ANALYSIS: What’s next for a global carbon price on shipping?
The potential adoption of a global price on shipping emissions later this year requires regaining the support of countries who were previously in favour but voted for a one-year delay in October, after a US-led opposition campaign, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Venezuela was a BRIC too far for US, carbon markets caught in fracturing geopolitical order
The extraction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by US military forces this week has opened new fissures in a fracturing geopolitical order that could see the global carbon market divide along similar lines.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Slow December leaves annual retirements at lowest level since 2020
Retirements in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) fell by 4.5% in 2025, 8 million down on 2024’s total, after December activity failed to live up to levels seen in previous years.
Read MoreANALYSIS: “The Great Divide” – Amid hopes of convergence, are carbon markets still fragmenting?
There’s a growing narrative in the voluntary carbon market that supply is converging around higher and clearer quality standards, regulated schemes, and more focused demand signals – but in reality, with a rising number of crediting bodies, and buyers still reluctant to dive into purchases, the sector may still be fragmenting, according to experts.
Read MoreANALYSIS: “Let them get on with it” – Market responds to COP30 Article 6 decisions as PACM prepares for full implementation
2026 will be a crunch year for implementing UN carbon markets, after Article 6 decisions at COP30 cleared up key administrative uncertainties such as funding shortages and the closure of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and affirmed previous agreements on crediting standards and trading rules, according to experts.Â
Read MoreANALYSIS: EU tightens oversight rules for CDR certification bodies in final draft
The European Commission on Friday adopted stricter conflict-of-interest and oversight rules for third parties accredited to verify carbon removals (CDR) certified in the European Union, but otherwise largely stuck to an earlier draft released in June, experts said.
Read MoreCOP30: ANALYSIS – Big pledges, little progress – how the ‘Forest COP’ sidelined nature
The COP30 UN climate summit wrapped up last week with a record $9.5 billion pledged for forests – yet nature at large took a back seat in the negotiation rooms, according to observers.
Read MoreCOP30: ANALYSIS – Inflation could erode up to 40% of $300 bln climate finance pledgeÂ
Inflation over the next 10 years could erode a huge share of the $300 billion that rich countries have pledged to mobilise for developing countries each year by 2035, Carbon Pulse analysis of projected inflation rates indicates.Â
Read MoreCOP30: ANALYSIS – Amid capacity supply crunch, does Article 6 also have a demand problem?
Despite strong interest in building up Article 6 supply, there are only a handful of sovereign buyers actively looking to procure credits for the period running to 2030, yet capacity building needs among host countries remains an even greater challenge for the near-term scaling of the market, experts and government officials told Carbon Pulse at COP30.
Read MoreCOP30: ANALYSIS – Australia’s support but lack of engagement on Article 6 confuses some, relieves others Â
Australia’s position choosing not to participate in Article 6 markets is a missed opportunity if it wants to lead climate negotiators at COP31 next year, according to some experts, while others are urging it to focus on other efforts to reduce emissions at home and abroad.
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