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.

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.

Green steel ambitions hinge on a simple truth: the world needs more direct reduction (DR)-grade iron ore. Yet, the market rarely provides the stable price signals that unlock investment. This is the final instalment in our series on the iron ore paradox, exploring how iron ore volatility stifles the capital expenditure needed for a low-carbon future.

CORSIA Phase 1 carbon credit prices are weakening as expanding eligible supply collides with still-uncertain mandatory demand from airlines. Recent actions by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), aimed at improving market liquidity, have so far outweighed the first structural signals of compliance-driven demand.

A leaked draft document from the EU Commission seen by Fastmarkets on Monday November 17 outlines provisional benchmark rates that could be coming under the EU’s forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

Major announcements at COP30 in Belém, Brazil are reshaping expectations for global climate finance, forest protection and international carbon markets, with governments, multilateral lenders and corporates signalling new levels of ambition.

The European green steel market, crucial for meeting the EU's climate goals, faces challenges from high input costs, economic pressures, and trade uncertainties, while transitioning to low-carbon production methods like hydrogen-based steelmaking offers a pathway to near-zero emissions.