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- A carbon project developer focused on methane abatement announced on Thursday the sale of some 103,750 carbon credits from its Texan oil well plugging project.
- Fri 19:51A digital soil mapping (DSM) approach using machine learning and remote sensing could provide a scalable, lower-cost alternative to existing soil carbon monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) methods, with uncertainty deductions for carbon credit issuance falling below 5% for large, long-term projects, according to a new study.
- Fri 16:27Mauritania’s environment minister this week presented a strategic framework to facilitate access to international carbon finance and support mitigation activities, local media has reported.
- Fri 15:17The European Commission on Thursday adopted its first certification methodologies for carbon farming under the EU’s Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation, updating draft rules that were released for public consultation in January.
- According to an update from the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, a total 65%, or 129 of 198 countries, have now taken steps towards Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) participation by appointing their Designated National Authorities (DNAs).
- Fri 13:10Kenya is working to launch a carbon credit exchange serving the domestic and wider East African market within the next 12 months, media reported Friday.
- Fri 09:50A European impact fund is positioning itself to be a first big developer of forestry and carbon projects in one of Africa’s lesser known host countries, the Republic of Congo – and is helping the government build its market infrastructure along the way.Â
- Fri 09:10New biochar book - A new book exploring biochar’s potential to support economic development and climate action was launched this week during an online event hosted by the Minnesota Biochar Initiative. "Biochar: Fueling a new economy in the developing world" is co-authored by Patrick Pineda, vice president of business development and sustainability at Florida Crystals and former CEO of The Next 150, and Sara Duarte, co-founder and chief science officer at SuperBiochar and former biochar research and development leader at The Next 150. Drawing on peer-reviewed research and practical experience, the book examines how biochar can support entrepreneurship, farming communities, financial resilience, sustainable resource management, and climate change mitigation.
- Fri 09:09A group of 12 oil and gas majors has Tuesday published the methodology it will use to report members’ aggregated performance against their collective 2025 carbon and methane intensity ambitions, with the results due in October.
- Fri 08:18In a market flooded with diverse transaction methods, from digital marketplaces and RFP platforms to brokers and exchanges, old-fashioned relationship-building is still the most common way to close a deal, according to a report.Â
- Fri 08:04Launched - Indonesia has officially launched its new Carbon Unit Registry System (SRUK). The environment ministry said 49 mitigation projects spanning the energy, waste, forestry, and agriculture sectors are in the pipeline under Indonesia’s domestic SPEI certification scheme, with estimated emissions reduction potential of 5.85 MtCO2e annually. The registry was built using Climate Data Steering Committee data-model standards and is designed to connect with IDXCarbon and international registry systems.
- Fri 07:08Hundreds of carbon projects left outside the Paris Agreement’s new crediting mechanism face an uncertain future, with developers weighing a patchwork of options ranging from voluntary markets and domestic compliance schemes to simply shutting down ageing programmes.
- Fri 01:26An American forest carbon scientist has founded a new credit ratings agency committed to transparency and re-building market trust through enhanced and customisable scoring metrics.Â
- Verra opened a one-month public consultation process on Thursday for a major revision of its cookstove methodology in its Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) programme.
- Fri 01:02Carbon removal (CDR) buyers apart from Microsoft committed to a record-high volume of quarterly purchases, according to analysis published by a CDR portfolio manager on Thursday.
- Thu 22:18Microsoft's greenhouse gas output rose 25% in fiscal year 2025 as the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure drove higher emissions across its value chain, but the technology giant reiterated its commitment to become carbon negative by 2030 through a combination of operational decarbonisation and one of the world's largest CO2 removal (CDR) procurement programmes.
- Thu 17:46Mining goals - A former chief economist at mining giant BHP has called for governments to adopt stronger climate policies, including a robust carbon price, arguing that voluntary corporate commitments are insufficient to drive deep industrial decarbonisation. Huw McKay, now a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, told the Guardian newspaper that an effective carbon price would encourage mining companies to invest more quickly in cutting emissions from hard-to-abate operations. His comments follow leaked internal BHP documents revealing the company delayed or cancelled several decarbonisation initiatives, including major renewable energy projects in the Pilbara, fleet electrification plans, and a low-emissions ironmaking project.
- Voluntary carbon certification body Gold Standard has published two new methodologies on Thursday as it continues to align its crediting programme with the principles of the Paris Agreement.
- Evidence library - Isometric has launched a new feature that consolidates all project evidence into a centralised view within its platform, aiming to simplify carbon project verification and improve transparency, it said Thursday. The interface brings together documents, sensor data, calculations, images, and other supporting evidence in one place, allowing suppliers, auditors, and reviewers to quickly trace how certification decisions are made. The registry's new Evidence Library is organised by project requirements and linked directly to specific claims, reducing time spent searching across multiple files and improving consistency during validation. The update is designed to streamline project reviews, strengthen auditability and support faster, more reliable certification of carbon projects
- Thu 15:10Nordic Quality - Nefco, the Nordic Green Bank, is seeking feedback on how to develop a framework, called Nordic Quality, for companies and investors to engage in international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Nordic Quality aims to provide a shared Nordic reference point by translating values such as transparency, trust and sustainable development into practical principles for high-integrity carbon market cooperation.
- Thu 15:09Green lawyers - UK law firm Shoosmiths has signed a five-year pre purchase forward offtake agreement for carbon removal credits provided through the firm Carbonaires. The credits are sourced from HUSK, a women-led biochar producer operating in Cambodia and Vietnam. After reducing its operational footprint by over 70% across Scope 1 and market-based Scope 2 emissions, Shoosmiths net operational emissions are zero after this deal. But the law firm does not yet claim to be net zero because it has not yet reached the 90% reduction threshold. Every credit is monitored through Carbonaires’ digital-twin, real-time tracking, and retired with full end-to-end traceability via Carbonaires’ integration with Carbonplace, from issuance through to retirement, the company said.
- Thu 15:01A new digital carbon registry has launched, aiming to bring building decarbonisation projects into carbon markets.
- EU's CRCF made easy –  CRCFProjects.com has partnered with SyndicatedCarbon to make the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) easier to follow for market participants, the founders announced on social media. The independent platform offers live updates on the EU CRCF, through the day and a searchable directory of CRCF projects, by method, country, developer and status. Founder Maximilian Venhofen said the EU CRCF is hard to keep up with, and described CRCFProjects as “an independent, plain language way to see what's real, what's coming, and what it means”.
- Thu 08:54A substantial volume of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) were retired in June, according to data released by the Clean Energy Regulator, doubling the amount of credits retired in the first half of 2026, year-on-year.
- Thu 06:50An Indian carbon project developer is deploying bioacoustic monitoring across its agroforestry projects, betting that hard data on biodiversity can convince cautious corporate buyers to enter the voluntary carbon market.
- Adding "co-benefit premiums" to carbon markets to reward nature-based climate projects that deliver measurable adaptation, biodiversity, and social benefits alongside carbon sequestration, could redirect investment towards higher-impact projects that are currently overlooked.
- Thu 04:32Tokens - Thai conglomerate CP Group has partnered with the Mae Fah Luang Foundation to tokenise forest carbon credits, with the pilot project expected to generate around 10,000 credits, the Bangkok Post reported. CP has committed THB 30 mln ($930,000) to purchase the tokens, which will initially be available through the TrueMoney app for consumers to offset emissions from travel and daily consumption. The pilot covers forest across Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Tak provinces, with plans to expand the model and develop a fully tokenised system, subject to regulatory approval, the report said.
- Thu 02:46A group of German researchers has proposed a new framework for classifying carbon offset projects based on the underlying mechanisms by which they reduce or remove greenhouse gases, arguing that existing taxonomies obscure important differences in project quality and accounting approaches while lumping together fundamentally different activities.
- Thu 01:38Colombia’s incoming environment minister has pledged to revive the country’s carbon market by reversing key policies introduced under the outgoing administration, including a cap on the use of carbon credits to offset the national carbon tax and controversial draft regulations governing carbon projects.
- Thu 01:12Singapore sovereign investor Temasek recorded 7% year-on-year growth in its sustainability portfolio value to S$49 billion ($37.8 bln) and opted to maintain its focus on enabling carbon market solutions as a pillar of its net zero goal, according to financial year-end figures published on Wednesday.
- Wed 23:13A Mexican state has signed an agreement to assess the development of a jurisdictional forest carbon programme under the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) TREES standard covering almost 3 million hectares, it announced this week.
- Wed 17:52June saw the durable CDR market consolidate as developers digested an announcement from the Science Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) that will see a demand boost in the long term, as monthly contracted tonnes fell to around 350,000 tonnes in deals.
- Wed 16:27Get a job – The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has launched a call for applications for an Indigenous Peoples or local communities representative from the Asia-Pacific region to join its Governing Board, with a July 24, 2026 deadline. The successful candidate will sit on one of three reserved seats for Indigenous and local community leaders, with full voting rights on decisions shaping ICVCM’s high‑integrity Core Carbon Principles and wider voluntary carbon market governance. ICVCM said it is seeking a trusted regional voice able to represent Indigenous Peoples and local communities impartially, with experience in community‑level carbon projects and promoting inclusion of women, youth, persons with disabilities and other marginalised groups. Details here.
- Wed 16:26A proposed Kenya land restoration and renewable biomass initiative could advance into carbon project development if a new feasibility assessment finds it technically and commercially viable, a Canada-based carbon offset provider said on Wednesday.
- Wed 15:54A Singapore-based price assessment platform has linked up with a futures exchange to ease trading hedging risk in carbon markets, it was announced Wednesday.
- Wed 12:37A Hong Kong-based carbon market platform and financing facility, backed by the Global Carbon Council (GCC), launched on Wednesday with the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the parties at IETA’s Asia Climate Summit.
- Wed 12:12Chile’s Ministry of Environment (MMA) is actively courting REDD+ projects to diversify the portfolio of carbon credits used to offset its CO2 tax – but the low $5 per tonne tax rate can make it economically inviable to integrate them.
- Wed 11:33Indonesia has issued new rules allowing some carbon credits to be traded overseas without government authorisation or corresponding adjustments, while setting out a framework for international standards to operate within the country’s revamped registry system due to be launched later this week.
- Wed 10:14Two major corporate buyers have agreed to purchase more than 635,000 carbon removals over 10 years from an agroforestry project seeking to restore 6,000 hectares of degraded land in Indonesia’s Sulawesi, the project developer said.
- A Qatar-based voluntary standard has become the latest body to integrate an industry-led carbon capture and storage (CCS) framework into its crediting programme.
- Wed 06:50Carbon care - Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is targeting carbon credit revenue from 100 hospitals by the end of 2026 as part of a drive to decarbonise the country’s healthcare system, the government said. The hospitals are expected to gain certification under the Thai Voluntary Emission Reduction programme, with Bang Bo Hospital in Samut Prakan the first to qualify and now preparing to sell credits. The ministry has installed rooftop solar systems at 1,683 hospitals nationwide and is also promoting electric vehicles, greener operating rooms, improved waste management, and sustainable food. It aims to cut healthcare emissions by 25% by 2030 and 50% by 2035, before reaching net zero by 2050, according to Thailand’s Government Public Relations Department.
- Wed 06:49An Irish native woodland restoration project has entered independent third-party validation under the Origin Xero Carbon Programme, marking another step towards the issuance of what its developer says will be verified domestic carbon credits and highlighting progress in Ireland's nascent voluntary carbon market.
- Wed 06:49Two tenders have been published for carbon credits under the UN's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) on behalf of Asian airlines searching for 614,000 tonnes of CO2e.
- Wed 03:59
Cook check - Verra has published a new checklist to help project developers and validation/verification bodies prepare projects using its VM0050 Energy Efficiency and Fuel-Switch Measures in Cookstoves v1.0 methodology. The spreadsheet outlines the key elements Verra typically reviews when assessing applications for project registration, verification, or combined registration and verification, with the aim of improving the quality and completeness of submissions. The organisation stressed that the checklist is intended as guidance rather than a comprehensive review framework, with additional project-specific issues still considered during assessments. It also noted that the methodology itself takes precedence in the event of any discrepancies, and said it plans to publish similar checklists for other methodologies in the coming months.
- Wed 03:53Environmental groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have called on the government to halt its proposed carbon market legislation, warning that the draft law risks undermining existing governance reforms and investor confidence by advancing without sufficient consultation.
- Wed 00:22A marine carbon removal (mCDR) company has handed over its US pilot project to a philanthropic initiative, which has a new goal of establishing a non-profit research hub in the region.
- Not now, not ever - Relying on CCUS as a key climate policy is likely to fall short of expectations, according to a report by right-leaning Canadian think tank Fraser Institute. The study said Alberta’s multi-bln Pathways Project, meant to reduce emissions for oil sands producers, is unlikely to succeed as most CCUS has been developed to enhance oil and gas recovery, rather than to store carbon in the ground.
- Tue 22:32The government of Argentina's Misiones has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Verra to strengthen the province's technical capacity to participate in international carbon markets, following the standard's recent approval of its landmark jurisdictional forest carbon programme.
- Tue 21:49One step further - The Brazilian state Mato Grosso has submitted to its Legislative Assembly a draft bill to create the state’s Environmental Assets Company, according to Governor Otaviano Pivetta. The initiative represents a further step toward the implementation of its J-REDD+ programme, as it establishes the necessary structure to enable mechanisms for increasing the value of environmental assets, as Earth Innovation Institute highlighted in a post shared on LinkedIn.
- Tue 17:13Sustainable grasslands carbon projects under a revised Verra methodology would need to validate soil carbon models against changes over time, rather than one-off stock measurements, according to a Tuesday announcement.
- Tue 15:57Koko Networks, the Kenyan-based bioethanol and clean cooking developer that folded in February after failing to secure an agreement to sell credits internationally under the Paris Agreement, is selling its technology platform and factory.
- Tue 14:43Carbon finance is playing an increasing role in the US biochar market, according to a survey-based report published Tuesday that found national production estimates rose 32% per year between 2023 and 2025 and estimated industry value nearly tripled.
- A Mozambique-based clean cooking company has secured around €1.1 million from a European clean cooking fund to expand access to biomass-fuelled cookstoves and fuel production in the country.
- Tue 10:29Verra has high hopes for growth via regulated carbon markets after issuances under its flagship carbon standard fell by around 30% year-on-year in 2025, according to its annual report.
- Tue 09:12ARR issuance - Verra has issued 25,408 verified carbon units (VCUs) from Estonian-based forestry carbon developer Ecobase's European afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) project, said a press release by Ecobase on Tuesday. It marks the second verification and credit issuance for the project, and covers two vintages, with 12,140 VCUs issued for 2023 and 13,268 VCUs issued for 2024. The credits form part of Ecobase’s wider 5,853-hectare ARR project. But while the full project spans 10 countries, these specific credits were generated from eligible project areas across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
- Tue 09:03Applications open - Carbon removal accelerator Remove has opened applications for the 2026 cohort of its India programme, targeting early-stage companies developing science-based CDR solutions. The two-stage, eight-month programme will provide training and coaching on carbon markets, policy, MRV, business models, fundraising and buyer readiness. Selected startups will move from a 10-week India-focused “Foundations” stage to a 20-week global “Leap” programme, with access to a €15,000 carbon removal purchase agreement. The non-profit accelerator, which does not take equity, said applicants should demonstrate commercial traction and founders must own at least 70% of the company. Applications close on Aug. 23, with shortlisted startups invited to an introductory call.
- Tue 07:08Alternative - KCCI Carbon Standard (KCS), a voluntary programme backed by South Korea's major business lobby, is seeking public input on a new methodology to reduce emissions from industrial processes, such as semiconductor and display manufacturing. The approach, proposed by climate tech Starstech, converts waste acid into recycled chemical alternatives, thereby replacing conventional waste treatment and suppressing the production and use of virgin chemical products. The public comment period is open until Aug. 2.
- Tue 05:00Gold Standard (GS) has added another insurance policy to the list of approved covers for CORSIA, the international aviation offsetting scheme, the registry announced Tuesday.
- Tue 04:17A coalition of more than 70 environmental, Indigenous rights, and human rights organisations has urged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to abandon plans to lift its 23-year-old moratorium on allocating new industrial logging concessions, warning that the move would jeopardise climate commitments, undermine recent forest governance reforms, and expose vast areas of the Congo Basin to unsustainable exploitation.
- Tue 02:29Macao International Carbon Emission Exchange (MEX) has listed spot contracts for Core Carbon Principles (CCP)-labelled credits, it announced Monday.
- Tue 00:49Public guidelines - Peru’s environment ministry unveiled a draft sectoral guidance document designed to help public agencies identify and assess projects with the strongest potential to participate in carbon markets. The proposal applies a common set of eight prioritisation criteria, including emissions reduction potential, alignment with national climate targets, sustainable development benefits, and cost-effectiveness, aiming to standardise project evaluation across government entities. The final document will be made publicly available later this month.
- Mon 23:18Climate litigation this month focused heavily on the rules and approvals that shape fossil fuel growth, as claimants challenged gas projects, clean air waivers, liability shields, carbon offsetting, and corporate transition claims, and new research found a persistent accountability gap for the companies most closely tied to historical emissions.
- Mon 22:57IETA has urged the European Commission to pursue a broad overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System after 2030, arguing the bloc should integrate carbon removals, prepare to use international credits from 2031, reform the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), and prioritise linking the scheme with the UK carbon market.
- Mon 18:48The deadline has passed for countries hosting Kyoto-era Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to approve transition to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), with just one-quarter of eligible activities making the cut – and Latin America leading the charge.
- Mon 17:42Green shoots - Green Earth Group has published its Q2 2026 trading update, reporting progress in its shift from project development to commercial delivery. During the first half of 2026, the company increased its sales order book to €41.5 mln, including €4.1 mln in prepaid contracted sales, which it said reflects growing commercial traction as it scales project execution.
- Mon 16:34Benchmark ICE CORSIA futures bounced back towards $10/t last week, climbing from two-year lows, as the European Commission's assessment of the international aviation offsetting scheme that will affect the participation of EU carriers inches closer.
- Mon 15:55The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is warning against fragmenting carbon regulation for the global aviation industry ahead of the EU assessment of CORSIA due for publication this month.
- Mon 15:55World Cup offsets - Brazil’s men’s national football team is set to offset its residual World Cup emissions with carbon credits supplied by state-owned bank Caixa, under a partnership between the Brazilian Football Confederation and the von Bohlen Halbach Climate Institute, Brazilian news outlet Terra reported. The credits are linked to emissions reductions from the Rio Waste Treatment Plant in Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro, a project managed by Regenera Rio under Caixa’s UN-registered activities programme for solid waste and carbon capture.
- Mon 15:55Tribal forest RFP – The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI) has opened a request for proposals for the second phase of an improved forest management carbon credit project on Tribal forestlands in Oregon, with responses due July 22. The selected contractor will assess feasibility, design the project and inventory, estimate carbon stocks and credit yields, and begin initial project development to prepare for potential carbon market transactions under Washington’s Cap-and-Invest Program. The work will cover seven parcels totalling around 14,742 acres across Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties, while incorporating Tribal management priorities and protections for sovereignty and cultural resources.
- Mon 15:28Ghana needs to treat carbon markets as a tool for national development, and position itself as a regional hub for credible carbon credits that attract credible international investment, technology, and partnerships, parliamentarians said during a debate on the country's carbon market framework.
- Mon 13:58Fresh connection – The Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust), which links and aggregates carbon credit data from registries worldwide, has added Node-as-a-Service, the cloud-based infrastructure model that allows developers and businesses to connect to and interact with blockchains without having to build or maintain their own hardware as a default connection, it announced on social media. The Node-as-a-Service will be the default connection model as the CAD Trust transitions to Data Model v2.0. The CAD Trust was founded by the World Bank, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), and the Government of Singapore.
- Mon 11:38Carbon credit co‑labels have emerged as a “trust currency” in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), with market participants noting that they are shaping pricing tiers, buyer behaviour, and project design standards.
- A German direct air capture (DAC) startup has launched the country’s largest DAC plant, with capacity to remove 150 tonnes of CO2 a year, it announced last week.
- Mon 09:02Demand for durable carbon removals (CDR) could outstrip annual supply more than five times by 2036, opening a roughly 50 million tonne shortfall as corporate needs struggle to be met by a market that has issued just 2 mln units to date, according to a new report.
- Mon 08:48Mongolia’s parliament has passed the country's inaugural law on climate change, creating a legal framework to curb emissions, build climate resilience, and advance the carbon market.
- Mon 08:33Indonesia’s flagship project on avoided deforestation re‑entered the global carbon market with the verification of 20 million credits, one of the project managers said.
- Mon 07:37Dual approval – Murilo Granemann, the leader of the Manoa REDD+ Project in the Brazilian Amazon said in a LinkedIn post Friday that the initiative had become the first in Latin America to be verified under both Verra's Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards and the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta). He added the project (VCS1571), has also achieved Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for forest management.
