DATA DIVE: Carbon pricing stabilised in 2024 as emissions hit another record
Global carbon pricing systems delivered a mixed performance in 2024, with some compliance schemes rebounding while others slumped, even as energy-related emissions rose for the fourth straight year, a report showed Thursday.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Growth of corporate climate target setting remains strong despite political headwinds
The number of companies setting climate targets has maintained strong momentum over the first six months of 2025, despite a more challenging political environment for corporate environmental action.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Carbon removals market faces supply crunch with new buyers coming to the fore
The market for carbon removal credits is increasingly seeing demand outstrip supply, with credit deliveries unable to keep up with the rate of purchases, analysis by Carbon Pulse shows.
Read MoreDATA 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).
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