Carbon Market Review Capture, Removals and Reporting Rules Advance in Parallel

Carbon Market Review: Capture, Removals and Reporting Rules Advance in Parallel

There is a familiar rhythm to the carbon market at the moment. Rulemakers in the largest emitting jurisdictions are still drafting, deferring or defending their frameworks in court, while the companies that will eventually have to comply carry on signing contracts, breaking ground and testing technologies around them. Neither side is waiting for the other,
Carbon Markets Weekl Rules Harden, Removals Scale, Industry Commits

Carbon Markets Weekly: Rules Harden, Removals Scale, Industry Commits

US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose about 2% last year, adding roughly 115 million tonnes to reach some 4.9 billion tonnes, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration. Power generation drove the increase. Output grew 3%, coal-fired generation jumped 13%, and sector emissions climbed 4%, while gas generation slipped 4%. Solar rose 34%
Carbon Market Weekly Regulators, Corporates and Registries Recalibrate Carbon Pricing and Credit Rules

Carbon Market Weekly: Regulators, Corporates and Registries Recalibrate Carbon Pricing and Credit Rules

One recurring theme is the balance regulators are trying to strike between protecting industrial competitiveness and preserving the integrity of the price signals and credits that underpin the net zero transition. The European Commission has published a revision of the EU Emissions Trading System that slows the pace of the annual emissions cap decline, extends
Carbon Markets Weekly Inside the EU ETS Overhaul, Corporate Emissions Data and the Global Push to Scale Carbon Capture

Carbon Markets Weekly: Inside the EU ETS Overhaul, Corporate Emissions Data and the Global Push to Scale Carbon Capture

Global carbon markets moved through a dense fortnight of regulatory reform, corporate disclosure and quiet infrastructure-building, and taken together the developments sketch a market that is both consolidating its rulebook and testing how far political tolerance for climate ambition will stretch. The centre of gravity sat, as so often, in Brussels, where the European Commission
Carbon Markets Weekly Carbon Markets Tighten Rules as Capture Projects Scale Up

Carbon Markets Weekly: Carbon Markets Tighten Rules as Capture Projects Scale Up

Gold Standard announced a next-generation Impact Registry, developed with climate technology firm Trovio and due to launch in the fourth quarter of 2026, built on an API-first platform that connects credit issuance, transfer and retirement with national registries, exchanges and marketplaces. The upgrade responds to long-standing complaints that fragmented, manually operated registries have made it
Carbon Market Update Carbon markets mature, but scrutiny intensifies over integrity, science and legal accountability

Carbon Market Update: Carbon markets mature, but scrutiny intensifies over integrity, science and legal accountability

A run of this week developments across the carbon economy points to a sector maturing on several fronts at once, as the infrastructure of measurement, the mechanics of trading, and the technologies of removal all edge closer to commercial reality — even as scientific and legal scrutiny tightens around the assumptions holding it together. The
Steel and Chemicals Want Brussels to Rethink the ETS. Here's What Should Actually Happen

Steel and Chemicals Want Brussels to Rethink the ETS. Here’s What Should Actually Happen

A significant bloc of European heavy industry — steelmakers including ArcelorMittal, thyssenkrupp, and voestalpine, joined by chemicals majors BASF, Evonik, and Covestro, and roughly forty companies in total — is pressing the European Union to fundamentally reconsider the trajectory of its Emissions Trading System. The timing is not incidental: the European Commission is due to
Steel and the Carbon Border An Executive Analysis of CBAM's Definitive Phase

Steel and the Carbon Border: An Executive Analysis of CBAM’s Definitive Phase

On January 1, 2026, the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) moved from a reporting exercise into a live financial liability. For the global steel industry — the largest single sector by trade volume within CBAM’s scope — this is the most consequential change to cross-border competitiveness since the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
Packaging at the Crossroads The Carbon Imperative Every Executive Must Own

Packaging at the Crossroads: The Carbon Imperative Every Executive Must Own

Packaging is no longer a supply-chain footnote. For global organisations, it has become a material ESG risk, a regulatory battleground, and — for those bold enough — a source of competitive advantage. The question for the C-suite is not whether to act, but how fast. In boardrooms from Frankfurt to Singapore, packaging has quietly ascended
Carbon Capture and Reduction From Compliance Pressure to Practical Climate Engineering

Carbon Capture and Reduction: From Compliance Pressure to Practical Climate Engineering

Carbon emissions reduction has shifted from being a long-term environmental aspiration to an immediate operational and financial challenge across industries. Whether in shipping, forestry, energy, or manufacturing, the core question is no longer “should we reduce emissions?” but “how quickly and by what mix of technologies?” At the centre of this transition is carbon capture
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