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July 8, 2026

EU Plans More Flexibility for Industry in Carbon Overhaul

The European Union aims to give its ailing industrial sector more flexibility in an upcoming reform of the bloc’s flagship carbon market, while ensuring companies boost investment in clean technologies.

July 7, 2026

Indonesia Establishes Forestry Carbon Hub to Strengthen National Carbon Market

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry will launch the Indonesia Forestry Carbon Hub (IFCH) as a national collaboration platform to strengthen the country’s forestry carbon market ecosystem.

June 27, 2026

Indonesia pushes innovative conservation finance, ties biodiversity credits to community protections

Indonesia is launching an ambitious national park funding scheme aimed at reducing reliance on public budgets, while ensuring biodiversity credit markets protect Indigenous communities and biodiversity.

June 16, 2026

Researchers Unveil Framework To Manage Reversal Risk Across All Carbon Removal Types

A coalition of climate organizations has unveiled a new framework intended to ensure stored carbon stays stored.

June 1, 2026

How Nuclear Could Finally Fit Into Carbon Markets—And Unlock Clean Energy At Scale

Nuclear energy avoids emissions at scale. Yet today, that contribution is priced at zero.

May 29, 2026

World Bank Launches Legal and Regulatory Reforms Toolkit for High-Integrity Carbon Markets

As countries increasingly look to carbon markets many are facing challenges in order to effectively participate in these markets.

Verra’s Carbon Standard 5.0: Integrity Through Rights and Benefit Sharing

This SDSG piece examines Verra’s draft standard revisions and the extent to which integrity claims must be grounded in stronger approaches to rights, transparency, and benefit sharing.

Nature, People, and Carbon Markets

Policy brief arguing that Article 6 should sideline the trade in nature-based credits, while pushing for tenure-based carbon ownership, stronger benefit-sharing standards, and more transparent public registries.

Taking Stock of the Regulatory Landscape for Project-Based Carbon Credit Markets

This white paper provides a comparative analysis of how G20 countries and Singapore align and differ across key dimensions of Project-Based Carbon Credit Markets regulation based on an in-depth stocktake of their regulatory landscapes.

The Great Green Rush

Rainforest Foundation UK report on the rapid rise of forest carbon offset projects in the DRC and the social impacts emerging alongside that expansion.

Why Carbon Markets are a Dangerous Distraction for Africa

This brief argues that carbon markets are a false solution to Africa’s climate finance needs. Rather than delivering real, equitable, and transformative funding for climate action, these markets risk undermining Africa’s climate sovereignty.

From Land Grabbers to Carbon Cowboys

The article argues that the rapid expansion of carbon offset projects is driving a new wave of land grabbing in the Global South, where corporations and investors—dubbed “carbon cowboys”—secure control over community lands to generate carbon credits, often at the expense of local livelihoods and rights.

How National Legislation Can Advance Carbon Justice

A policy toolkit on how domestic legislation can better structure carbon governance, protect rightsholders, and address gaps in carbon market justice.

Carbon market laws in the global South set to increase corporate control over community forests

Emerging carbon laws may accelerate corporate land grabs by expanding control over community forests.