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 MoreQatari standard, institute sign MoU with UAE emirate to build carbon market capacity
A voluntary carbon standard, a research non-profit, and an emirate in the UAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster carbon market engagement, including on the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, among other sustainable development objectives.
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 MoreAirlines secure developer support to boost CORSIA supply to 250 million credits
A project developer lobby group has thrown its weight behind a new stakeholder initiative that aims to boost the number of credits available for CORSIA to around 250 million by the spring of 2027.
Read MoreBECCS project developer signs long-term CDR deals with Swedish property firms
A Swedish bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project developer has signed long-term agreements to supply permanent carbon removal (CDR) to two real estate companies, it announced Tuesday.
Read MoreEU groups urge Commission to create stronger market for carbon farming credits
A coalition of agricultural, climate, and carbon market organisations has called on the European Commission to take urgent action to ensure demand for carbon farming credits, warning that the success of the EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation depends on creating a viable market for farmers.
Read MoreNodal launches new CORSIA, future and options contracts
Nodal Exchange launched several new environmental futures and options contracts, including for CORSIA.
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 MoreLATAM Roundup: Country regulations shape developers’ goals for project size, attributes
From Mexico to Brazil, state support and regulations appear to be influencing the scale and bonus attributes that carbon project developers plan for in their initiatives.
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.
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