DATA DIVE: NZ ETS applications fall further in December

Published 00:32 on January 8, 2026 / Last updated at 00:32 on January 8, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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The volume of applications to submit land into New Zealand’s ETS continued to fall in December, according to government data.

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Australia releases draft IFLM method for consultation

Published 14:35 on December 22, 2025 / Last updated at 05:31 on January 27, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS)

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Australia on Monday released consultation documents for its long-awaited integrated farm land management (IFLM) carbon credit method in a proposal that would allow farmers to combine multiple activities under a single project.

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China approves three NbS methodologies for CCER programme

Published 02:52 on December 4, 2025 / Last updated at 02:52 on December 4, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS)

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The Chinese government has given the greenlight to three new methodologies for its domestic offset programme, all nature-based solutions (NbS).

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COP30: FEATURE – Brazil’s coalition could shape systems amid global carbon market growth, experts say

Published 22:08 on November 22, 2025 / Last updated at 22:08 on November 22, 2025 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Features), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Brazil’s international coalition could be uniquely positioned to facilitate mutual recognition of credits and knowledge exchange between countries amid a global explosion of carbon pricing systems – if certain steps are taken, experts said during COP30 in Belem.

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DATA DIVE: NZ ETS sees applications plummet in October, govt data shows

Published 07:27 on November 6, 2025 / Last updated at 07:27 on November 6, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Insights (Data Dives), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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The volume of applications to submit land in to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has crashed in October as the farm-to-forestry conversion bill takes hold.

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New Forests sees carbon credit generation drop, as it looks to develop new swale methodology

Published 05:23 on October 23, 2025 / Last updated at 05:23 on October 23, 2025 / / Americas (US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), EMEA (Africa), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Global carbon and timber asset manager New Forests saw a dramatic drop in carbon credits issued to it last financial year, according to its latest sustainability report published Thursday.

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Malaysia may delay climate bill, carbon tax to facilitate industry engagement -minister

Published 12:58 on October 15, 2025 / Last updated at 12:58 on October 15, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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Malaysia may delay its Climate Change Bill and carbon tax to allow for more comprehensive consultations with business entities and associations, a minister told reporters Tuesday.

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CFEL25: Asian carbon finance seen converging around Article 6.4

Published 08:26 on October 9, 2025 / Last updated at 08:33 on October 9, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement could become the “point of convergence” between the emerging compliance markets in Asia and voluntary carbon finance, according to a global nature-based investment management firm.

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DATA DIVE: Number of NZ ETS applications submitted slips in September as farm-to-forestry legislation passes

Published 01:46 on October 2, 2025 / Last updated at 01:46 on October 2, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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The number of applications submitted to participate in the New Zealand ETS slipped slightly in September, according to government data.

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NZ passes farm-to-forestry conversion bill

Published 01:55 on September 19, 2025 / Last updated at 01:55 on September 19, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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New Zealand parliament passed its farm-to-forestry legislation Thursday, with the coalition government saying it strikes the right balance between protecting New Zealand’s agricultural land and maintaining ETS confidence.

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