DATA 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
Read MoreDATA DIVE: What’s behind recent biochar carbon price swings, and can deliveries keep up with demand?
Biochar carbon removal credit prices have seen volatility in 2025, as reports emerge that large shares of current spot supply has already been snapped up, as market participants, and data analysed by Carbon Pulse, points to a still nascent sector that is rapidly trying to scale.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Carbon prices in Asia remain far short of Paris targets
Asian carbon pricing schemes risk falling short of climate goals as prices remain too low, coverage too narrow, and fossil fuel subsidies too entrenched, according to a new report.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Survey shows lukewarm support for EU ETS among Europeans
Europeans are split over the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), a new survey has found, with strongest support for measures like an EU rail fund and home insulation subsidies, and greatest opposition to green taxes and bans.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Over 75% of global emissions yet to be covered by new Paris goals, as UN deadline looms
The EU looks increasingly unlikely to meet a September UN deadline for its updated 2035 climate target, with only 31 countries out of 197 currently on-track to meet the deadline.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: EU demand for international credits could reach up to 430 mln by 2040
There are two possible interpretations for international carbon credit use under the EU’s 2040 climate target proposal, one of which could see Europeans buy as many as 430 million units over a five-year period leading up to the target date, according to analysis published Friday.
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