Allied offering - AlliedOffsets announced on Thursday the launch of AlliedCredits, an open marketplace for the public to view both spot and forward prices and listings. According to the market intelligence provider, price discovery is challenging for new entrants to the carbon market, or for forward-planning. While coverage of spot transactions is more accessible, forward carbon credits remain more opaque and yet, forward sales can also attract early-stage funding. Buyers and sellers can enter and browse spot and forward offers for their credits, and the data will also be available via API.

Wastewater CDR - International non-profit Carbon to Sea will award $225,000 to a team of scientists, engineers, and industry professionals to evaluate opportunities for ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) in municipal wastewater treatment plants, the organisation announced on Thursday. It is estimated that between 3-7% of global GHG emissions come from municipal wastewater treatment systems due to nutrient and chemical discharges, Carbon to Sea said. The funding will support the team - from the likes of the Universities of Delaware and Maryland, the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative, DC Water - to develop an exploratory technical report on OAE opportunities in wastewater treatment plants.

The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) published on Thursday a request for comments on its draft modular mine methane protocol, as well as a US-specific module for the project sector.

The UK's response to a review of its entry into the carbon removal space signalled notable support for biochar, as well as an open door to credits from overseas direct air capture plants, according to an expert.

The EU should pair its planned ETS carbon removal procurement mechanism with stringent certificate eligibility rules and consider technology-specific quotas, according to a German government-commissioned report released this month.

A carbon removal procurement service is offering portfolios aligned with compliance ready markets, it announced Thursday.

Companies complying with the Science Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) new Ongoing Emissions Responsibility (OER) framework could face dramatically different bills for identical emissions trajectories, depending on the type of gases they release, according to new research from a financial services firm.

Voluntary carbon markets could deliver up to $12.6 billion a year to support agrifood decarbonisation in Southeast Asia, yet researchers caution that the region’s funding shortfall remains severe.

Carbon voyage - Kochi Water Metro in the Indian state of  Kerala has become the first of its kind to generate carbon credits after signing a revenue‑sharing agreement with advisory firm Kosher Climate, according to The New Indian Express. The agency will handle certification, studies, documentation, and international approvals. Under the deal, 71% of revenue from carbon credit trading will go to Kochi Water Metro, creating a new non‑fare income stream.

Several proposals on what to do with Colombia’s carbon tax from designated ministers and the newly installed Congress have appeared this week, uncovering the first carbon governance challenges for the country’s incoming administration.