Wildfires are burning California compliance offset projects, research group warns
Wildfires currently burning in two forest offset projects, eligible for compliance under California’s Cap-and-Invest programme, are expected to incur more losses in the coming days, a carbon market research group warned Friday.
Read MoreGlobal climate action is building pace in the leadup to COP31
Progress is being made to advance global climate action in the leadup to COP31 in Turkiye as governments and the private sector engage on the key themes of electrification, nature stewardship, agricultural transformation, urban resilience, and social development, report the UN’s Climate High-Level Champions.
Read MoreIndia’s mangrove plantation success should be measured by long‑term outcomes, scientists say
India’s mangrove plantation programmes should be evaluated by long-term ecological outcomes rather than sapling counts, a study suggested.
Read MoreBRIEFING: New UN 1.5C initiative raises old fault lines over finance vs emission cuts
Countries are widely divided around traditional fault lines in talks on what a new UN initiative to strengthen climate efforts should look like, with developing countries prioritising finance, wealthier nations encouraging greater policy action, and business groups advocating wider deployment of climate technologies.
Read MoreSingapore to advance into second phase of state‑run Article 6 procurement
Singapore plans to issue a call for project proposals for Article 6 compliant credits in the coming weeks, as the first stage of supplier pre-qualification under its second major request for proposals (RFP) wrapped up earlier this month.
Read MoreJapanese power company invests A$25 mln in ACCU fund
One of Japan’s largest power generators has invested A$25 million ($17.5 mln) in a nature-based carbon fund in Australia.
Read MoreEthiopia issues first credits under World Bank jurisdictional forest programme
Ethiopia has become the first country to issue carbon credits under a World Bank-managed programme supporting jurisdictional forest activities, with 12.4 million units available for carbon market transactions.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Should cookstoves meet permanence requirements? The question Article 6.4 has yet to ask
A draft reversal-risk tool under Paris Article 6.4 is cementing permanence requirements to clean cooking credits for the first time. But before debating the numbers, the market should ask whether this category belongs in a permanence framework at all.
Read MoreCarbon ratings agency backs scientific study of global wildfire risks
A carbon ratings agency is funding an initiative to analyse the causes and impacts of extreme wildfires, which represent a growing risk for nature-based projects, it announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreArea affected by fire in Brazil fell 58% in 2025, with Amazon registering the smallest burned area in 41 years -report
Brazil registered 12.7 million hectares burned in 2025, a 58% decrease from the previous year when the country experienced an extreme surge in fires, while the area burned in the Amazon hit a multi-decade low, a Tuesday report showed.
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