Planting profits – BCarbon, a US-based non-profit carbon credit registry, has issued more than 80,000 carbon removal credits from Texas-based Carbon Rho’s Red River pilot project, covering 2023-25 vintages, it was announced on LinkedIn last week. The afforestation project is designed to scale across the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Spanning more than 15,000 acres (6,070 ha), the project aims to connect forested areas into conservation corridors along the Red River, with carbon credit revenues supporting conservation practices and other ecological benefits, backers said.

A new carbon finance company launched on Monday said it secured over $50 million to expand a Kenya-based agroforestry carbon project, pitching early-stage funding as a way to unlock stalled projects and draw in institutional capital.

Blood from a stone - The Chapter 7 trustee for bankrupt California-based carbon offset company, CTN Holdings, formerly Aspiration Partners, has asked a Delaware court to block investors from claiming co-founder Joseph Sanberg and others defrauded them, according to Law360. In a November suit, investors alleged Sanberg made claims that Aspiration was financially successful, but those declarations were false. Sanberg pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in October. The trustee said Aspiration's insurance policies only have $800,000 remaining, and that sum should be protected so all creditors can share it.

Spot credits for Phase 1 of CORSIA traded around $14 this week, while the ending of Indonesia's moratorium on selling voluntary carbon units internationally looks set to unleash a flood of fresh REDD issuances onto the market. 

Limits to Colombia’s national carbon project registry (RENARE) are stunting progress toward launching the national ETS (Spanish: PNCTE), inhibiting voluntary market (VCM) regulation, and necessitating Article 6 workarounds, speakers said at the Colombia Carbon Forum last week.

The cost of meeting demand for CORSIA-Eligible Emissions Units (EEUs) in 2025, at current market prices and based on expected sectoral growth figures, could near $2 billion, according to industry data presented at the Colombia Carbon Forum last week.

A planned biochar carbon removal plant in eastern Germany will supply heat under a long-term offtake agreement, the companies involved said last week.

Local communities and private forest owners in Tanzania will be allowed to participate in carbon markets under new government guidelines, a government official said in parliament last week, according to local media.

A Qatar-based carbon market initiative has completed its first auction of CORSIA-eligible credits, with units from a Cambodian clean water project clearing above a $14/tonne floor, it announced Monday.

Community oversight - Recent changes to the Northern Kenya Rangelands carbon project's 2021 implementation agreement grant the 22 community conservancies involved greater control over managing the carbon credits generated from their land. The changes must be concluded by June 30 and will ensure all project activities and governance structures comply with the 2023 Climate Change Amendment Act and the 2024 Carbon Markets Regulations. The changes are expected to streamline activities at the world's largest soil carbon project, through better governance and community involvement. The revised agreement is being hailed as marking a shift towards greater community influence in carbon finance, but its impact will ultimately depend on how well the changes are implemented. (People Daily)

Cattle in Pakistan’s Punjab province could generate millions of dollars in climate finance by converting manure into biogas, fertiliser, and carbon credits, according to a government-backed feasibility study.

Bamboo biochar – A community-led biochar initiative in the Indian state of Meghalaya, backed by carbon advisory firm Kompliance Kart, is converting bamboo waste into durable carbon removal, the company said in a LinkedIn post. The project works with the Meghalaya Basin Management Agency, a local farmer producer group, and research partners including ICAR Meghalaya and MEGNOLIA. Biochar will be applied to farmland to boost soil health and crop yields, while carbon credit revenues are expected to generate income for participating communities.

The market for nature-based carbon removals will withstand Microsoft’s possible pause in carbon removal (CDR) activity, with investor appetite and a broader base of corporate buyers looking to support the sector, according to an expert.

Malaysia’s Terengganu state has signed a memorandum of understanding with an oil and gas company to explore the development of nature-based carbon projects.

Applications open – Nature-based carbon standards programme Equitable Earth is seeking experts to join its Technical Advisory Board (TAB), with applications open until May 15 and successful candidates set to begin in July 2026. The Paris-based organisaiton will provide technical oversight and guidance to ensure methodologies and programme documents remain scientifically robust and aligned with market best practice, it said on its website. The new TAB members will be expected to review and provide expert input on methodologies and programme documents, participate in quarterly meetings, challenge and improve technical approaches, and sign off on standards before publication, while maintaining confidentiality and declaring conflicts of interest.

Italy could reach net zero by significantly scaling up carbon removal (CDR), with potential capacity seen as high as 91 million tonnes a year, but only if it acts swiftly, according to a new report.

Liquidity in Indonesia’s carbon exchange will be critical in diverting private sector finance into decarbonisation projects and help the Southeast Asian country meet its climate targets, the country’s financial regulator said in a new roadmap.

At your fingertips - Singapore-based superapp Grab in 2025 avoided and removed 772,000 tonnes of CO₂e through verified carbon credit projects, equivalent to around 180,000 cars taken off the road for a year, according to its latest sustainability report. Under the Green Programme, the company leverages its digital platform to enable voluntary consumer participation in carbon projects across Southeast Asia. The voluntary scheme was refreshed last year, expanding supported projects in the region from 5 to 17, the report showed.