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- Mon 00:32A nature-based carbon project developer has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise up to €700,000, as smaller firms in the voluntary carbon market explore alternative financing routes.
- Sat 01:04More than 73% of the credits retired from the voluntary carbon market (VCM) have stayed inside the country, found a new report presented Friday during the Colombia Carbon Forum, signaling high dependence on the offsetting mechanism of the carbon tax and a need to enter new markets.
- Fri 21:10A global shift toward cross-border due diligence rules in environmental value chains has not missed Colombia or its carbon market, creating legal vulnerabilities for financial institutions and potentially carbon credit buyers, according to a Colombian environmental attorney.
- Fri 18:36Two Canadian banks are stepping back from previously announced emissions reduction targets, citing policy uncertainty and rising energy demand that they said have complicated earlier assumptions.
- It’s official – The delegated regulation setting out methodologies to certify permanent carbon removals in the European Union was published in the EU’s Official Journal on Apr. 17. The delegated act aims to measure the sequestration of CO2 from three permanent carbon removal techniques: direct air capture with carbon storage (DACCS), bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), and biochar carbon removals (BCR). The act was passed after a failed attempt by the Greens and left-wing groups to block the methodologies in the European Parliament.
- Fri 15:56The United Nations Environment Platform (UNEP) Copenhagen Climate Centre is set to launch a digital platform this summer to help host countries implement Article 6.
- Fri 15:49Colombia’s left-wing government is not anti-carbon markets but resists unrestrained “market logic”, advocating instead for a strong regulatory framework, according to a top official – even as critics claim the government has failed to perform the oversight functions it already has.
- Colombia’s supply of carbon credits faces several near-term factors that will generate price volatility, according to a senior carbon trader at majority state-owned oil firm Ecopetrol.
- Fri 12:08Belize has sharply revised its forest carbon baseline after a UN review process, abandoning a controversial “zero” benchmark in favour of a negative reference level that better reflects historical trends and enables access to results-based climate finance.
- Fri 11:46Brokers in the voluntary carbon market are seeing a growth in multi-year offtakes from corporate buyers who have become more selective in their procurement, and are seeking nature-based removals in particular, they told Carbon Pulse.
- Fri 10:37Irrigated agriculture in the US could deliver deep emissions cuts at little additional cost by shifting away from diesel and deploying solar-powered electric pumps, but achieving full net zero would require a sharp rise in spending and infrastructure, according to a new study.
- Fri 10:31Trials begin - Indonesia has opened trials for its new Carbon Unit Registry System (SRUK) ahead of a planned July launch, inviting project developers to begin submitting data, national news agency Antara reported, citing officials. The trial phase will help the start of carbon trading and ensure the system functions smoothly once operational. Earlier this week, the Southeast Asian country issued a new regulation designed to allow local forestry carbon projects to trade internationally, with a major project now expected to be issued a record amount of carbon credits.
- Fri 10:08A French ministry official expects the EU to purchase as many as 716 mln international carbon credits in 2036-40 to help meet the bloc's new climate target, an official told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of the European Climate Summit in Barcelona.
- Fri 09:44Recent progress - The Japanese government has published the feedback it recently gathered for methodology revisions under the J-Credit framework. As well, the methodology for cattle feed additives (AG-007) has been amended with a calculation formula for projects using 3-NOP in feeds. A new methodology (IN-008) for the introduction of natural refrigerants has been established and will become effective on Apr. 20, according to a govenment notice.
- Fri 08:31On path - Japanese developer Green Carbon said on Friday its industrial biochar project in India has passed a pre-screening audit by Isometric, paving the way for issuance of carbon removal (CDR) credits from this year. It plans to operate four biochar plants across India, targeting around 300,000 tonnes of CDR credits over the next decade, with initial issuance expected from mid-2026. The projects will use agricultural waste such as cotton stalks and peanut shells, aiming to deliver carbon removal alongside soil benefits for local farmers.
- Fri 05:21US-based e-signature firm DocuSign has maintained its CarbonNeutral certification into FY26 while signalling a strategic pivot toward higher-integrity carbon credits and long-term removals, as it prepares to transition to a net zero-aligned approach.
- Fri 03:05A US-based non-profit has released a global, high-resolution dataset tracking aboveground biomass over more than two decades, in a move that could strengthen monitoring, baselining, and verification across carbon markets and nature-based solutions.
- Biochar credit generation in Latin America is constrained by fragile demand signals and high investment barriers, local developers have said, where a potential time-out from major carbon removals (CDR) buyer Microsoft could exacerbate both conditions.
