In Bangkok’s financial district, the screens show familiar contracts: equities, currencies, index futures. What is changing is not visible in the tickers, but in the legal architecture beneath them. Thailand has approved amendments to its Derivatives Act that will allow cryptocurrencies and carbon credits to serve as underlying assets in
Brussels, February 2026 — The European Union has done something climate markets have argued about for years but never quite resolved. It has written a rulebook for permanent carbon removals. This week, the European Commission adopted the EU’s first certification methodologies for what it defines as permanent carbon removal. The
The European Commission is deploying its financial heavy artillery early to prevent a political revolt against the next phase of the Green Deal. In a move designed to preempt social unrest and diplomatic friction, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it will “front load” €3 billion ($3.5 billion) to national
The recently launched Carbon Compared launched to increase transparency within the VCM, making it easier to make informed decisions around carbon credits and offsetting. The platform connects buyers directly to project developers, enabling a direct relationship with the project that their purchases support. On the free platform, project design documents,
High-quality forest carbon credits sit at the center of today’s climate finance strategy. As governments and companies grapple with tightening emissions pathways and rising pressures to demonstrate integrity, forest carbon markets are undergoing rapid evolution. In 2025, forestry and land-use projects account for 37% of all global carbon credit retirements—underscoring
Jakarta, November 2025 — The morning haze over Jakarta had barely lifted when delegations from across Southeast Asia filed into the Ministry of National Development Planning. Inside BAPPENAS, a rare convergence was taking shape: technical experts, policymakers, and regional planners from all 11 ASEAN Member States gathering to build the
In Belém, as COP30 brought global attention back to the Amazon, Brazil made one of its most strategic climate governance announcements in years: the creation of Ecora, a national carbon credit certifier designed to reshape the architecture of Brazil’s carbon markets and anchor the country’s rising influence in the global
NEW YORK — October 2025 — Some of the world’s largest companies have united behind a single objective: to bring precision, comparability, and market discipline to the way global emissions are measured. A new coalition, Carbon Measures, has been launched by leading corporations across energy, finance, industry, and logistics to
NEW YORK — October 16, 2025 — A new collaboration between Carbon Direct and JPMorgan Chase is aiming to redefine how the voluntary carbon market values nature. The two organizations have released Optimizing for Biodiversity with Nature-Based Projects in the Voluntary Carbon Market: Principles for Pursuing Dual Outcomes, a data-driven
LONDON, Oct. 17, 2025 — What was meant to be a historic breakthrough for global climate cooperation collapsed today inside a packed conference hall at the International Maritime Organization. After years of negotiations, diplomats had gathered to approve the world’s first global shipping carbon fee — a measure designed to
