Aviation’s non-CO2 climate effects could be priced under the EU’s carbon market, but doing so will require a fundamental rethink of how emissions are measured, verified, and translated into compliance obligations, according to new research.

Warming-driven soil carbon losses could be significantly amplified under drought conditions, while wetter climates may instead see gains, according to new research that highlights a key but underrepresented driver of land-based emissions in climate models.

Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how voluntary carbon markets function – from project design and monitoring to certification and pricing – but its growing role is exposing both new efficiencies and new integrity risks.

A carbon project developer reported $0.2 mln in net income for 2025, while advancing credit issuance across its portfolio, with initial CORSIA-linked sales were completed by a project partner in early 2026.

Old UN certified credits under the soon to close Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are changing hands in large volumes for as little as $0.20, an exchange has revealed.

The world's largest electric vehicle producer has reported a significant slump in monthly sales for the third time this year, as a cooling Chinese market hits demand.

European carbon market prices jumped to a seven-week high on Wednesday as traders reacted to the European Commission's confirmation that it would propose only minimal amendments to the market's supply management tool that the market felt would not have a short-term price impact, while energy markets weakened after the US president said the war in Iran may be over in as little as two weeks.

A large volume of food waste carbon credits that have been certified by Verra are soon to be sold on the CBL platform.

Northern Ireland could serve as a loophole for companies seeking to avoid paying the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees, due to the absence of controls on goods crossing from there into the bloc via Ireland, experts have warned.

The French government will next week unveil a wide-ranging electrification plan aimed at cutting the country’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to 40% by 2030 from 60% currently, amid surging energy prices linked to the war in the Middle East.

Efforts to scale technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere are being held back by financing issues, a paper released this week has found.

Renewable power capacity increased by 15.5% last year to reach more than 5,000 GW globally, led by solar PV, but 2025 also saw a sharp rebound in non-renewables additions, which nearly doubled compared to 2024, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Benchmark EU carbon prices gained nearly €2 in the space of a few minutes on Wednesday morning, immediately after the European Commission confirmed that its proposal to reform the Market Stability Reserve would only scrap a clause that invalidates excess permits in the supply-balancing mechanism.

Electrification remains the cornerstone of EU road transport decarbonisation, but sidelining sustainable fuels risks slowing the transition, according to the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST).

Rethink nuclear - Germany's economy minister Katherina Reiche has called for a rethink of the country's position on nuclear, saying that previous governments' decision to close nuclear power plants means there is now no alternative to gas to meet demand. Germany's nuclear phaseout was decided under former chancellor Angela Merkel in 2011 and completed under Olaf Scholz, leading to an increased reliance on gas for baseload power. The country is now especially exposed to European gas prices that have risen over 60% since the Iran war began. German power prices for May based on futures contracts are four times as high as those of Europe's nuclear power leader France, according to marketplace EEX. Reiche, a member of the Christian Democratic Union, urged Germany to somehow take part in Europe's nuclear power revival to keep a stake in how the industry develops. Countries including France, Sweden, and Poland are either investing in new nuclear stations or extending reactor lifespans. (FT)

Pakistan and Norway have signed a bilateral agreement under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, aimed at scaling up carbon market cooperation and supporting emissions reduction efforts.

The European Commission will now publish long-awaited benchmarks that determine how many free permit allocations industries receive under the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS) shortly after Easter, a senior EU official said, after a delay to their release, which had been expected on Wednesday.

The European Commission put forward a proposal on Wednesday to revise the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), a key instrument guiding the supply of permits in the bloc’s flagship Emissions Trading System (ETS), opting only to scrap an invalidation clause that permanently removes excess allowances from the market's buffer pool.

Proof of origin - A new UK scheme called RFAS Aviation has been launched to address the lack of a consistent approach to proving the origin and emissions impact of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Developed by Zemo Partnership, it's intended to support industry participants in evidencing GHG emissions reductions from SAF use under the UK ETS. RFAS Aviation extends the existing Renewable Fuels Assurance Scheme - used in road transport - into aviation. A key feature of the scheme is a standardised declaration that records key data about fuels, including production pathways, feedstocks, and lifecycle emissions. The scheme verifies fuel from the point that it is blended with conventional jet fuel through distribution to airports. The UK govt aims to cut GHG emissions from aviation by up to 6.3 Mt of CO2e. by 2040 and SAF is expected to contribute significantly to the target. (edie.net)

Without solar power, the EU’s additional fossil fuel import bill since the Iran war began would have been 32% higher – almost €2 billion more – according to analysis by an industry body.

Russian carriers should be able to purchase carbon units for CORSIA use from domestic projects, a government minister said Wednesday, following the recent application of a national carbon standard for approval to supply Phase 2 of the international offsetting scheme.

Eight southern African countries have formally launched a regional alliance aimed at strengthening coordination on carbon markets and climate finance, as interest in Article 6 cooperation continues to grow across the continent.

A major prediction market operator has launched a suite of contracts on which voluntary carbon standard will face the next integrity controversy, with sub-markets created to bet on the affected project category, country, and reversal type.

A project developer’s choice of methodology – once the cornerstone of commoditised carbon markets – is now just one of several rounds of bespoke due diligence processes, an expert said on Tuesday while providing recommendations on how to quicken the process.