Bahamas debates follow-up carbon market bills
The Bahamas’ lower legislative chamber is debating two bills following up on prior carbon market laws from 2022, triggering a debate centred on government rhetoric versus outcomes.
Read MoreGHG Protocol issues long-awaited corporate standard for land-sector emissions, removals
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) has released its first dedicated global standard for accounting land-based emissions and carbon removals within corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, following five years of development, it announced Friday.
Read MoreUK carbon standard publishes clarifications to tighten crediting framework
Project developers working under a UK nature-focused carbon standard face tighter rules around additionality, following an update published Thursday.
Read MoreCarbon market pricing shifts towards quality, but “zombie credits” and buyer misconceptions persist, experts say
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is showing stronger alignment between credit integrity and price, but outdated supply and persistent misconceptions continue to undermine quality and investor confidence, according to experts.
Read MoreBrussels sketches first EU-wide rules to certify biogenic carbon stored in buildings
A confidential paper for the European Commission, seen by Carbon Pulse, sets out how long-lived wood and other bio-based materials in buildings could earn EU carbon removal certificates, detailing which building components would qualify, how to count stored carbon, and what rules should govern additionality, monitoring, and liability.
Read MoreOnly ‘like-for-like’ removals can deliver durable net zero, NGO says
Carbon removals (CDR) must follow a like-for-like (LfL) rule if they are to help stabilise global warming in the long run rather than merely offset emissions in the short term, according to a new report by climate NGO Carbon Gap.
Read MoreDemand for quality-tagged carbon credits more than doubled over 2025 -analysts
Retirements of credits with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) standard have more than doubled since 2024 in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), analysts estimate.
Read MoreART TREES accepts documents for third J-REDD+ programme in the Brazilian Amazon
The secretariat of the ART carbon credit standard has accepted a new set of documents from a Brazilian state aiming to implement a jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme in the Amazon under its TREES certification programme.
Read MoreNature-based carbon removals in EU ETS will drag down EUAs by up to 10% -analyst
Allowing nature-based removals in the EU ETS may cause the price of allowances to drop by as much as 10%, an analyst said on Wednesday.
Read MoreVoluntary carbon market enters calm after the storm, but growth still constrained -report
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) has become relatively stable after recent volatility, with steady buyer interest and pricing – but market growth still faces deadlock, a recent survey found.
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