Article 6 authority adopts new clean cooking fNRB tool, requests additional country-level values
The Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (SBM) has formally adopted a new tool for calculating the fraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB), a key parameter underpinning baseline-setting in cookstove and biomass carbon activities, though has requested more granular country-level values be included following further work.
Read MoreUK, EU hope to announce ETS linking agreement at July summit -media
The UK and EU are aiming to secure an agreement to link their two cap-and-trade carbon markets at a ‘reset’ summit now tentatively scheduled for July 13, the Guardian has reported.
Read MoreCarbon marketplace launches new CORSIA credit auction
A carbon marketplace and exchange has launched its first digital carbon credit auction for 75,000 CORSIA-labelled carbon credits.
Read MoreUK govt reports 7% decline in ETS emissions, driven by steel closures
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) Authority has published its latest compliance report, showing a sharp decline in GHG emissions during the 2025 scheme year, driven largely by cuts in heavy industry and major changes at the Port Talbot steelworks.
Read MoreArticle 6 authority approves N2O carbon methodology
The UN body overseeing implementation of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) has approved a new methodology to reduce N2O emissions from nitric acid production.
Read MoreSBTi shifts focus to implementation in new strategy to help corporates to net zero
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has unveiled a new 2026-30 strategy that will see it pivot from a generalised approach to more tailored support across sectors and geographies for corporates aiming to reach net zero, with a direct reference in the plan to the possible use of ‘high-integrity’ carbon credits as a “complement” for emission reductions.
Read MoreCompanies delaying carbon removal purchases amid policy uncertainty -survey
Demand for carbon removal (CDR) may be stalling, despite rising corporate net zero commitments and growing recognition that they will be needed later this century for wider global climate goals, a new policy brief based on interviews with corporate sustainability leaders has found.
Read MoreANALYSIS: EU opening for Article 6 in CBAM sends “positive signal” for credit demand, but puts climate credibility at risk
Allowing EU importers to deduct international carbon credits from their Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees is an endorsement of the UN’s Article 6 carbon markets – but some worry it may come at the expense of the mechanism’s climate integrity.Â
Read MoreDanish developer signs deal with Microsoft for 650k BECCS carbon credits
A Denmark-based project developer has signed a seven-year agreement with Microsoft to deliver 650,000 carbon removal units from its bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility.
Read MoreEuropean Commission confirms additional 2026 auction volumes will be deducted from free allocation budget
The additional 40 million EUAs to be auctioned this year from June through to December will come from volumes that would otherwise have been allocated for free, a European Commission official has confirmed to Carbon Pulse.
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