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- A new startup is working to preserve stranded direct air capture (DAC) patents, data, and engineering know-how before funding pressures and sector consolidation cause useful technology to be permanently lost, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.
- Fri 13:21Scorching heat dominated this year’s London Climate Action Week – even amid talk of new challenges and ideas, ranging from the hopes and fears posed by AI, to the need and opportunity to quickly stem ultra-potent superpollutants.
- Fri 12:10France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
- Fri 10:29A nature-based (NbS) project developer in the Netherlands has completed a feasibility study for a proposed land restoration initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it said Friday.
- Fri 08:05The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) has released version 3.0 of its jurisdictional REDD+ standard, adding a pathway for World Bank forest carbon programme participants to transition into the standard, it announced Thursday.
- Fri 06:34The Australian government remains cautious about the use of international carbon credits for domestic purposes, as some argue they could help provide high integrity flexibility for polluters, while others have urged caution about their impacts on encouraging onsite abatement.
- Thu 22:33Longer historical reference periods could improve confidence in estimating emissions reductions from reduced deforestation initiatives, according to new research.
- A US-based tech giant has launched a request for proposals (RFP) seeking emissions reduction interventions across a broad range of hard-to-abate sectors in its value chain.
- Thu 15:52Platts will remove the annual vintage roll for its Renewable Energy, Nature-Based Avoidance, South America, and Household Devices carbon credit assessments on July 1, the price assessor said Thursday.
- A digital infrastructure company has proposed a new framework to monetise the environmental value of leaving commercially recoverable carbon resources untouched, with the preservation capital then directed towards restoration and reclamation activities such as cleaning up legacy coal waste.
- Thu 11:55The clearest route to scaling carbon markets is to penalise emissions using carbon border fees and reward low-carbon intensity products through the use of market instruments such as book-and-claim and environmental attribute certificates (EACs), according to a representative of a global commodities trading house.
- Thu 11:44Kenya, a regional frontrunner in the race to attract carbon trading, took many in the market by surprise this month when it announced it would limit its Article 6 credit transfers despite already having a big existing project pipeline – in another sign of the uncertainties surrounding Sub-Saharan Africa’s up-and-coming carbon markets.
- Thu 10:00China’s policy efforts to mitigate superpollutants have advanced over the past few years, creating new potential for carbon credit development, experts told Carbon Pulse.
- Thu 09:50The Japanese government is placing too great a priority on its domestic carbon market, the GX-ETS, and should expand focus to engage with international credits, a Tokyo-based public-private partnership said at London Climate Action Week (LCAW).
- Thu 08:35The UK government needs to lean into the City of London's rise as a hub for global carbon trading, and help to harness existing financial infrastructure to strengthen global carbon markets, experts said on Wednesday.
- A California-based marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) company raised $12.5 million in the first close of its latest funding round, targeting application of its technology in other industrial markets.
- Thu 06:00Companies across the EU and US could mobilise around $17 billion annually for climate action if they adopt the 'advanced' level of the Science Based Targets initiative’s ongoing emissions framework under its newly updated corporate standard, said Gold Standard on Thursday as it released a report setting out how such emissions could be dealt with.
- Thu 05:00A major Japanese bank has decided to invest in a Canadian startup dedicated to carbon removal solutions, eyeing the potential of Japan’s direct air capture (DAC) sector.
- A carbon ratings agency has acquired an AI-powered sustainability workflow software platform and hired its founding team, as it seeks to expand its analytical and due diligence capabilities amid growing demand for data-driven risk assessment tools in carbon markets.
- Wed 22:41Brazil restoration project – Brazilian forest project developer re.green and pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk announced an alliance to establish a 500-ha restoration project in the Amazon, according to a Tuesday social media post. The project aims to generate 100,000 carbon removal credits aligned with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) over 20 years of implementation. Activities include natural regeneration, planting of native species, and timber management in the Paragominas forest located in the northern Brazilian state of Para.
- Wed 22:08An American improved grazing project developer announced its second independent verification in June, furthering the success of this first-of-its-kind project in the US.
- Wed 19:37A coalition of academic institutions, non-profits, and private businesses has rebranded itself and launched a new fellowship programme to help scale high-integrity carbon markets, the group announced Tuesday.
- Wed 17:31Few markets have faced as severe a reputational battering as the REDD+ avoided deforestation sector in the last couple of years, but new standard body Equitable Earth (EE) plans to restore faith in saving tropical forestry with a fresh approach that is already set to protect an area the size of Portugal, the chief executive told Carbon Pulse this week.
- Verra has signed a multi-year partnership worth more than $1 mln with two software firms to deploy AI-enabled customer service and contract workflow tools across its systems, it announced Tuesday.
- Wed 14:05Super pollutant fund needed - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has called for a dedicated fund to scale the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s (CCAC) Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, launched at COP30 last November with $25 mln to support seven countries. The programme should reach 30 countries by 2030 and should not rely on carbon or methane credits, the EIA said.
- Indonesia is set to launch its carbon credit registry in two weeks, as part of the country's push to drive finance towards the protection of its vast forests, the country's forestry minister confirmed during London Climate Action Week on Wednesday.
- Orsted has cut its scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity by more than 98% since 2006, but value chain emissions linked to steel, maritime fuels, and copper now represent the main carbon challenge for its offshore wind business, the Danish offshore wind major said Tuesday in a report launched during London Climate Action Week (LCAW).
- Wed 11:59A subsidiary of a major steelmaking group in South Korea is leveraging its recent acquisition of an Indonesian palm oil business to explore the carbon sequestration potential of biochar.
- Wed 11:53The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has launched the first of a series of modules to help organisations navigate high-integrity carbon markets.
- CRCF Buyers’ Club website launched – The European Commission has launched an official website for its EU CRCF Buyers’ Club, detailing how buyers and suppliers of certified carbon removals and carbon farming units can join the new voluntary market platform launched by the European Union. The Club, announced under the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, is designed to aggregate demand for units certified under the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation and to mobilise public and private capital for permanent removals and carbon farming. Initial purchases of permanent carbon removals are planned by Dec. 2026, with eligibility focused on DACCS, BioCCS and biochar projects. Potential buyers are invited to register interest via a dedicated EU Survey.
- Wed 09:24Demand for both removals and reduction credits from companies taking part in a corporate target setting scheme could top 1 billion in 2035, according to forecasts based on a recent update to the programme's rules.
- Wed 08:58Mitigating reversal risk in carbon markets beyond the standard project life horizon will be possible with a new market-wide 'Permanence Trust' mechanism to be piloted later this year, said experts at London Climate Action Week.
- Wed 02:08Bangladesh has announced an ambitious goal to generate almost $1 billion through the sale of new carbon credits.
- Wed 00:01The Singapore government and the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) have signed an agreement to advance high-integrity carbon markets in Asia, they announced Wednesday during London Climate Action Week.
- Tue 22:55Organisations positioned to capture value from carbon removal (CDR) projects are often located outside the regions hosting those activities, according to a new analysis focusing on projects across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- One of Argentina's provinces has issued the first carbon credits under its publicly-led standard to a biogas facility, it announced on Monday.
- Tue 19:50Government officials set out their priority actions for scaling forest finance ahead of of November's COP31, with a minister from Ghana sharing ambitions to ramp up forest financing “from millions to billions” during a London Climate Action Week event on Tuesday.
- A US carbon removal (CDR) supplier said Tuesday it is expanding access to its credits across compliance and voluntary markets after first-half 2026 sales surpassed its 2025 total.
- Tue 17:27Academics at Oxford University have updated guidelines to help investors engage with companies to reflect the increasing complexity of meeting carbon reduction goals.
- Tue 16:37
Colombia's new course – Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia’s runoff presidential election and promises a new era for the country’s carbon pricing landscape. His Defensores de la Patria party’s environmental policy platform has stated carbon markets will become more than an offsetting system – rather, a tool to mobilise investment, strengthen productive linkages, and generate income for rural communities. To that end, his administration plans to entirely remove sitting President Gustavo Petro’s 50% cap on the use of carbon credits to offset national CO2 tax liabilities. De la Espriella has also promised to prepare Colombia for strategic participation in Article 6 carbon markets under the Paris Agreement, which would also be to strengthen the country’s competitiveness and attract investment. Colombia has yet to enter into any Article 6 bilateral agreement or establish legal or regulatory infrastructure to support this, Carbon Pulse has reported.
- Tue 16:34First rating – An afforestation and restoration project in Colombia has received a pre-issuance A rating from carbon credit ratings agency Sylvera, developers announced this week in a social media post. The Yopo Restoration Project, being developed by Adryada in partnership with BaumInvest AG, aims to restore around 18,000 ha in the eastern department of Vichada using native tree species. The project is expected to generate 8.5 mln carbon credits over a 40-year crediting period under the Gold Standard's A/R methodology, with issuances beginning in 2030. Earlier this month, developers launched an offtake process alongside GO2-Markets targeting buyers seeking long-term access to nature-based carbon removals.
- The widespread expectation that voluntary carbon markets will eventually fold into compliance is unfounded, according to the president of a removals registry, who instead sees both markets continuing to co-exist, with some linkages.
- Tue 15:23Hands off approach - The drive for autonomous operations is accelerating across global energy and chemicals industries, as a way to boost boost performance, cut costs, and gain competitive advantage including reaching sustainability targets, found Schneider Electric in a new report. It found the top five autonomous technologies to be: AI and machine learning, cybersecurity and safety, cloud and edge computing, advanced process control, and robotics and field automation. Globally, countries in the Gulf are most mature in this area, followed by those in Asia, then North America, and then Europe.
- Tue 13:37Thailand's voluntary carbon market is beginning to converge around a domestic price range of THB 50-200 ($1.50-6.10) per tonne of CO2 equivalent, with both buyers and project developers viewing the market positively in terms of climate action and future compliance, according to a survey.
- The UK’s planned route for integrating greenhouse gas removals (GGRs) into its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) would give project developers access to the compliance market – but it would not guarantee the buyers, a former UK government official told Carbon Pulse.
- Tue 13:00Most forest carbon projects analysed by a group of researchers failed to improve the wider ecological health of the land they cover, even when they succeeded in reducing deforestation, according to a new study.
- Tue 12:56A Japanese electronics group and a Finnish research institute have advanced an electrochemical direct ocean capture (DOC) technology towards pilot-scale validation, the two announced this month.
- Tue 11:48Ethiopia’s legislature is reviewing a draft Carbon Market Proclamation that would permit local commercial banks and financial institutions to participate directly in carbon trading, local daily Ethiopia Today reported.
- Tue 11:19An international carbon project developer association has elected a Brazil-based project specialist as co-vice chair, adding Latin American experience to its leadership as it seeks to influence international carbon market rules.
- Tue 09:29Two climate‑tech companies have launched their first franchise biochar facility in Surat Thani, Thailand, producing carbon removal credits equivalent to more than 15,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, and said the model would be replicated across nine additional sites in Southeast Asia.
- Tue 08:55Malaysia's first Verra-registered biomass carbon credit project is set to be auctioned in September, as the Southeast Asian country looks to build liquidity on its Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX).
- Tue 07:40A voluntary standard has published what it claims to be the world's first offset methodology for the use of recycled automotive components.
- Tue 04:05A Sao Paulo-based carbon credit project developer announced on Monday it has appointed two new co-CEOs, as the company looks to grow its project pipeline.
- Tue 03:30Provisions on crediting periods and the ownership of carbon credits in a draft decree regulating land-based mitigation activities could place even greater financial strain on an already weakened Colombian carbon market if enacted, stakeholders have told Carbon Pulse.
- Tue 03:03Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras and national development bank (BNDES) announced on Monday the three winners of the pair’s call for contracting 5 million carbon credits.
- A Brazilian biofuel producer has signed a deal for 10,000 carbon removal (CDR) credits with a large European commodities merchant from its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project, media reported.
- Tue 00:01A government-led coalition of 11 countries plans to publish a non-binding policy playbook at COP31 to guide national measures aimed at increasing demand for high-integrity carbon credits, it announced Tuesday.
- Mon 23:58Coffee (CO)2 go – COFCO International, an overseas agribusiness platform of China’s COFCO Corporation, has signed an MoU with a fund managed by Patria Investments, a Latin America-focused global alternative asset manager, to explore sustainable agricultural supply chains and carbon removal credits in Brazil. The agreement includes assessing opportunities tied to coffee, other agricultural commodities, low-carbon logistics infrastructure, and Patria’s Reforest Fund, which focuses on natural capital projects combining ecological restoration with productive land use. The companies said the work could support climate-resilient and regenerative farming practices, restoration of degraded and underutilised land, farmer engagement, capacity building, sustainable livelihoods, and the evaluation of carbon credit generation aligned with recognised standards.
- Mon 23:51Onboarding guide – DNV has published a recommended practice for onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS), establishing a standardised framework for measuring and verifying the performance of systems installed on ships, Marine Link reported Monday. The guidance comes as the International Maritime Organization is developing OCCS rules, expected by 2028. DNV said OCCS could offer a decarbonisation pathway for much of the existing global fleet, estimating that CO2 offloading infrastructure at 20 major ports could reduce total world fleet emissions by 9%.
- CORSIA futures sank to fresh two-year lows last week, with benchmark contracts slipping further below $10/tonne as uncertain sentiment over demand continued, while there were some positive signals in terms of retirements in the wider voluntary carbon market (VCM) amid an ongoing refocusing on quality.
- Mon 22:28The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul will launch a tender worth $80 million for the commercialisation of carbon credits in the coming days, Governor Eduardo Riedel said, tying the initiative to productivity gains, planted forests, and payments for environmental services.
- Mon 22:22Project developers working on nature-based carbon are trapped within a structural catch 22 whereby an offtake is necessary to receive investment, but funding is required to secure an offtake, according to a report launched at London Climate Action Week (LCAW) on Monday.
- Mon 17:56A US tech platform increased carbon removal (CDR) spending by nearly 30% in 2025, while also adding biochar credits to its portfolio.
- Mon 17:37Two large private funding vessels announced carbon finance disbursements last week, while public-sector commitments have companies contemplating looming compliance carbon prices.
- Amazon decided to open its carbon credit service to qualified UK companies after hearing from many that they were scared to even dip a toe in the carbon market, as required by the tech giant's Climate Pledge, a company official said on Monday.
- Mon 17:08CDR warning – Voluntary carbon markets alone cannot deliver carbon removal at climate-relevant scale and must be backed by robust public policy, according to a new analysis by Clean Air Task Force (CATF). CATF says Microsoft’s pause on carbon removal credit purchases underscores that even large, high-integrity corporate buyers cannot scale durable CDR to the multibillion-ton levels needed, potentially up to 10 billion tonnes a year. The group argues governments must “do the heavy lifting” by funding the full innovation pipeline, expanding incentives such as the US 45Q tax credit, building shared transport and storage infrastructure, and hard-wiring CDR into strategies and procurement programmes in jurisdictions like California and Colorado.
- A team of Swiss researchers has developed a lab-tested direct air capture (DAC) material made from food-processing waste, which they say could offer a lower-energy and potentially cheaper route to removing CO2 from ambient air if it can be scaled.
- Mon 16:41Rock steady – Frontier, the carbon credit buyers club, has approved Puro.earth's Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) 2025 methodology for use by its members. Frontier recently committed to buy $1.8 billion of permanent carbon removals between 2022 and 2040, doubling its previous commitment. It is the second Puro.earth methodology to earn Frontier's endorsement, following the club's 2024 approval of Puro.earth's Geologically Stored Carbon methodology. Frontier was launched in 2022 with $925 million in commitments by tech companies Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify and Meta and global management consulting firm McKinsey.
- Mon 16:39German agency seeks African advisor – German development agency GIZ is seeking a junior advisor in Pretoria to support the South African component of its Article 6 Connect project, which aims to help South Africa and Ethiopia participate in international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement. The project, implemented on behalf of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, focuses on capacity building around Article 6, including support for regulations, processes, instruments, and platforms needed for participation in international carbon markets. The advisor will support coordination with South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, help organise technical meetings and workshops, prepare reporting and communication materials, and assist with tender packages and consultant coordination. Applications close July 3, with the role running until July 31, 2027.
- Gold Standard has published updated climate responsibility guidance that gives companies more detailed recommendations on indirect abatement, ongoing emissions responsibility, and credible climate claims.
- Mon 14:25Security requirements in long-term nature-based (NbS) carbon removal offtake agreements could increase developers’ financing needs and push up credit prices, particularly for early-stage projects in the Global South, a new report has warned.
- Mon 13:40India's fast-growing biochar industry could become overcrowded within three to four years as a multitude of developers, some of which are producing low-quality biochar, deploy projects across the country, with consolidation already beginning among smaller operators, a developer told Carbon Pulse.
- A German multi-service group has entered a technology partnership to support a Munich-based direct air capture (DAC) company’s first larger demonstration plant in Germany, with the cooperation due to begin in 2027.
- Mon 13:05A Mozambique mangrove restoration project covering 155,000 hectares across 750 km of coastline has been validated under Verra’s VM0033 blue carbon methodology, becoming the largest such project in Africa to meet the standard, its developer said Monday.
- If governments are willing to suspend tax rules to host a football tournament, they should consider doing the same for verified carbon and recycling credits to unlock the private capital needed for climate action.
- Mon 11:30Buyer group Frontier has approved an enhanced rock weathering (ERW) methodology developed by a Helsinki-based carbon crediting platform for suppliers selling carbon removal credits.
- Mon 11:15A public battle between a Singapore-based exchange that also trades in carbon credits and an activist short seller has escalated into a dispute over market integrity and governance, drawing scrutiny to Asia's leading commodity and carbon trading hubs.
- Mon 11:12South Korea blue carbon – The Korea Fisheries Resources Agency held a series of workshops this month across seven regions to support its Sea Forest Carbon Trading pilot project, according to news outlet Tridge. The sessions were aimed at local government officials and fishers already involved in the project, as well as those interested in joining. The agency began the workshop series in the Incheon-Gyeonggi region on June 10, followed by sessions for Chungnam-Jeonbuk on June 11, Jeonnam on June 12, Busan-Gyeongbuk on June 17, Gyeongnam on June 18, and Jeju on June 19.
- Mon 11:10It can work – Japan's Carbon Zero Global said it has obtained a feasibility assessment for a Vietnamese afforestation project being developed with local partner Infinity Invention, finding the project could generate around 75,934 carbon credits over 2025-65. The assessment examined the applicability of Verra's VM0047 afforestation, reforestation and vegetation restoration methodology across about 200 ha of planted forest. The company said the findings support the project's technical feasibility and could pave the way for participation in both voluntary and international carbon markets.
- Carbon credit registry and certification body Isometric closed a $40 million Series A to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) certification platform across the $350 billion industrial certification market, according to a company statement.
- Mon 08:43Indonesia could slash freight emissions, cut its dependence on imported diesel, and save money in fuel subsidies by electrifying its truck fleet, but high upfront costs and limited charging infrastructure risk locking Southeast Asia’s largest economy into decades of diesel use, according to a new report.
- Mon 06:16India has launched a consultation on draft rules that would allow nature-based carbon projects into its emerging carbon market, proposing a risk-buffer system for forest, wetland, mangrove, and soil carbon activities.
