DATA DIVE: How UK carbon prices have responded to EU ETS linking headlines in 2025
UK ETS allowances are nearly £20 more expensive than they were at the beginning of 2025, with the rise in price thanks in large part to several speculative articles – as well as later official announcements – reporting that the UK and EU aim to connect their two emissions trading schemes (ETSs), but analysts have highlighted that the volatile nature of the headline-driven market is also unlikely to change soon.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Major jump in May voluntary carbon issuances, as credit retirements also soar 75%
May saw a major jump in issuances in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), while monthly retirements also soared 75% year-on-year, putting the market back on track for a record year, new Carbon Pulse analysis of registry data shows.
Read MoreNew hires boost Carbon Pulse coverage of key carbon, nature markets ahead of new products launch
Carbon Pulse has made a string of new hires across Europe and Latin America that will add to its already industry-leading coverage of carbon and nature markets across the regions, as well as bolster its data journalism offering.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Carbon credit retirements underwhelm in April, CDR market breaks monthly record
Retirement activity in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) crept up month-on-month in April across the four major registries, but remained well below levels that would suggest a market-wide recovery is underway.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Carbon integrity and sustainable development criteria negatively correlated, data suggests
It is difficult for buyers to find projects that meet both carbon integrity and sustainable development criteria, new data shared and analysed by Carbon Pulse has found.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Chilean renewables projects aim for PACM after major support from CDM
The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) played a critical role in building out Chile’s renewable energy generation, Carbon Pulse analysis of new national data has found, while dozens of Chilean renewables projects look ahead to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM).
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Most countries now open to using Article 6 to meet NDCs
Most parties to the Paris Agreement have officially signalled interest in using Article 6 carbon market mechanisms to meet their national emission reduction targets, new Carbon Pulse analysis of updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) shows.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Carbon analysts shrug off impact of low Rhine water levels amid wider tariff drama
Exceptionally low water levels on the Rhine river in Germany have filtered in some support for EUAs, but the potential bullish impact due to disruption of coal deliveries to power plants has been pushed to the sidelines by the wider macroeconomic turbulence brought on by US President Donald Trump’s volatile tariff policy.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Voluntary carbon market oversupply hangover to lift by 2030s, say analysts
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is likely to see a substantial rise in prices in the early 2030s as excess supply clears, before embarking on a steep upward growth curve to 2040, according to analysts that have identified untapped demand potential among industrials and emerging economies.
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