Verra has placed two methodology idea notes and a tool under development on hold, the organisation said, citing its review process.

Private sector capital continues to gain momentum across Latin America’s carbon markets, with a growing share targeting carbon removals (CDR) as developers and financiers scale new supply hubs beyond early strongholds.

Legal challenge – Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) has issued an official letter to the Secretariat of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), recommending the immediate suspension of the certification process and any authorisation for the sale of carbon credits from the jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme in Para state. In the document, the agency argued that the certification should only proceed after the conclusion of the public civil action filed by the MPF in 2025, which highlighted alleged irregularities in the J-REDD+ programme and the Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA). The letter has been submitted as an official comment to the certifier’s public record, opened by ART in February.

A London-based project developer has secured a loan from a non-profit organisation to support the early-stage operations of its afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) project in Mexico.

Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) projects on the Massachusetts coast face regulatory uncertainty, with existing environmental laws having potential to complicate permitting and slow large-scale deployment, according to a recent report.

A consumer class action alleging misleading “carbon neutral” claims tied to Apple products is before a US appeals court after a district court dismissed the complaint without prejudice.

The World Bank's arm for the private sector has unveiled a framework to define and guide regenerative agriculture across its investment and advisory operations.

Urban forestry - The South Korean city of Busan has secured the country’s first approval to register an urban forest project within the national emissions trading scheme boundary, converting a former landfill site into a carbon sink under the 'Haeundae Arboretum carbon absorption enhancement project'. The initiative is expected to absorb around 1,365 tonnes of CO2 over 15 years and generate tradable credits, with authorities positioning it as a new “Busan-type” carbon asset model to scale across the country. (Seoul Economic Daily)

New ERW datasets - US non-profit Cascade Climate said its ERW Data Quarry has doubled the amount of data available on the platform with three new datasets from projects led by Mati in Chhattisgarh, India, InPlanet in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Carbon Drawdown Initiative in Germany. The update also adds new project developers Terrasols and The Rock Flour Company, bringing the total pipeline of data-sharing commitments to 26 as the group seeks to improve transparency around commercial enhanced rock weathering deployments.

Efforts to scale high-integrity blue carbon projects are being constrained by a fundamental tension between scientific rigour and market viability, according to a Singapore-based project developer working on a mangrove restoration initiative in Indonesia.

An Italian infrastructure group has allocated €1 million to support its in-house carbon removal unit, according to its 2025 integrated annual report.

A global consulting group has acquired a Tokyo-based carbon markets specialist to strengthen its capabilities in carbon credit evaluation, procurement, and supply chain emissions tracking, the company said last week.

Carbon removal (CDR) project developers are nearing commercial readiness but remain constrained by limited access to capital, with nearly 60% at risk of delays, downsizing, or cancellation without near-term funding, according to a survey.

Farm credits -  Japan-based Green Carbon and Toyota City have started accepting corporate donations to support the country’s first AWDJ-Credit methodology demonstration project, based on alternate wetting and drying (AWD) rice cultivation. The initiative builds on an earlier pilot and is backed by a cooperation agreement on agricultural carbon credit creation, with plans to expand nationwide using a corporate hometown tax scheme to fund farm-based emissions reductions and support farmer income.