COP30: DATA DIVE – Critics say Brazil failing to match climate rhetoric with action – are they right?
Brazil is straddling a thin line between climate champion and fossil fuel producer, as the second fastest-growing oil supplier in the world over the past decade, but with slipping greenhouse gas emissions, according to Carbon Pulse analysis.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Oil majors return to the fold as EU gives a major demand boost to Article 6 carbon market
October saw voluntary carbon credit issuances fall by around 40% compared to September’s bumper month, with retirements rising by nearly 1.4 million over the same period, as data from an analytics firm shows that the oil majors have returned as a major demand source in the VCM.Â
Read MoreDATA DIVE: NZ ETS sees applications plummet in October, govt data shows
The volume of applications to submit land in to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has crashed in October as the farm-to-forestry conversion bill takes hold.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Despite bullish investor data, supply tightness, 2026 may not bring bull run for EUAs
Looming tightness has dominated the conversation around European carbon in recent months, but with industrial emissions continuing their slump and gas in abundant supply, there is potential for weak fundamentals to continue to dampen benchmark EUA prices in 2026, sources have said, despite bullish investor bets and upward analyst price forecasts for next year.Â
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Alberta TIER fund credit submissions down 46% since 2022, hitting a 5-year low
Contributions to Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) programme have decreased 46% over 2022-24, with fund credits submitted last year adding up to less than a third of 2020 figures, according to a government report.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: EU cement emissions on the rise in 2025, as steel demand collapses
Cement emissions covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have increased year-on-year for the first time since 2021, while those from steel production are significantly down, analysts data shows.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY: Voluntary carbon issuances hit highest level since end of last year but credit retirements down
September saw voluntary carbon credit retirements fall by over 1 million compared to August, and down over 1.3 mln on Sep. 2024 levels, while issuances hit their highest level since last December, new Carbon Pulse analysis of registry data shows.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: ICVCM CCP decisions to see vastly different impacts on LATAM carbon projects by sector
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) approval of certain methodologies for the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) quality label is having starkly different impacts according to project type in Latin America, analysis by Carbon Pulse has found.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Only a quarter of new Paris pledges submitted so far, falling well short of 1.5C
When Antionio Guterres took to the stage of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to declare that “fossil fuels were a losing bet” and that “the window is closing” to limit warming to 1.5C, he did so in the knowledge that nearly 75% of member states had failed to submit their 2035 NDCs.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Global grid bottleneck getting worse, not better
The significant pressures placed on ageing electricity grids by increasing renewable deployment is set to continue as Carbon Pulse analysis confirms global grid investment is struggling to keep up.Â
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