ANALYSIS: Kenya’s limit on ITMO sales highlights Article 6 supply constraints, and may force developers back onto VCM
Kenya’s recent announcement that it will limit Article 6 transfers to 10 million Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) between 2026 and 2030 surprised many market participants, particularly given the scale of the country’s existing carbon project pipeline, and may signal a fundamental shift for project developers relying on voluntary prices currently languishing in single-digit figures.
Read MoreBRIEFING: EU eyes ‘Governance 2.0’ to turn national climate plans into investment roadmaps
The European Commission is preparing a major overhaul of the EU’s energy and climate governance rules, aiming to turn national planning from a reporting exercise into what officials described as “credible investment roadmaps” for the post-2030 energy transition.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Contracted durability mechanisms could shore up nature-based removals under new SBTi corporate climate standard
A carbon project developer has pitched contracted durability mechanisms as a way to manage reversal risk, suggesting these buffer pool alternatives could equalise nature- and tech-based removal credits under the newly-introduced requirements of the Science-based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) latest Corporate Net-Zero Standard.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Cooling sector could generate Paris credits at scale, with legal caveats
The cooling sector has great potential to generate Paris Agreement carbon credits – especially in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkiye (MENAT) – but projects must respect the boundaries set by other treaties, said the co-author of a recent report.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: 330 hectares of European biodiversity credit projects secure private funding
Around 330 hectares of voluntary biodiversity credit pilots in Europe have secured corporate financing to support their work towards certification, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreVCM REPORT: CORSIA benchmark future settle below $10, SBTi recognises voluntary carbon credit use in new corporate standard
CORSIA futures were little changed last week, with benchmark contracts on ICE slipping below $10/tonne mark after stabilising in recent weeks following a prolonged decline.
Read MoreSB64: INTERVIEW – Zimbabwe makes its case to ICAO for CORSIA credit labels
Zimbabwean officials met Friday in Bonn with members of CORSIA’s Technical Advisory Body (TAB) to understand the TAB’s limits on involving national registries in the scheme, a country representative told Carbon Pulse, citing high stakes for standards and host countries alike.
Read MoreFEATURE: New SBTi corporate climate standard sets meaningful internal carbon pricing goalposts, say experts
The introduction of specific price anchors for companies choosing to set an internal carbon price under the newly released Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard, will help to ‘avoid race-to-the-bottom dynamics’ and provide viable financial support to many carbon projects, according to experts.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Global governments urge Brussels to simplify CBAM compliance rules
Governments around the world have urged the EU to simplify what they describe as overly prescriptive and complex requirements for complying with its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
Read MoreBRIEFING: EU eyes faster permitting, onshore CO2 storage to support industrial CCS
Europe must slash permitting times and embrace onshore CO2 storage if it wants to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) at scale in cement and other hard to abate sectors at an affordable cost, according to EU officials, industry, and policy experts.
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