Carbon credit demand did not recover in 2025, but it did not collapse either. Instead, the market entered a sorting phase. Overall retirements of carbon credits held broadly steady in 2025, masking a decisive shift in buyer behavior.

The aviation sector faces rising decarbonization challenges as volatile SAF costs, complex regulations, and procurement risks demand strategic, data-driven solutions.

The EU ETS reform, including the phase-out of free allocations, is set to significantly increase emissions costs for EU industrial producers, with effective EUA prices rising sharply by 2035, driving substantial cost pressures and price increases across key sectors like steel, aluminium, and downstream industries such as automotive and construction.

Corporate carbon demand is changing, but not where the spot market had hoped.

Learn how MENA steel producers are adapting to the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and its implications for trade.

The following prices were affected: CB-CC-0001 REDD+, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0002 REDD+ v19 differential, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0003 REDD+ v20 differential, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0004 REDD+ v21 differential, Latin America, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0005 REDD+, Sub-Saharan Africa, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0006 REDD+ v19 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $ per tCO2e CB-CC-0007 REDD+ v20 differential, Sub-Saharan Africa, $ […]

Fastmarkets has amended the specifications for its CFR Europe flat steel import price assessments to better reflect the most typical sizes of spot market transactions. Following the consultation, which ended on Wednesday December 24, Fastmarkets amended the specifications for its CFR Europe flat steel import price assessments on Wednesday December 31. Based on feedback from market […]

The Paris Agreement parties have extended the host party approval deadline for CDM carbon credits transitioning to the PACM from December 2025 to June 2026, with additional documentation deadlines pushed to December 2026.

CBAM could impose over €12 billion in costs on importers in 2026 based on provisional benchmark values, reshaping trade flows. Sectors like iron, steel, cement, fertilisers, and aluminium face escalating carbon charges, with significant downstream impacts on industries such as agriculture, automotive, and construction.

Constellium chief executive officer Jean-Marc Germain is calling for the European Commission to ‘stop the clock’ on the EU’s forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which is set to begin on January 1, 2026, in an exclusive interview with Fastmarkets on Monday December 8, warning of EU CBAM risks for aluminium.