DATA DIVE: One-third of stakeholders back including carbon credits in EU ETS
Only a third of EU ETS stakeholders are explicitly in favour of allowing the use of international carbon credits in the cap-and-trade market, whereas a strong majority backs the bloc’s use of credits outside the scheme, data from the European Commission’s call for evidence reveals.
Read MoreMENA Roundup: Morocco, Oman build carbon market vision and infrastructure
Morocco this month inked another bilateral Article 6.2 agreement, as the government is finally putting in place market infrastructure to support its ‘learning by doing’ approach, while Oman produced a concrete roadmap outlining its carbon market priorities.
Read MoreGerman airline customers offset nearly 1 MtCO2 in 2025 via climate contribution programme
A Germany-based airline has announced that its customers contributed to climate protection projects covering more than 710,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2025, an increase of around one-fifth year-on-year.
Read MoreCarbon removal registry certifies module for mobile biochar production
A removals registry has certified a new module for biochar produced in mobile reactors, supporting projects that transport reactors between sites.
Read MorePioneer ocean carbon capture developer faces bankruptcy without imminent fundraise
A direct ocean carbon capture developer has issued an urgent call for investment or said it will file for bankruptcy this week.
Read MoreFirst transaction under EU’s CRCF scheme to deliver credits in 2029
The first EU-backed transaction registered under the bloc’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) scheme will deliver its initial credits in 2029, according to the partners involved in the project.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Financiers single out ‘delivery risk’ as biggest obstacle for European carbon removal projects
The risk that a developer goes bankrupt or fails to deliver is the biggest obstacle to funding carbon removal (CDR) projects, financiers told a European Commission event on the EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) scheme last week.
Read MoreMarine carbon removal projects may gain from persistent sargassum blooms -report
Marine carbon removal (mCDR) projects looking to use sargassum could benefit from more predictable and persistent blooms in the Atlantic, as floating seaweed mats have increasingly begun to sustain their own growth, according to a recent study.
Read MoreOcean CDR initiative funds studies into alkalinity enhancement impacts on fisheries, marine species
An ocean carbon removal research initiative has awarded funding to two scientific projects examining how ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) could affect commercially and culturally important marine species, amid growing scrutiny over the ecological risks of marine CO2 removal techniques.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU quietly shifts from pricing agriculture emissions to voluntary carbon farming
The European Commission is pivoting towards voluntary carbon farming and nature credits in its post-2030 climate agenda, while a long-discussed agriculture emissions trading system (ETS), informally dubbed ETS3 or AgETS, has effectively been shelved.
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