The EU has no shortage of financial instruments to cut livestock methane, but farmers are still struggling to access them, according to a new analysis of the European Investment Bank's agricultural finance strategy.

A Californian bean-to-bar chocolate company helped co-found a biochar tech platform through which it plans to decarbonise its cocoa supply chain while converting agricultural waste into biochar.

A Netherlands-based forest carbon developer has been declared bankrupt, with options under review to restart operations or sell individual projects.

Into the blue - Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has set out a framework for blue carbon trading that centres on strict legal and monitoring requirements, including mandatory marine spatial permits (PKKPRL) and registration in the national carbon registry (SRUK) to ensure data integrity and avoid double counting. The government estimates its blue carbon ecosystems could absorb up to 10 Mt of CO₂e annually, with mangroves accounting for around 6.36 Mt and seagrass about 3.78 Mt. The initiative forms part of Indonesia’s Carbon Economic Value (NEK) policy and rests on three pillars: developing technical regulations, building a pipeline of projects, and strengthening data systems such as ecosystem mapping, baselines, and carbon accounting. Authorities are also advancing pilot restoration projects and emissions reduction programmes in fisheries, while drafting implementing rules under Presidential Regulation No. 110 of 2025 to ensure carbon trading delivers measurable benefits for both the state and coastal communities. (ecobiz.asia)

Canada’s industrial carbon pricing system is failing to harness agriculture’s emissions-cutting potential, with fragmented markets and weak policy design limiting a sector that could abate more than 37 million tonnes (Mt) per year by 2030, according to a report published Thursday.

Translation talks - The Brazilian state of Para held a workshop last weekend to engage Indigenous translators from the nine ethno-regions that will be consulted in the state's jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme. During the workshop, content for translation was presented and proposals for the most appropriate teaching resources for conducting consultations in the territories was requested by the state. The meeting marks the formal beginning of the implementation of the Indigenous consultation plan for J-REDD+ programme, recently approved by the Management Committee of the State System on Climate Change (COGES-Clima), the state said.

Durable carbon removal (CDR) methods have delivered unevenly over the past five years, with biomass-based approaches generally outperforming expectations, according to analysis published Friday.

The CLEAR methodology for cooking energy transitions remains under review by an expert methodological group working to advance the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), while a framework covering N2O abatement has been put forward for adoption.

Recieved - Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said on Friday it has received 2,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits from an enhanced rock weathering project in India. The credits come from Alt Carbon, which spreads basalt on farmland in West Bengal to lock away CO2 as stable carbonates. MOL expects to receive 10,000 tonnes in total under a previously signed offtake agreement.

The second phase of a vegetation restoration project in South Africa has secured funding from a World Bank-issued bond linked to revenues from the partial sale of carbon credits to Amazon and over-the-top financing.