Carbon standard to integrate major CCS initiative into methodology framework
A Qatar-based voluntary standard has become the latest body to integrate an industry-led carbon capture and storage (CCS) framework into its crediting programme.
Read MoreCarbon finance is becoming a major revenue source for US biochar producers, survey data shows
Carbon finance is playing an increasing role in the US biochar market, according to a survey-based report published Tuesday that found national production estimates rose 32% per year between 2023 and 2025 and estimated industry value nearly tripled.
Read MoreClean cooking developer secures €1.1 mln to expand biomass stove access in Mozambique
A Mozambique-based clean cooking company has secured around €1.1 million from a European clean cooking fund to expand access to biomass-fuelled cookstoves and fuel production in the country.
Read MoreIndustrial carbon management coalition backs “strong, predictable” EU ETS
A broad coalition of industrial carbon management stakeholders has urged the European Union to use the forthcoming review of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to preserve the market’s core architecture while directing a larger share of its revenues into industrial decarbonisation.
Read MoreVerra looks to compliance carbon markets after 2025 issuance slowdown
Verra has high hopes for growth via regulated carbon markets after issuances under its flagship carbon standard fell by around 30% year-on-year in 2025, according to its annual report.
Read MoreEU urged to enforce penalties on oil and gas firms over missed CO2 storage deadline
A coalition of NGOs, industry groups, and CCS stakeholders has urged EU governments to rapidly implement penalty regimes for oil and gas producers that fail to meet their CO2 storage obligations under the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), after an end-June deadline has passed.
Read MoreSouth Dakota researchers experiment with CO2-consuming microbes to clean up coal emissions
Biologists in South Dakota are cataloguing microbes found deep underground that could hasten the removal of CO2 from direct emission sources, such as coal-fired power plants.
Read MoreCarbon market association IETA calls for EU ETS overhaul centred on removals, global offsets, UK linkage
IETA has urged the European Commission to pursue a broad overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System after 2030, arguing the bloc should integrate carbon removals, prepare to use international credits from 2031, reform the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), and prioritise linking the scheme with the UK carbon market.
Read MoreVCM REPORT: CORSIA edges back to $10/t ahead of EU assessment, analysts revise down demand outlook
Benchmark ICE CORSIA futures bounced back towards $10/t last week, climbing from two-year lows, as the European Commission’s assessment of the international aviation offsetting scheme that will affect the participation of EU carriers inches closer.
Read MoreGerman DAC startup opens 150 tonne/year carbon removal plant in Berlin
A German direct air capture (DAC) startup has launched the country’s largest DAC plant, with capacity to remove 150 tonnes of CO2 a year, it announced last week.
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