DATA DIVE: EU chemicals industry may have bigger problems than carbon costs
The EU’s chemicals industry is in the limelight as it ramps up its demands on the European Commission to alleviate carbon costs ahead of a major overhaul of the bloc’s emissions trading market in Q3 – but high energy prices, ageing assets, and increasing output from other countries appear to be the main culprits behind the sector’s woes.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: EU industry emissions fall in January as steel sees double digit slide
Industrial emissions covered the EU’s carbon trading system fell 8% year-on-year in January, driven by significant decreases in steel and cement emissions, real-time emissions data indicates.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: US clean energy sector lost more investments in December than last few years combined
The clean energy sector faced a “year of loss” in 2025, with cancelled projects in the US far outpacing new investments, according to a monthly analysis from a think tank.
Read MoreCDR MONTHLY: Healthy volume of deals despite slowdown in new issuance, retirements
The engineered removals market saw a downturn in issuance and retirement volumes in January, month-on-month, but there were signs that the market was able to maintain momentum, with data showing that a healthy volume of forward deals and new investments were agreed.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Carbon credit retirements down 9 mln YoY, lowest monthly issuance for five years
January retirements across the voluntary carbon market (VCM) fell by nine million year-on-year, while issuances also slipped to levels last seen five years ago – with one registry failing to record any new supply for the past three months.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: NZ ETS applications collapse to single digits in January, govt data shows
Applications to submit land to the ETS have continued to fall in January, amid ongoing low confidence in the market, ministry data published this week showed.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: California emissions down almost 4% in 2025 as rate of decline slows
Emissions covered by California’s cap-and-trade programme declined at a lower rate in 2025 compared with the prior year as the programme’s total emissions dropped under 25% over a decade, according to a major market intelligence provider.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Tech giant CDR portfolio includes greater commitments to high durability
One of the largest corporate buyers of carbon removal (CDR) credits published an update to its portfolio on Wednesday, indicating Fiscal Year 2026 contracts are leading with high sequestration durability commitments.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Safeguard ACCU surrenders begin in earnest in Q4, regulator data shows
Entities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism last quarter already began to surrender a substantial volume of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in the December quarter.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: US airlines set for huge share of 2024 CORSIA carbon offset demand, though participation up in the air
US airlines were responsible for over 55 Mt of emissions in 2024 that are subject to CORSIA offsetting requirements, data recently published by UN agency ICAO shows, even as analysts highlight ongoing uncertainty around their participation in the scheme.
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