijay Swarup, formerly of ExxonMobil; and Noim Uddin of the Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contributions Hub. They join 10 members announced in January. The full groups' first meeting will take place in April, aiming to  produce a report by summer's end on the current landscape to inform the development of a model carbon accounting standard.

Aluminium exports are the main driver of Gulf nations’ exposure to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to analysis published Monday.

A sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pilot programme in China saw the first blend used last week to refuel several commercial flights in the country, one of the partners in the trial said on Monday.

Malawi has authorised a dairy biogas initiative under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, making it the country’s first project to generate Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) while targeting emissions reductions from agriculture and household energy use.

Global Article 6 forerunner Ghana has now granted Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) to mitigation initiatives representing around 47.1% of its 2030 budget for Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), among other milestones, a senior official has said.

West African initiative – The Gambia is set to host a regional meeting of West African countries from Mar. 23-25 in Banjul to accelerate the operationalisation of carbon markets and advance implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Organised by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources in partnership with the West African Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance, the event will bring together representatives from 16 member states to strengthen regional cooperation, assess post-COP30 developments and build institutional capacity. A key highlight will be the launch of The Gambia’s National Carbon Market Readiness Platform, aimed at establishing a governance framework and guiding stakeholders on procedures such as carbon credit authorisation, registry systems, corresponding adjustments, and reporting requirements, as the region seeks to position itself more actively in global carbon markets.

Bilateral Article 6 agreements signed between countries in Southeast Asia is attracting “serious capital” to the region, according to a local project developer, as the market eyes a potential recovery.

The decade between 2015-25 was the hottest since record-keeping began, the UN weather agency said on Monday, with last year ranking as either the second or third warmest overall.

Asia is at the forefront of what International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol on Monday described as two major oil crises and a gas crisis rolled into one, but said he hoped it would galvanise countries to ramp up their efforts to transition away from fossil fuels.