Biochar “must be part of the solution” for EU ETS carbon removals, lead MEP says
Biochar should be considered for supplying permanent CO2 removals to the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), according to the lead European Parliament negotiator on the market’s reform, who suggested introducing “safety margins” and “limitations” to address environmental integrity concerns.
Read MoreBiochar sector urges EU to open carbon market to all permanent removals
The EU should allow biochar carbon removal (BCR) into the EU ETS alongside other EU-certified permanent carbon removal pathways, an industry association has said, warning that a CCS-only approach would undermine competition and raise costs.
Read MorePuro issues first verified carbon removal credits from biogas-based BECCS
A Norwegian bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project has become the world’s first to generate verified carbon removal credits from biogas production, the certifier, Finnish registry Puro.earth, announced Tuesday.
Read MoreHow 10 Gt/year became climate policy’s default carbon removal target – and why one researcher says it’s wrong
A widely cited benchmark calling for around 10 billion tonnes of durable CO2 removal (CDR) annually by 2050 has become detached from the scientific evidence on which it is purportedly based, according to a new study that argues climate policy should place greater emphasis on emissions reductions and present CDR requirements alongside the mitigation pathways that generate them.
Read MoreCDR should be treated as public infrastructure, researchers say
Carbon removal (CDR) should be treated as essential public infrastructure rather than primarily as a tradable commodity, with compliance markets, public mandates, and public investment used to support community ownership, according to a new study.
Read MoreDemand remains steady but prices fall across voluntary carbon market in Q2 -analysts
Demand across the voluntary carbon market (VCM) remained steady in the first half of 2026 after a large retirement from a US oil and gas company helped to keep pace with 2025’s record level, according to data from an analytics firm.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY: Issuances down 31% while retirements fall 2% over first half of 2026
Carbon credit issuances across major registries in the voluntary market fell 31% year-on-year between January and June as retirements dropped 2%, while prices generally remained stable or gained strength.
Read MoreCarbon removal buyers beyond Microsoft accelerate activity in Q2 -report
Carbon removal (CDR) buyers apart from Microsoft committed to a record-high volume of quarterly purchases, according to analysis published by a CDR portfolio manager on Thursday.
Read MoreMicrosoft emissions jump 25% as AI buildout accelerates, but tech giant reiterates carbon removals commitment
Microsoft’s greenhouse gas output rose 25% in fiscal year 2025 as the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure drove higher emissions across its value chain, but the technology giant reiterated its commitment to become carbon negative by 2030 through a combination of operational decarbonisation and one of the world’s largest CO2 removal (CDR) procurement programmes.
Read MoreResearchers propose new framework to classify carbon credits by mechanism rather than project type
A group of German researchers has proposed a new framework for classifying carbon offset projects based on the underlying mechanisms by which they reduce or remove greenhouse gases, arguing that existing taxonomies obscure important differences in project quality and accounting approaches while lumping together fundamentally different activities.
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