LATAM Roundup: Cautious optimism reigns for the VCM

Published 00:21 on July 1, 2025 / Last updated at 00:21 on July 1, 2025 / / Americas, Americas Compliance Markets & Taxes, Carbon Taxes, Forestry, International, LATAM & Caribbean, Mexico, Nature-based Carbon, Other NbS, Paris Article 6/PACM, South & Central, Voluntary

Last week saw voluntary carbon market (VCM) stakeholders welcome Colombia’s CO2 tax results, while Chile debuted and promoted market regulations, Mexico announced a major soil carbon deal, and anticipation built for Brazil’s ETS and Tropical Forests Forever Fund (TFFF).

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RGGI Market: RGA prices tone down as temperatures across US Northeast ease

Published 23:22 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 23:22 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Americas Compliance Markets & Taxes, US, US & Canada

RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices retreated from year-high levels as temperatures in the US Northeast moderated in the aftermath of a heat wave.

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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Pampa biomes have annual capacity for over 100 mln carbon credits -report

Published 22:40 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 22:40 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Forestry, LATAM & Caribbean, Nature-based Carbon, South & Central, Voluntary

Two of Brazil’s six terrestrial biomes – the Atlantic Forest and Pampa – have a combined annual capacity to supply 100 million REDD+ credits, as well as over 4 mln afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) credits, according to a report published Monday.

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BioCarbon launches new dMRV working group with CORSIA, ICVCM aims

Published 19:00 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 19:00 on June 30, 2025 / / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, Forestry, LATAM & Caribbean, Nature & Biodiversity, Nature-based Carbon, Other NbS, South & Central, Voluntary

The BioCarbon nature and carbon standard has launched an initiative to study digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) solutions, partially to support the standard’s ambitions to align with the CORSIA international aviation offsetting scheme and the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

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VCM Report: Huge deals for soil carbon removal projects, despite sideways secondary market

Published 18:06 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 18:06 on June 30, 2025 / / Africa, Americas, Asia, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, CO2 Management, EMEA, Engineered Removals, Europe, Forestry, International, LATAM & Caribbean, Nature & Biodiversity, Nature-based Carbon, Other NbS, Pacific, Paris Article 6/PACM, VCM Report, Voluntary

Voluntary carbon credit prices continued to trend sideways in secondary trade, though the sector was buoyed by a splurge of expensive soil removal deals, and healthier activity in the primary market.

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Canadian offset provider acquires large carbon project developer

Published 17:01 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 17:01 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Canada, EMEA, Europe, Forestry, Nature-based Carbon, Other NbS, US & Canada, Voluntary

A Calgary-headquartered carbon offset provider announced Monday the acquisition of a long-standing Switzerland-based project developer and trader.

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Public banks scale back investments in industrial farming by 46% -report

Published 15:00 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 16:50 on June 27, 2025 / / Americas, EMEA, LATAM & Caribbean, Other APAC

Total investments from 16 leading international finance institutions (IFIs) in industrial animal agriculture almost halved over 2024, while sustainable flows tripled, according to data released on Monday.

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Researchers find holes in Meta’s public carbon capture data project

Published 14:16 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 14:17 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Asia Pacific, CCUS, CO2 Management, EMEA, Engineered Removals, International, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

Researchers have described Meta’s open-source carbon removal data initiative, aimed at accelerating direct air capture (DAC) technology, as containing significant flaws, though they welcomed the public nature of the work.

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Large REDD+ forest carbon fund launches call for projects

Published 13:00 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 13:00 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, EMEA, Forestry, International, LATAM & Caribbean, Mexico, Nature & Biodiversity, Nature-based Carbon, South & Central, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

A fund worth $50 million has launched a call for carbon projects that are to be certified under a new REDD+ standard.

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States and regions call for global solidarity levies on heavy polluting sectors

Published 12:08 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 12:08 on June 30, 2025 / / Africa, Americas, Americas Compliance Markets & Taxes, Canada, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, EMEA Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe, International, LATAM & Caribbean, Mexico, UN Climate Talks, US & Canada

Just over a dozen states and regions around the world are calling on governments to impose global solidarity levies on high-emitting sectors, in order to raise climate finance and boost action in developing countries, they announced on Monday.

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