Deployment drive – MaRS Discovery District has launched a new programme aimed at helping Canadian cleantech companies finance and deliver their first commercial-scale projects, with backing from Natural Resources Canada and two private foundations, it was announced on Wednesday. The nine-month First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Lab will support five ventures developing technologies spanning carbon nanofibres, low-carbon critical minerals, battery-grade graphite, carbon recycling, and ocean alkalinity enhancement. The selected companies are expected to complete development of their first-of-a-kind projects by early 2029.

Regen ag - UK-Brazilian developer NaturAll Carbon has partnered with Nova Piratininga Farm - said to be the largest farm in Latin America - for a new carbon project, the companies announced on Tuesday. Located in the states of Goias and Tocantins, Brazil, the farm will host a carbon project applying regenerative agriculture practices across an initial area of 12,300 ha. The partners estimate a potential issuance of 30,000 carbon credits, according to the press release. They did not disclose the financial terms of deal.

A study of tropical karst forests in Thailand has highlighted both the potential and the constraints of bringing these ecosystems into carbon markets, finding that while they store substantial amounts of carbon – primarily in soils – fire risk and methodological challenges could limit credit generation and long-term project viability.

Global airline trade body International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a deferred payment facility on its Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE), aiming to ease liquidity constraints for carriers facing mounting compliance demand under CORSIA.

BP is seeking to offload significant stakes in two major carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments in northeast England, marking another potential shift in strategy for the energy giant as it reassesses its long-term UK portfolio, according to media reports.

A mixed picture emerged for voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants in April, with lower overall supply and demand figures but positive data for units with either a CORSIA or Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label, while benchmark indices showed healthy price increases across the most popular projects.

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) standard body Verra has launched a month-long consultation on a proposed forestry methodology designed to improve measurement of sequestration gains through experimental controls.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has opened up $11 million in funding for pre-commercial direct air capture (DAC) projects, aiming to help scale technologies in the emerging carbon removal (CDR) field.

An initiative launched to support the carbon removal market by offering an open-source credit purchasing agreement framework, has unveiled a version for the Swiss market.

Denmark's €4 billion carbon capture and storage (CCS) subsidy scheme has ended, awarding a single contract to a large cement producer.

CCP rules - The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has opened a public consultation on the proposed rule architecture for how the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) and the CCP Assessment Framework are interpreted and applied over time. Feedback is sought on the design and operation of the proposed architecture, including the overall structure and guiding principles and how transition measures should be designed and implemented. Responses are welcome from across the carbon market, civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, policymakers, academics and other stakeholders. The consultation is open from May 5 to June 7, further info here and respond here.

Tokenised carbon - The UK Carbon Registry is joining forces with Archax for tokenised carbon credit-linked securities, it was announced Wednesday. Under the partnership, Archax will support custody and distribution through its regulated digital asset and securities infrastructure, allowing institutional and professional investors to access the product via established market frameworks. The first issuance is from Pure Carbon, a high-impact water conservation and emissions reduction project, with emissions data captured at source, securely processed, and structured in collaboration with GenTwo into a regulated note, issued as a tracker certificate with an ISIN and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The structure supports corporate compliance and reporting requirements - including the ETS and EU/UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement - by opening access to in-boundary verified carbon mitigation activity across reporting scopes. Read more here.  

India’s agrarian carbon market is currently dominated by corporate-led, low-carbon intensity projects like regenerative agriculture that rely on enrolling vast numbers of farmers, while smaller, high-intensity initiatives like agroforestry remain niche, according to a study.

The European Commission’s provisional approach to CORSIA credit eligibility for its operators has provoked a strong reaction across the carbon market, with participants warning that the tight criteria under consideration would dramatically tighten supply for European airlines and create a bifurcated market.

Sweden and Switzerland have signed a new cooperation agreement on international trading of negative CO2 emissions.

Carbon backing- In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, the Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA), a non‑profit consortium, said it received RM 250,000 ($63,694) at its first annual general meeting. The contribution was made by former CIMB CEO Nazir Razak, and Yinson CEO CY Lim to the MCMA Exco. The support came as ASEAN countries' push towards establishing common carbon market frameworks is in place.

The quality of issued credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) has continued to weaken in the second quarter of 2026, with both issuance and retirement integrity declining sharply, according to indices provided by a rating agency.

Turning carbon to credit – The Jharkhand forest department launched its first-ever workshop to identify and develop potential carbon credit projects, aiming to monetise the eastern Indian state's ongoing carbon-reduction initiatives, the Times of India reported. The initiative, launched on Tuesday, aims to provide a structured roadmap for departments that are already reducing carbon emissions but have not been able to register or claim carbon credits. State official Ravi Ranjan noted that while multiple programmes are being implemented across departments, the lack of clarity has prevented them from being converted into carbon credit projects, and the workshop seeks to bridge this gap. The forest department has partnered with Climatex, a Jharkhand-based organisation, to identify and design carbon credit projects for different stakeholders.

Cities risk missing out on the benefits of nature-based solutions (NBS) due to a lack of practical tools to guide investment decisions, but a new study proposes an integrated framework combining spatial analysis and economic evaluation to help prioritise projects and allocate scarce public funds more efficiently.