COMMENT: Article 6.4’s quiet calendar could shape the future of carbon markets
Article 6.4’s upcoming technical decisions on large-scale crediting, risk management, and reversal assessment will determine whether global carbon markets can scale a diverse portfolio of climate solutions or narrowly exclude key approaches like nature-based solutions.
Read MoreVoluntary Carbon Market News: April 13-19, 2026
Introducing VCM Weekly, a full list of our Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) reporting from the past week, Monday to Sunday. Time-stamped news and analysis from around the world with a filter to search by region or topic.
Read MoreCOMMENT: CBAM’s aluminium scrap loophole – An EU circular economy cannot be built by weakening the industries that sustain it
If EU policymakers are serious about preserving Europe’s low-carbon aluminium production, maintaining a competitive recycling base, and delivering on the EU’s circular economy and strategic autonomy objectives, they must address CBAM’s aluminium scrap loophole.
Read MoreVoluntary Carbon Market News: 6-12 April 2026
Introducing VCM Weekly, a full list of our Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) reporting from the past week, Monday to Sunday. Time-stamped news and analysis from around the world with a filter to search by region or topic.
Read MoreVoluntary Carbon Market News: March 30-April 5, 2026
Introducing VCM Weekly, a full list of our Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) reporting from the past week, Monday to Sunday. Time-stamped news and analysis from around the world with a filter to search by region or topic.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Cultivating Integrity First – The Collaboration Behind Soil Carbon’s Market Rise
Four key themes helped move agricultural soil carbon from a nascent category to the high-integrity climate solution that it is today.
Read MoreCOMMENT: The voluntary carbon market – A useful tool we are making useless
The voluntary carbon market is not the solution to global climate change, but it is a valuable instrument that can help mobilise finance, support sustainable development, and contribute to mitigation – when properly understood and managed.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Beyond Offsets – Making Permanence the Foundation of Global Carbon Markets
Carbon markets should evolve to finance long-term ecological stewardship, not merely insure credits, argues Charles Bedford, Founder of Carbon Growth Partners and Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Read MoreCOMMENT: The changing face of carbon pricing regulation – what businesses need to know
Rapidly evolving carbon pricing regimes are reshaping global business costs and compliance obligations; Alwyn Hopkins, sustainability leader for industrials and energy at EY UK, outlines the practical steps companies need to take to prepare, respond, and thrive.
Read MoreCOMMENT: What the Koko collapse means for carbon finance and clean cooking
Carbon credits remain the best mechanism to finance and deliver clean-cooking appliances to households across Sub-Saharan Africa, argues Peter Scott, CEO and Founder of cookstove developer Burn.
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