BRIEFING: Canada nature plan draws cautious backing as nature finance investment pathways remain unclear
Canadian nature finance experts agree that the country’s recent nature strategy is a step in the right direction, but say uncertainty remains on how potential financing tools, including nature credits, could be designed and deployed.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Due diligence rules pose legal risk to carbon market actors in Colombia
A global shift toward cross-border due diligence rules in environmental value chains has not missed Colombia or its carbon market, creating legal vulnerabilities for financial institutions and potentially carbon credit buyers, according to a Colombian environmental attorney.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Colombian govt must be âarbiter rather than bystanderâ of carbon markets, official says
Colombiaâs left-wing government is not anti-carbon markets but resists unrestrained âmarket logicâ, advocating instead for a strong regulatory framework, according to a top official â even as critics claim the government has failed to perform the oversight functions it already has.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Colombian govt shelves Article 6 regulation proposal, project pipeline advances
Although the Colombian government has deprioritised enacting an Article 6 regulation amid the end of the presidential term in August, its main implementation technical partner is developing a project pipeline, preparing for its eventual one-go rollout.
Read MoreECS26: BRIEFING – Voluntary carbon seeing growth in multi-year offtakes as buyers become more selective
Brokers in the voluntary carbon market are seeing a growth in multi-year offtakes from corporate buyers who have become more selective in their procurement, and are seeking nature-based removals in particular, they told Carbon Pulse.
Read MorePOLL: Analysts expect UKAs to retain support on EU ETS on linkage hopes, major downside risk if talks fail
Carbon analysts from two firms see UK carbon prices averaging above ÂŁ60 in 2026 as the prospects of linking the market with the EU ETS should narrow spreads to European permits, though they warned of political downside risks in the second half of the year if a mid-year EU-UK summit is delayed or talks fail to make a breakthrough.
Read MoreBRIEFING: In Latin America, âMicrosoft pauseâ could exacerbate barriers to biochar
Biochar credit generation in Latin America is constrained by fragile demand signals and high investment barriers, local developers have said, where a potential time-out from major carbon removals (CDR) buyer Microsoft could exacerbate both conditions.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: US DOE reinstating $24 bln in Biden-era project awards
The Trump administration appears set to preserve $23.9 billion in US DOE grants, including previously terminated funding for direct air capture (DAC) and hydrogen hubs.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Santa Marta fossil fuels conference framed as complementary to UN climate talks
Efforts to build a fossil fuel phaseout coalition are being framed as complementary rather than alternative to the UN climate process, with stakeholders stressing broader participation at a Thursday media event.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY: Healthy quarterly retirements across voluntary carbon market, CORSIA prices dive 25%
Over 50 million credits were retired over the first three months of 2026, the highest quarterly figure since Q1 2025, while the price of allowances under the UN’s offsetting scheme for global aviation have dropped by around 25% since the turn of the year.
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