DATA DIVE: How could Microsoft’s credit buying ‘pause’ impact different engineered CDR sectors?
Reports from earlier this month that Microsoft may be easing away from new investments in the carbon removal (CDR) sector caused alarm for developers, though some pathways stand to be relatively more exposed to a drop-off in forward buying from the tech giant.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Financial infrastructure will unlock institutional finance in CDR
Fears of buyer concentration in durable CDR are overstated: beneath the headlines, a more diverse corporate base is emerging, and with the right financial infrastructure, institutional capital can unlock the scale the market needs.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Malaysia bets on Article 6 for conditional cuts in carbon market policy
Malaysia has launched its National Carbon Market Policy (DPKK), setting out a framework to develop a domestic market and tap international finance under the Paris Agreement to help deliver on conditional emissions reduction targets.
Read MoreEmbedding CDR in waste sectors could deliver net negative outcomes, study says
Integrating carbon removal (CDR) technologies into wastewater, concrete recycling, and mining waste management could turn these sectors net negative at marginal cost increases, according to a report released Tuesday.
Read MoreForest-based BECCS likely to raise emissions for decades -study
Burning wood for carbon capture projects is unlikely to deliver net carbon removals for up to 150 years, with emissions in one modelled scenario remaining more than double those of natural gas with CCS over that period, new research found.
Read MoreVCM Report: CORSIA prices strengthen, Indonesia opens up to international carbon market after three years
Spot credits for Phase 1 of CORSIA traded around $14 this week, while the ending of Indonesia’s moratorium on selling voluntary carbon units internationally looks set to unleash a flood of fresh REDD issuances onto the market.
Read MoreItaly at crossroads on net zero path, but has potential for huge scale CDR, finds report
Italy could reach net zero by significantly scaling up carbon removal (CDR), with potential capacity seen as high as 91 million tonnes a year, but only if it acts swiftly, according to a new report.
Read MoreECS26: BRIEFING – Voluntary carbon seeing growth in multi-year offtakes as buyers become more selective
Brokers in the voluntary carbon market are seeing a growth in multi-year offtakes from corporate buyers who have become more selective in their procurement, and are seeking nature-based removals in particular, they told Carbon Pulse.
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 MoreCanadian dMRV firm buys operating assets from US biochar platform
A Toronto-headquartered digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) company announced the acquisition of holdings in a digital biochar project development platform on Thursday.
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