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There will not be a fixed price in Germany’s national emissions trading system (ETS) next year and it will not unilaterally opt in waste incinerators to the EU ETS, according to a last-minute cross-party compromise seen by Carbon Pulse that is set to be approved by the Bundestag on Friday.

The ruling centre-right European People's Party (EPP) is facing intense internal divisions over the future of the EU's Emissions Trading System for road and heating fuels (ETS2) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and has so far failed to reach consensus on what the bloc's 2040 emissions reduction target should be.

Low-carbon cement producer Ecocem intends to build the first production facility dedicated to its new cement technology in the French port city of Dunkirk, the company announced on Tuesday.

More than a million credits from the world’s largest soil carbon project, the Northern Kenya Grasslands Project, could be invalid after a landmark court ruling this week.

A couple of early-stage direct air capture startups seek to stand out from the pack by offering the added benefits of generating electricity in one case, and water in the other, alongside capturing CO2 from the air.

Thermal energy storage (TES) could reduce energy costs by 30-150% while helping to decarbonise industrial processes and stabilise power grids, according to a new report released on Tuesday.

Baby shark Yoko hatched in early January, flummoxing staff and experts at a US aquarium

Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it, according to Cole Porter’s classic song on the universal nature of sex.

But a baby swell shark born in a Louisiana aquarium that houses only females has flummoxed marine experts and raised the possibility that the species may not require such earthly pleasures to produce offspring.

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A Lisbon-based advisory firm has launched an initiative to support collection and recycling projects entering the inaugural plastic credit market, aiming to scale private financing towards developing countries, its co-founders told Carbon Pulse.

The Intercontinental Exchange announced Tuesday it will launch a new digital platform in late 2025 to streamline carbon credit lifecycle management, with Winrock International’s Environmental Resources Trust (ERT) serving as its first partner.

Competing understandings of ‘avoided’ emissions have proliferated across international carbon markets and the greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting landscape, perpetuating confusion over the term while sending mixed signals to prospective buyers of credits.

Two UK-based NGOs have partnered to scale nature-based solutions (NbS) in Kenya, aiming to advance conservation and restoration efforts across freshwater and mangrove habitats, they announced on Tuesday.

European carbon prices were little changed on Tuesday morning as the benchmark held steady ahead of Wednesday's gap in the auction programme, while UKAs jumped by the most in the market's history after the Financial Times reported that the UK has asked for relinking to the EU ETS to be added to the agenda of an upcoming summit meeting in Brussels.

A Japanese climate solution developer has debuted a new methodology that will credit forests owned by corporate entities in a move it said will rival and improve upon J-Credits.

Queensland has paused plans for several large-scale wind farms whose electricity was to be purchased by mining companies with facilities under Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism.

An Australian lithium developer has announced partnerships with several carbon removal (CDR) technology firms to develop carbon sequestration capabilities at a former diamond mine in Quebec.

Lib Dem Tim Farron seeks law to protect fund as Treasury tries to take control of £11m

Fines from water companies that pollute rivers must be ringfenced by law to be spent on restoring water quality in rivers, MPs will urge.

The Treasury is trying to take control of £11m in fines from water companies, which was intended for small charities to restore rivers, in a move criticised by river restoration campaigners as “appalling”.

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Uncertainty over whether the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will approve carbon credit use as part of corporate net zero goals does not have to deter buyers from participating in the voluntary market — but they should adopt a creative approach to accounting while they wait for clarity, according to the CEO of a brokerage.

California's accounting practices for emissions reductions and carbon removal claims have come under fire from experts, who point to loopholes opening the door to double and even triple counting.

Czechia is pushing for a “detailed evaluation” of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as part of a review of the legislation due to take place before the end of 2025.

UK carbon prices rallied above £40 per tonne on Tuesday morning after the Financial Times published an article describing a push from Kier Starmer's government to relink the British emissions trading market market with that of the EU ahead of an upcoming key Brussels summit.