Researchers propose ‘carbon removal budget’ to limit overreliance
A “carbon removal budget” (CRB) could help governments and companies avoid delaying climate action by quantifying how much carbon removal (CDR) capacity is available, according to a new academic paper.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Colombian players push carbon market reforms to election frontrunners
Industry stakeholders are presenting proposals to revive Colombia’s domestic carbon market to presidential candidates, including the elimination of an offsetting cap, and instituting a carbon credit price floor.
Read MoreGlobal cotton association launches carbon credit programme
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has launched a carbon crediting programme to provide cotton farmers with additional income streams, the group recently announced.
Read MoreVerra publishes risk maps for deforestation in Colombia, Cambodia, DRC province
Verra released on Friday the final version of deforestation risk maps for Colombia, Cambodia, and the Mai Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read MoreLiberia threatened with development funding cuts if it fails to greenlight CORSIA carbon supply -FT
Liberia faces losing vital development bank support unless it approves the sale of credits eligible under the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme (CORSIA), the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Read MoreCost, demand barriers limit species-level forestry project data -expert
Remote sensing-based models used for forest carbon projects are unlikely to incorporate tree species identification due to cost constraints, with speakers instead highlighting the role of time-series biomass data in assessing forest carbon projects at a Wednesday webinar.
Read MoreVerra reinstates eight Chinese carbon projects to registry, probes ongoing into others
Verra has reinstated eight carbon projects in China following the conclusion of quality control reviews (QCRs), but probes are continuing in another 27 projects, it announced Wednesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Colombian govt consults on overarching regulation, changes rules for land-use-based carbon projects
Colombia’s environment ministry has published a long-awaited draft decree on social and environmental safeguards for mitigation activities in the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector, which also covers several provisions on project registration, benefit-sharing, baseline alignment, and crediting periods.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Date palm carbon project startup deepens Egypt’s shallow pool of developers
A startup focused on date palm land management and afforestation is aiming to enter the small world of Egyptian carbon project developers, adding new programmes; independent validation, verification, certification, and pricing; and majority revenue shares for farmers.
Read MoreQuality-tagged carbon credit prices triple year-on-year in Q1 -analysts
The price of carbon credits tagged with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label were more than three times as high in the first quarter of 2026 compared to 2025, according to a new report, as market participants point to a growing quality premium.
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