The rate of biogas facilities coming online year-over-year (YoY) has declined by half, according to newly released figures by a US trade association.

Carbon cancelled – Clairity Technology’s US-based Project Juniper has been listed as cancelled on the Isometric registry as of last week, according to platform records. No public explanation was provided for the change in status. The Nevada-based project had aimed to remove CO2 via direct air capture and store it through ex-situ mineralisation, with project documentation also citing water generation as a co-benefit. Leaders at the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance said in 2025 that the company’s arrival underscored the region’s emergence as a hub for climate innovation, alongside sectors such as biotech and IT.

Corporate climate roadmap - The City of Maple Ridge is seeking a climate consultancy to provide a corporate climate change roadmap to support and build on corporate climate and energy actions. The Corporate Climate Action Roadmap should complement the City’s low-carbon resilient actions identified in Maple Ridge’s Resilient Futures 2050 community climate action plan.

Enacted plan - Brazil has formalised the approval of its National Plan for Climate Change (Mitigation and Adaptation) through the Resolution CIM/CC/PR 09 of 2026, published Monday in the Daily Official of the Union. The plan, which intends to guide public and private stakeholders towards a common climate trajectory by 2035 and achieve its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), now has legal weight and defined obligations. Last week, the Ministry of Environment launched the updated plan and gazetted the resolution establishing a technical group within the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change (CIM) to create the country's climate change policy.

VCS update - Verra has released clarifications to the effective dates of its Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, it announced Tuesday. The clarifications are effective immediately, and pertain to: the effective date of those updates to Table 1 that pertain to changes to the default eligibility of projects that install light-emitting diodes (LEDs); procedures for how project proponents can choose to voluntarily update their projects to be validated or verified against VCS Version 5 requirements prior to the mandatory effective dates; section numbers that were removed in the requirements for projects registered with other approved GHG programmes; and late-to-verify procedures for Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) project types.  

California regulators on Monday outlined options for phasing in Scope 3 emissions reporting under the state’s corporate disclosure law, as rulemaking on the programme moves toward a 2027 start date.

Rising risk - Non-profit ShareAction is calling for longer-term insurance policies and accounting methods in order to counteract the short-term focus of the current insurance sector, which complicates its climate stewardship. In 2024, global natural catastrophes caused $417 bln in economic losses, with insured losses reaching a record $154 bln and 63% of total losses remaining uninsured. In the US, recent years have seen nearly 2 mln policies cancelled due to climate risks. Insurance activities are also exacerbating climate change effects by underwriting activities that drive environmental degradation, though they can also help unlock capital for renewables, adaptation, and nature-based measures, which can help improve long-term resilience. ShareAction is conducting a benchmark of climate, biodiversity, social, and governance policies across the property and casualty insurance sector, and the full 2026 report will be released in June.

A large volume of CORSIA carbon credits has been retired on the Gold Standard registry, in a sign that the international aviation emissions market may be starting to take off.

The war in Iran has released millions of tonnes of carbon in just the first few weeks, and risks slowing a transition to clean energy as countries turn to more gas and coal to cover the oil crisis, according to recent research.

An academic paper has posed 10 priority questions for the next decade of blue carbon science, including whether blue carbon crediting methodologies could be simplified.

A US-headquartered biochar company has secured an agreement to supply Microsoft with 1 million carbon removal (CDR) units over a 10-year period, it announced on Tuesday.

Several Latin American countries historically focused on nature-based solutions (NbS) and land use are seeing carbon project developers stride into technology-based GHG reductions and removals.

Carbon markets should be integrated within wider regulatory frameworks that address deforestation risks and promote Indigenous stewardship to ensure they deliver real outcomes for biodiversity, according to a new paper.

Prices of carbon credits under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 are seen below $20 per tonne in the early years as supply outpaces demand, before a tightening market pushes rates above $100 by mid-century, according to an analysis.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul appears to be signalling a shift away from the cap-and-invest carbon pricing scheme (NYCI) she once championed, as she pushes to rewrite the state’s flagship climate law amid mounting concerns over consumer costs.

G&T - California Governor Gavin Newsom and European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera on Monday reaffirmed a joint commitment to climate cooperation, emphasising the urgency of accelerating the transition to carbon neutrality while maintaining economic competitiveness and affordability. Both sides highlighted their legally binding climate targets - net zero by 2050 for the EU, and carbon neutrality by 2045 for California - and framed climate action as an opportunity to drive innovation, job creation, and economic transformation. They stressed that expanding domestic clean energy is key to energy security amid geopolitical instability and price volatility. The officials pointed to their respective carbon pricing systems as evidence that well-designed markets can reduce emissions while supporting growth, and pledged closer collaboration on areas including emissions trading, zero-emission transport, industrial decarbonisation, sustainable finance, and climate resilience. They also underscored the importance of science-based, socially equitable policies, multilateral cooperation, and combating misinformation, with a shared aim of delivering durable emissions reductions and strengthening global climate leadership.

A Canada-based pyrolysis firm has raised just over C$4 million ($2.9 mln) in a non-brokered private placement, upsizing the offering amid stronger-than-expected investor demand as it advances commissioning of its flagship renewable energy facility.

A Zurich-headquartered carbon removal (CDR) financier has committed to procuring over 305,000 CO2 removal certificates (CORCs) from a biochar facility in Bolivia, it announced on Monday.