FEATURE: How UK sustainability reporting could drive demand for carbon credits
The UK’s progressive tightening of sustainability reporting requirements could drive corporate demand for carbon credits, helping to lower the impact on taxpayers from support for carbon removal projects, according to experts.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Carbon markets ‘powerful opportunity’ to compete aggressively, says chemicals company CEO
An Australian chemicals company fresh off the back of fundraising is exploring voluntary carbon market opportunities to value stack its zero emissions chemical reactors, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Extreme high energy prices may boost case for strong EU ETS intervention
Sustained high energy prices over the coming months could boost the case for strong price-easing measures as part of a reform to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to analysts, as the escalating war in the Middle East continues to heap pressure on Brussels to find a way to lower the bloc’s industrial production costs.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Asia’s share of voluntary carbon supply shrinks as market pivots to quality
Asia’s share of global voluntary carbon credit supply has fallen in recent years even as demand for high-quality offsets remains, a webinar heard Tuesday, with governments and companies pointing towards jurisdictional forest programmes to unlock supply.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Engineered carbon removals to meet a tipping point in 2026, says standard chief
An increase in high-quality and large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credit supply, growing buyer participation – even speculators – and the emergence of financial and technological infrastructure suggest the engineered removals market may be approaching a turning point, according to the president of a leading carbon removals standard.
Read MoreVCM Report: Voluntary carbon prices slip lower as buying appetite dries up amid oil spikes
CORSIA prices stabilised last week, but there was a general-sell off in much of the avoidance complex amid uncertainty about the impact of the war in the Middle East on the economy.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: Fuel switching keeps support for EU carbon in face of looming recession, political intervention risks
EU coal-fired power is set for a boost in 2026 and should maintain demand for EUAs even while global recession fears mount and Brussels mulls political intervention in the bloc’s ETS, as surging natural European gas prices due to war in the Middle East have weakened that fuel’s electricity generation margins, according to profitability spreads and market analysts.
Read MoreFEATURE: A few design choices could define Colombian ETS, but guiding objectives unclear
Outstanding design choices for Colombia’s ETS (Spanish: PNCTE) could put the scheme on several paths – but selecting the right one is tricky due to the lack of a clear policy direction, experts have told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCDR MONTHLY DATA: Investment falls but retirements edge up with market showing signs of maturity
The engineered carbon removals (CDR) market saw a softening in investment and fewer forward purchase deals in February, with biochar projects again dominating new issuance and retirements, according to registry data and figures from two analytics firms.
Read MoreFEATURE: Singapore’s SAF levy unlikely to impact demand for CORSIA credits
Singapore’s upcoming levy on airline tickets to fund sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) purchases is seen largely as a market-creation signal rather than a policy that can deliver major emissions cuts in the near term, with limited impact on airlines’ demand for CORSIA carbon credits, according to experts.
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