Sylvera’s Q2 2026 data snapshot finds retirement volumes fell 10% year-on-year to 38.55 million credits, while total retirement market value rose, driven by a quality premium and shifting registry dynamics.
IETA’s Vision for the Post-2030 EU ETS
IETA outlines its position on preserving the EU ETS as Europe’s central climate instrument, calling for an integrated post-2030 review covering the cap, MSR, free allocation, removals and international credits.
Market Insights Brief: Carbon Deal Dynamics, June 2026
Ecosystem Marketplace and Carbon Capital Lab surveyed 48 VCM project developers and intermediaries on deal timelines and friction; relationship capital, buyer readiness, and price emerge as dominant factors.
CCP Guide Module 1: Navigating High-Integrity Carbon Markets
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market launches the first module of a new guidance series helping organisations, businesses, and governments engage with high-integrity carbon markets using CCPs.
Gaining Ground: State of Private Investment in Nature 2026
Ecosystem Marketplace and The Nature Conservancy analyse 1,918 investments totalling $62.7 billion, finding private investment in nature grew fivefold from 2016–2025, though deployment remains constrained by systemic barriers.
Contracted Durability: A Framework for Performance-Based Carbon Removal
A new white paper from RMI, Beyond Alliance, the American Forest Foundation, and LongRun Climate introduces contracted durability: a set of legal and financial mechanisms that ensure a carbon dioxide removal credit keeps one tonne of CO₂ out of the atmosphere across the durability threshold it is required to meet.
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2026
The World Bank Group’s annual State and Trends of Carbon Pricing report is aimed at providing an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including international, national, and subnational initiatives.
How high-quality carbon offsets can lower livestock methane emissions
EDF assessed existing methodologies for crediting livestock methane emissions reductions across voluntary and compliance markets, identifying key actions to strengthen credit integrity and drive investment in agricultural climate solutions.
2026 Carbon Market Buyer’s Guide
South Pole’s 2026 carbon market buyer’s guide translates market, policy and integrity developments into practical guidance for corporate buyers. It covers major trends shaping supply, demand and pricing, including the role of integrity frameworks, carbon removals, Article 6.4, CORSIA and emerging regulation. The guide supports buyers to move from spot purchases to long-term strategies that align with net-zero targets, risk management and credible claims in a tightening VCM.
State of finance for nature 2026: Nature in the red
Published by UNEP, this report tracks global finance flows for nature and highlights implications for the voluntary carbon market, including declining investment in nature-based credits amid heightened scrutiny of integrity and credit quality.