BRIEFING: In Latin America, ā€˜Microsoft pause’ could exacerbate barriers to biochar

Published 02:20 on April 17, 2026 / Last updated at 02:20 on April 17, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Insights (Briefings), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Biochar credit generation in Latin America is constrained by fragile demand signals and high investment barriers, local developers have said, where a potential time-out from major carbon removals (CDR) buyer Microsoft could exacerbate both conditions.

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BRIEFING: Santa Marta fossil fuels conference framed as complementary to UN climate talks

Published 21:39 on April 16, 2026 / Last updated at 21:40 on April 16, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), EMEA (Europe), Insights (Briefings), International (UN Climate Talks), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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Efforts to build a fossil fuel phaseout coalition are being framed as complementary rather than alternative to the UN climate process, with stakeholders stressing broader participation at a Thursday media event.

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BRIEFING: Pricing biodiversity in carbon markets can boost nature tech revenues amid sector headwinds

Published 09:45 on April 15, 2026 / Last updated at 09:45 on April 15, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Briefings), Nature & Biodiversity (Corporate, Markets), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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Measuring biodiversity co-benefits in carbon markets could offer nature tech companies an opportunity to increase revenues, at a time when the sector is set to face headwinds due to funding challenges, according to experts.

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BRIEFING: Airlines face CORSIA bottleneck as government approvals lag

Published 08:04 on April 15, 2026 / Last updated at 08:04 on April 15, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia), EMEA (Europe, Middle East), Insights (Briefings), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Transport & Heating Fuels), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Airlines preparing for compliance under the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme are running into a shortage of host country approvals needed to use carbon credits, even as project supply continues to grow.

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BRIEFING: Energy crisis drives push for fossil fuel phaseout as 50+ countries target action in Santa Marta

Published 23:46 on April 10, 2026 / Last updated at 23:46 on April 10, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Briefings), International (UN Climate Talks), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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A worsening global energy shock triggered by the Middle East war is reinforcing calls to accelerate a managed fossil fuel phaseout, with more than 50 countries set to use the upcoming Santa Marta conference as an implementation-focused platform.

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BRIEFING: Energy lawyers flag potential for CCUS industry in new CO2 storage standard

Published 12:20 on April 10, 2026 / Last updated at 12:51 on April 10, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS), Insights (Briefings), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) switched up its geological CO2 storage standard last month, perhaps opening a window for the carbon capture, usage, and sequestration (CCUS) sector amid US environmental rollbacks, a law firm has said.

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BRIEFING: South Korea’s new power sector targets raise doubts amid energy supply disruptions

Published 11:26 on April 9, 2026 / Last updated at 11:26 on April 9, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), Insights (Briefings), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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Amid wider energy supply disruptions, South Korea’s newly announced targets for the power sector have met with closer examination, as the strategy may fail to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.

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BRIEFING: Analysts cautiously optimistic on California ISOR timeline, expect 2028 for Washington linkageĀ 

Published 22:39 on April 7, 2026 / Last updated at 22:39 on April 7, 2026 / and / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), Insights (Briefings)

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CarbonĀ market analysts offered broadly positive outlooks on theĀ formalisationĀ of planned updates to the California cap-and-investĀ programmeĀ via theĀ Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR)Ā but said they expected linkage with Washington to occurĀ inĀ 2028 at the earliest during a workshop hostedĀ last weekĀ by Carbon Pulse.

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BRIEFING: Cuba’s plans for carbon-financed renewables still far off, as US oil blockade highlights energy insecurity

Published 13:43 on April 7, 2026 / Last updated at 13:43 on April 7, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Insights (Briefings), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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The US oil blockade of Cuba has exacerbated the country’s energy security problem, while also accelerating a shift to renewables, which has included a push to develop carbon markets, according to experts.

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NACW26: BRIEFING – Climate superfund suits potential “roadmap” for DOJ challenge to California ETS, but seen unlikely to succeed

Published 19:02 on April 6, 2026 / Last updated at 19:02 on April 6, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), Insights (Briefings), Net Zero Transition (Litigation)

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The Trump administration’s ongoing lawsuits against other states’ climate superfund lawsuits could reveal a ā€œroadmapā€ for a potential legal challenge against California’s cap-and-invest programme, according to a legal expert, while others agreed any challenge against the ETS would be unlikely to succeed.

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