BRIEFING: Experts confident of strong CORSIA supply and demand, including from US

Published 10:59 on February 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:59 on February 7, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

Carbon market participants are confident that there will be both strong supply and demand for CORSIA credits, including from US airlines, despite political developments this year that have cast uncertainty over international climate initiatives.

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Madagascar “enthusiastic” about Article 6, plans to develop national registry

Published 14:51 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:11 on February 6, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Madagascar is keen to get involved with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and is aiming to develop a national registry and standards to start generating credits, the country’s Designated National Authority (DNA) said on Thursday.

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Voluntary carbon market ratings agency launches new quality, pricing indices, says 2024 was “turning point” for credit integrity

Published 12:30 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:36 on February 6, 2025  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The year 2024 was a “turning point” for integrity in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and the prices that high-quality credits command, according to a new set of quality and pricing indices launched by a ratings agency and backed by a carbon market intelligence firm.

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VCM MONTHLY DATA: Millions of Shell retirements fail to stop January slump

Published 18:45 on February 4, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:52 on February 5, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Data Dive, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Oil major Shell retired more than 5 million carbon credits in January across the major registries – but even with that contribution, total retirements for the month fell year-on-year.

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INTERVIEW: Carbon industry misinterpreting definition of ‘net zero’ emissions, says physicist

Published 14:43 on January 31, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:43 on January 31, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Carbon markets are misinterpreting how the target of “zero net emissions” should be reached, according to a physicist behind the concept, speaking to Carbon Pulse.

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Verra says safeguards requirements are improving, but more work needed

Published 18:32 on January 29, 2025  /  Last updated at 18:32 on January 29, 2025  / /  International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Standard-setter Verra said on Wednesday there is still work to be done to improve its requirements on safeguards in carbon projects, despite carrying out significant work in the area over the past year.

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Weaker gas influence on carbon, mild industrial recovery expected in Europe -analysts

Published 14:03 on January 29, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:03 on January 29, 2025  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

The alignment of European carbon with natural gas could weaken in 2025, while speculators should support bullish EUA price development, according to an energy markets outlook published on Wednesday.

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INTERVIEW: Voluntary buyers must act now despite SBTi uncertainty on carbon credit use

Published 09:31 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:36 on January 27, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

Uncertainty over whether the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will approve carbon credit use as part of corporate net zero goals does not have to deter buyers from participating in the voluntary market — but they should adopt a creative approach to accounting while they wait for clarity, according to the CEO of a brokerage.

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EXCLUSIVE: ICVCM now expects CCP decision on cookstove carbon methodologies by end of March

Published 11:47 on January 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:47 on January 27, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) now expects the decision on which cookstove methodologies will qualify for its Core Carbon Principles (CCP) quality label to be published by the end of March, several months after initially planned.

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INTERVIEW: “Miraculous” Article 6 decision is final chance to get international carbon markets off the ground

Published 10:22 on January 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:22 on January 27, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

In the wake of the monumental decision to finalise Article 6 rules at COP29, the world now cannot afford for the new UN crediting mechanism to fail, but seeing it through will not be easy, according to an international carbon markets veteran.

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