DATA 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.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Voluntary carbon credit retirements up nearly 10% YoY, issuances way off 2024 levels
July and August saw a 9% increase in retirements in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) compared to the same period of 2024, while issuances were down nearly 40% year-on-year, new Carbon Pulse analysis of registry data shows.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Weak cleantech investment poses risk to EU’s global competitiveness
The European Union is at risk of locking in new dependencies and falling behind global rivals in the cleantech race without a long-term climate investment strategy, a new report warned on Wednesday.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: EU-backed reports highlight “drastic” need to scale carbon removals
To meet its 2050 net zero target, the EU will need an annual volume of carbon removals equivalent to more than 350-fold the current total delivered globally each year, according to new independent forecasts for the European Commission, published at the end of August.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Are lower gas storage levels a bullish signal for EUAs?
Benchmark EU carbon futures have been been locked in a tight €70-75 price corridor this summer, with little managing to make the market budge, but as the evenings draw in, the bloc’s mandate that storage facilities across the continent be filled to 90% by Nov. 1 is now starting to loom into view.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Record approvals for projects transitioning to PACM from CDM in past month
The last month saw six new approvals from host countries for activities transitioning from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), the highest number across a 30-day period to date, new data shows.
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