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EU needs to find "middle ground" for CORSIA credit eligibility, says rating agency
EU-approved CORSIA Phase 1 supply, based on provisional eligibility criteria, could reach as many as 160 million credits across the three-year period, according to a rating agency, but the company urged that Brussels takes a more moderate stance as this total is unlikely to be anywhere near as high in reality. Read MoreTop
Brussels takes Spain and Poland to court over failure to implement ETS rules
The European Commission has referred Spain and Poland to the EU Court of Justice for failing to transpose revised emissions trading rules into national law, more than two years after the deadline passed. Read MoreTop
EU carbon sales to fund 'Investment Booster' will come from free permits buffer, reserve for new entrants -Bloomberg
The EU is preparing to finance a new €30 billion clean energy investment programme by selling carbon permits from a reserve for new entrants in the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS) and from an existing buffer of free allowances, while spreading out any auctioning to ensure the additional supply does not disrupt the bloc’s carbon market, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Read MoreTop
Colombian draft decree conditions carbon market continuation on emerging systems
Colombia has published a draft carbon markets decree addressing technical and safeguarding concerns with tools that don’t yet exist, also imposing new responsibilities on domestic and international entities, but leaving key implementation questions open. Read MoreTop
Finnish minister urges strong EU ETS to keep Europe in clean-tech race
Finnish climate minister Sari Multala on Thursday defended the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) as the central policy to steer investment towards clean energy, warning that any weakening of the bloc's carbon market risks undermining the continent’s clean-tech ambitions. Read MoreTop
Voluntary carbon registry lists first Paris Agreement-aligned activity
A voluntary carbon registry has listed its first Paris Agreement-aligned project, a clean cooking initiative in Senegal that is set to expand to cover several different programmes in the coming years, it was announced on Thursday. Read MoreTop
Norway emissions edge down in 2025 as road transport cuts offset industry rise
Norway’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.2% in 2025, as lower road transport emissions outweighed increases from industry and agriculture, according to preliminary data released Thursday. Read MoreTop
EU carbon farming rules face backlash as biodiversity safeguards watered down
The European Commission is facing mounting criticism over its forthcoming rulebook for certifying carbon farming activities, with campaigners warning that the framework risks undermining environmental integrity just as the EU seeks to expand carbon removals alongside its emissions trading and carbon border policies. Read MoreTop
Natural forest expansion sequesters more carbon than secondary forests in tropics -study
Natural forest expansion across the moist tropics has sequestered more above-ground carbon than secondary forests, but the sink remains far smaller than emissions from tropical forest loss, according to a new study. Read MoreTop
Euro Markets: EUAs fall as much as €2 amid continued selling before afternoon stabilisation
EU carbon allowances fell by as much as €2 by early on Thursday afternoon as traders continued to liquidate long positions that were initiated last week, before prices then stabilised over the balance of the session, while news reports concerning 400 million permits set to be allocated to fund a new Industrial Decarbonisation Bank also appeared to add to the bearish mood. Read MoreTop
Jordan, Norway push ahead on carbon market cooperation
Jordan is aiming to be among the first Arab countries to join international carbon markets, by convening its third steering committee meeting for a Norway‑funded initiative to cut emissions from the waste sector. Read MoreTop
World Cup given red card for carbon emissions
This summer’s World Cup will emit more than twice as much CO2 as the carbon footprint of the last football bonanza in Qatar in 2022, finds research published on Thursday. Read MoreTop
Japan-led JCM faces hurdles, but NbS may offer a path forward, paper says
The effectiveness of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) remains constrained by institutional complexity and insufficient partner engagement, but Tokyo's move to scale up nature-based projects may address the issue of limited credit issuance, a new paper argued. Read MoreTop
Canadian DAC developer inks deal with financial major for 18k credits
A Canadian bank has signed a deal to purchase 18,000 verified direct air capture (DAC) carbon removal (CDR) credits from a Montreal-headquartered project developer, it was announced on Thursday. Read MoreTop
