Ghana is close to issuing forest carbon credits under its large-scale forest conservation programme, a minister announced in London this week.

The Trump administration announced a final Regenerative Feedstock Rule to build on federal support for domestic biofuels and the agriculture sector.

An announcement of 12 new projects to advance Canada's mining infrastructure includes five new decarbonisation schemes.

Producers and financial players have both reduced their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length, according to the latest US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

An American research team has found that roughly 650 million tonnes of carbon were stored in the top layers of seagrass sediment between 2019-20 as part of the construction of a global blue carbon map.

Canada’s reduced industrial carbon price would still increase energy production costs in Alberta, making the province less competitive than neighbouring producers that don't put a price on carbon pollution, according to a conservative think tank.

European carbon permits posted marginal daily and weekly declines on Friday as allowance prices moved in their narrowest range for more than two weeks, with traders anticipating the end of the financial half-year and the approaching ETS reform package, while energy commodities were mixed after headlines sparked afternoon rallies.

A group of 17 EU member states has asked that the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR) be postponed by three years, citing ongoing oil and gas supply constraints linked to the war in the Middle East.

EU27 energy ministers on Friday approved a grids and permitting package aimed at accelerating the expansion of infrastructure seen as essential for electrification and the bloc's decarbonisation goals.

Scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, rather than competing over technologies, is now the industry's biggest challenge, experts said on Thursday.

The coming overhaul of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is shaping up as one of the toughest political tests for the bloc’s climate policy, with a tight timetable that looks almost as daunting as the substance of the reform itself.

EU energy storage boost – The European Commission on Friday signed the EU’s first-ever tripartite agreement on energy storage, aiming to rapidly scale capacity and ease price volatility across the bloc’s power system. The accord, concluded on the margins of the Energy Council in Luxembourg, brings together ministers, project developers, manufacturers, energy-intensive industry and financial institutions to accelerate deployment in the short term and strengthen EU storage manufacturing. Twenty-two member states have pledged 30-35 GW of new storage over the next two years, with national and EU funding, including under the Innovation Fund, expected to support rollout and cut system operating costs.

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.

Scorching 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. 

EU environment ministers meeting on Thursday said protecting and restoring nature is now a competitiveness issue as much as an environmental one, with several countries branding nature-based solutions “strategic infrastructure” and backing new market tools such as nature credits.

A climate technology startup and the Indonesian Forestry Business Association (APHI) have signed an agreement to strengthen the capacity of forestry companies preparing to enter the carbon market.

France’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.

LNG financiers - Without a lack of stringent environmental oversight, Japanese financial institutions are the world’s largest financiers of LNG carriers. Five large financial groups from Japan provided around 26.9% of all global project-level LNG carrier finance during 2020-25, according to a recent report by Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC). None of the three megabanks - MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho - maintain exclusion policies covering midstream gas infrastructure, including LNG shipping, the report said. The three lenders withdrew from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance earlier this year.  

A 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.

India’s carbon market coalition on Friday launched the Article 6 Carbon Bazaar, a new industry platform to support participation in international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement.

Kiko says no - Japanese environmental NGO Kiko Network issued a protest statement on Friday against Japan’s largest power generator, JERA, for its consideration to resume the sale of coal-fired power to its corporate customers. The NGO called for the immediate withdrawal of the policy, which the power company revealed in a press conference on Wednesday. In the briefing materials, JERA stated that in order to pass on the cost benefits of coal-fired power to customers, long-term PPAs must be secured with retailers, possibly “as early as this summer”. The NGO also called on the Japanese government to reinstate its curbs on coal power plants, after the trade ministry announced in March a temporary lift on operating restrictions to counter energy market turmoil.

Prices in China’s national emissions market over the past week climbed to a five-week high amid fresh climate policy updates, while the voluntary market continued to see a narrowing offset premium.

Think it through - The Korea Economic Association (KEA), which represents the academic community of economists in the country, has urged the government to consider the role of industrial, energy, technology, and trade policies in the upcoming green transformation (GX) plan. According to Yonhap, KEA suggested several priority tasks for Korea, including expanding the power grid, creating a market for low-carbon products, and building a clean hydrogen supply chain. It also highlighted factors such as increased electricity demand due to AI development, supply chain restructuring, and intensifying competition in the manufacturing sector. Seoul is set to release the K-GX plan next month.

Field tests - Japanese project developer Faeger on Friday said its research projects have been selected for two programmes backed by Japan's agriculture ministry. Faeger is developing a climate change adaptation service for domestic farmers, based on environmental monitoring and cultivation techniques. The company began demonstrations with around 20 rice producers this year, and aims to further accelerate this initiative through the two government-backed projects. It has been working with over 3,500 farmers nationwide, covering more than 60,000 ha of rice cultivation nationwide, through mid-season drainage extension projects under the J-Credit programme.  

Fresh investment - Tokyo-based startup Carbonlink has completed its Series A fundraising for an undisclosed amount, with DRG Fund as the lead investor, it announced Friday. The company is engaged in the trading and purchase of carbon credits, with a cumulative transaction value exceeding JPY 350 mln ($2.2 mln). Carbonlink also said it plans to launch a new carbon brokerage service for companies, address the growing needs for emission allowances under GX-ETS, and introduce solutions for J-Credit and JCM credit providers in the near future.  

The 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.

Two Australian carbon and water project developers have formalised a partnership and are launching a pilot programme involving stacking credits from their respective activities on top of each other, they announced Friday.

Just transition funds – The European Commission has awarded €351 mln in grants to seven projects under the Just Transition Mechanism’s Public Sector Loan Facility (PSLF), it announced on Thursday. The selected investments in Cyprus, Czechia, France, Greece and Spain target higher education infrastructure, hospital modernisation, low-carbon transport, urban greening, water resilience and a high-voltage submarine interconnector for the Dodecanese islands. The Public Sector Loan Facility (PSLF) was established by the European Union as one of the three pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM) to ensure that the transition towards climate neutrality leaves no region behind.

The 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.

China has outlined its roadmap for energy system transformation by 2030, balancing a rapid scaling of renewables with a strategic reliance on coal.

Tenfold green value- Indonesia’s forestry ministry has rolled out a multi-enterprise forestry scheme to promote the transformation of forest area utilisation to increase its economic value, according to local media. The rise in value is estimated to be up to 10 times that of traditional timber-reliant business models. Director General of Sustainable Forest Management Laksmi Wijayanti said the government is developing multi‑enterprise forestry schemes to enable simultaneous use of timber, non‑timber products, agroforestry, eco‑tourism, environmental services, and carbon trading.

Chugging along – CN on Thursday released its 2025 Sustainability Data Supplement, reporting progress towards its long-term emissions and environmental targets alongside a list of external sustainability recognitions. The Canadian company said its absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions fell by around 3% year-on-year in 2025. It also said it diverted about 95% of waste from landfill in 2025, and had planted 2.8 million trees since 2012, equivalent to 94% of its 2030 target.

Solar on stilts - The Philippines is adding 422 MWp in renewable energy capacity through a partnership with Vietnamese renewable energy developer VinEnergo to develop solar-on-water facilities worth $406 mln, the developers announced this week. VinEnergo and SunAsia Energy will install three projects in the Negros Occidental region from 2027-28, reducing carbon emissions by more than 460,000 tonnes annually, the announcement said. The facilities are expected to generate lifetime revenues exceeding $1.5 bln. Solar panels mounted on concrete piles above water could accommodate simultaneous aquaculture operations, potentially safeguarding the traditional livelihoods of communities that depend on the waters, the companies said.

The Australian government has signed off on the improved native forest management (INFM) carbon credit methodology developed by the New South Wales government.

As the market continued to digest news that California, Quebec, and Washington would sign linkage agreements on Thursday, California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices settled above $33 through the week before dipping just below that threshold on the day, while Washington Carbon Allowances continued its decline from the week period.