COMMENT: The elephant in the room – A call for carbon projects to leverage inclusive finance to make good on their development potential
Voluntary carbon markets have huge potential to deliver meaningful development outcomes, but they are not yet realising it. Inclusive financial services could be key to changing this, writes Max Mattern from CGAP at the World Bank.
Read MoreCarbon Forward Expo London 2025 – Call for Proposals
Carbon Forward Expo London celebrates 10 years this October, and we are inviting partners to be part of this special event.
Read MoreCOMMENT: A Steel Linchpin for Financing the Future
Steel offers a timely, real-world test case for how credible data and shared standards can protect investors and accelerate industrial decarbonisation, writes Annie Heaton, CEO of ResponsibleSteel.
Read MoreWORKING PAPER: Neutralisation Claims in the Era of Article 6
As Article 6 gains traction, a question emerges – is it acceptable that the same permanent CDR credit can be simultaneously co-claimed by a corporation and nation, without the need for a corresponding adjustment? In a new working paper, carbon market experts at the University of Oxford, Nasdaq, and AFRY Management Consulting, argue that yes, co-claiming for neutralisation ends is legitimate providing three additional principles are met.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Beyond Carbon – A Certification Co-designed with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
The draft “Beyond Carbon Benefits” certification under the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions marks a major shift in carbon markets by integrating social, cultural, biodiversity, and forest service co-benefits – co-designed with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) – to ensure REDD+ initiatives are more equitable, inclusive, and effective beyond carbon accounting alone. Representatives from IPLC organisations explain why they chose to co-lead the design of a new certification, and how they think it represents a shift, both in terms of how forests are valued, and also how market instruments are designed.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Why the EU should hold the line on its Methane Regulation
At a critical point in its energy transition, the EU must resist deepening dependence on US LNG in exchange for tariff relief and instead stay the course on reducing gas demand and enforcing its Methane Regulation, which offers a strategic tool to boost climate action, energy security, and global market influence.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Buying time with carbon markets
As the US government retreats from climate action and undermines emissions policies, the rest of the world is advancing a global carbon economy that increasingly values nature-based carbon sinks, but mistrust in carbon accounting has devalued credits. Now, atmospheric monitoring technology offers a path to restoring market integrity, investment, and climate impact through more accurate, transparent verification.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Is the state of Germany’s land use sector a deal breaker for climate neutrality?
The climate targets in Germany’s land use sector (LULUCF) appear to be out of reach. However, abandoning targets for nature-based CO2 sinks would be equal to abandoning its climate neutrality goal, warns Milan Loose, who works as Policy Advisor on Negative Emissions at Bellona Deutschland.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Building on BECCS – The Blueprint for a Gigaton-Scale CDR Future
Elimini President Laurie Fitzmaurice gave the keynote speech at this week’s Carbon Unbound 2025 conference in New York. Here is a summary of her remarks.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Demystifying the Link between Article 6 and the Voluntary Carbon Market
A key takeaway from recent discussions on the link between Article 6 and the VCM is the persistent confusion surrounding Corresponding Adjustments (CAs), particularly regarding project eligibility, conditional NDCs, and the limited supply of CAs, with concerns emerging over pricing distortions, voluntary buyer behaviour, and the need for clearer frameworks to ensure environmental integrity and mobilise finance at scale.
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