Early shift from coal-based steel could halve future decarbonisation costs, study says

Published 10:00 on May 21, 2026 / Last updated at 15:47 on May 19, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Redirecting planned coal-based steel investment before 2030 could avoid emissions at around half the cost of cutting the same amount of CO2 later through other sectors or carbon removals (CDR), according to a study released Thursday.

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INTERVIEW: Pakistan province eyes carbon market expansion, sub-national ETS by 2027

Published 07:20 on May 21, 2026 / Last updated at 07:20 on May 21, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Insights (Interviews), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, is preparing an extensive push into carbon markets, with officials targeting the launch of a sub-national emissions trading system (ETS) by mid-2027 while developing a pipeline of Article 6 and voluntary carbon market projects spanning forestry, transport, waste, energy, and clean water.

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UK company announces deals to structure long-term removal assets with bank, energy company

Published 07:00 on May 21, 2026 / Last updated at 06:34 on May 21, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A carbon market assets company on Thursday announced a series of transactions aimed at turning carbon removals into longer-term financial assets.

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Open system CDR scale hinges on cutting ‘uncertainty discounts’, panellists say

Published 01:49 on May 21, 2026 / Last updated at 01:49 on May 21, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Open system carbon removal (CDR) projects need larger deployments and shared datasets to reduce monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) uncertainty that is raising credit costs and limiting scale, experts said on Wednesday.

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Philanthropic dollars for CDR contracting, panellists warn

Published 20:56 on May 20, 2026 / Last updated at 20:56 on May 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Philanthropic funding for carbon removal (CDR) is becoming dangerously concentrated, panellists said on Wednesday, with one observer noting that half of all grant-making in the sector could be controlled by just three funders.

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Companies delaying carbon removal purchases amid policy uncertainty -survey

Published 19:01 on May 20, 2026 / Last updated at 19:01 on May 20, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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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.

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INTERVIEW: Carbon removals marketplace seeks to close the gap between a ‘great idea’ and ‘bankable project’

Published 16:30 on May 20, 2026 / Last updated at 16:31 on May 20, 2026 / / CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Insights (Interviews), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A carbon removals marketplace is aiming to help developers advance projects with “promising fundamentals through to signed deals” with large-scale corporates, which it says is urgently needed to scale the market in order to meet looming climate targets.

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BRIEFING: Carbon removal buyers need stronger risk tools, as demand remains uncertain

Published 16:00 on May 20, 2026 / Last updated at 16:02 on May 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Insights (Briefings), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Carbon removal (CDR) buyers remain constrained by delivery risk, high prices, unclear claims frameworks, and fragmented market data, experts said on Tuesday, as voluntary demand continues to play a limited role in scaling the still-nascent sector.

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Swiss carbon removal company appoints new CFO to support scale-up

Published 12:29 on May 20, 2026 / Last updated at 12:29 on May 20, 2026 / / CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A Swiss carbon removal (CDR) company announced Wednesday it had appointed a new CFO to lead its financial strategy as it expands its direct air capture (DAC) and CDR businesses.

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Danish developer signs deal with Microsoft for 650k BECCS carbon credits

Published 10:08 on May 20, 2026 / Last updated at 10:08 on May 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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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.

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