CFTC: Producers build CCAs, extend RGA net short
Producers built California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length through V27 holdings while extending their net short in RGGI Allowances (RGAs), per the latest data release from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Due diligence rules pose legal risk to carbon market actors in Colombia
A global shift toward cross-border due diligence rules in environmental value chains has not missed Colombia or its carbon market, creating legal vulnerabilities for financial institutions and potentially carbon credit buyers, according to a Colombian environmental attorney.
Read MoreCoalition launches legal challenge against Oregon’s GHG trading programme
A coalition of Oregon industry, business, and labour groups on Thursday launched a legal challenge against the state’s GHG trading programme, arguing such a policy should be legislatively approved and that it imposes disproportionate cost burdens.
Read MoreCanadian banks retreat from emissions targets amid policy, demand shifts
Two Canadian banks are stepping back from previously announced emissions reduction targets, citing policy uncertainty and rising energy demand that they said have complicated earlier assumptions.
Read MoreAI pilots show promise in boosting biodiversity measurement, Goldman Sachs-backed study finds
Recent pilots demonstrate that artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance biodiversity measurement, while also helping unlock nature finance, according to research backed by Goldman Sachs.
Read MoreUS irrigation could slash emissions 85% at marginal cost, but net zero would double system spending -study
Irrigated agriculture in the US could deliver deep emissions cuts at little additional cost by shifting away from diesel and deploying solar-powered electric pumps, but achieving full net zero would require a sharp rise in spending and infrastructure, according to a new study.
Read MoreStudy puts climate loss and damage far higher than current estimates, with future costs dominating
A new study has put a price tag on climate “loss and damage” at levels far above many existing benchmarks, finding that the bulk of harm from past emissions has yet to be felt and could run into tens of trillions of dollars globally.
Read MoreDocuSign latest to shift to removals as it maintains carbon neutral status
US-based e-signature firm DocuSign has maintained its CarbonNeutral certification into FY26 while signalling a strategic pivot toward higher-integrity carbon credits and long-term removals, as it prepares to transition to a net zero-aligned approach.
Read MoreUS non-profit opens global 26-year biomass dataset to bolster carbon market monitoring
A US-based non-profit has released a global, high-resolution dataset tracking aboveground biomass over more than two decades, in a move that could strengthen monitoring, baselining, and verification across carbon markets and nature-based solutions.
Read MoreBRIEFING: In Latin America, ‘Microsoft pause’ could exacerbate barriers to biochar
Biochar credit generation in Latin America is constrained by fragile demand signals and high investment barriers, local developers have said, where a potential time-out from major carbon removals (CDR) buyer Microsoft could exacerbate both conditions.
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