An EU-China-Brazil axis to save Paris through carbon markets
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter On 14 September, the second high-level meeting of the new Open Coalition on Compliance C...
From the Netherlands to Norway: the CO₂ journey reshaping European CCS
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter To understand what is changing in European Carbon Capture and Storage, we need to start in Sl...
Decarbonisation: businesses have the tools but are still stalling
Humanity is doing too little, too late, when it comes to mitigating climate change. This was emphatically highlighted by UNEP, which, in its report Limiting Overshoot – Navigating Exceeda...
CBAM: the European Parliament stalls on the emergency clause
Yesterday, 15 September, the European Parliament voted on the revision of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the EU system that taxes the emissions contained in certain goods imported fr...
The ETS review and carbon credits: how many tonnes, how many credits?
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter The EU's renewed opening to international carbon credits has moved, within four months, from ...
Riccardo Fraccaro: the new forest economy with carbon credits
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Italy has 11.8 million hectares of forest, equivalent to 39% of the country’s territory...
Europe’s 250 Million-Tonne CDR Market Will Not Be for Everyone
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter The European Commission has proposed auctioning 250 million additional EU Emissions Trad...
International credits in the ETS: the Commission moves forward, the Parliament is divided
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter On 17 July 2026, the European Commission issued a legislative proposal to overhaul the EU ETS...
ETS reform: the EU is going along with the most polluting industries
On Friday 17 July, the European Commission presented its proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS), the EU’s carbon market, which since 2005 has helped halve emissions from th...
Pricing carbon beyond ICAO and IMO: a “sovereign” experiment from Africa
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Despite adverse political headwinds and a general global retraction from climate action and m...
Where do we stand with CO₂ removal technologies?
When the World Resources Institute tasked American researcher Marx Trexler with overseeing the world’s first CO₂ offsetting project, carbon credits were seen as little more than a philanthro...
Neya, Mundys’ model for a high-integrity carbon credits market
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Mundys, a leading Italian holding company managing airports and motorways primarily in E...
Life cycle to carbon credits: the importance of EPDs in structural timber
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Within the framework of the new EU Regulation on Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF), t...
Could Iron Man Save the Carbon Market?
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter During the week of May 18 to May 23, I was in Singapore for two of the most important carbon ...
The social cost of carbon is now a factor in transition decisions
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Translating CO₂ emissions into economic and social value to help businesses and institution...
Transition credits: waiting for Godot?
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter The question of whether transition credits constitute a viable tool for accelerating coal pha...
Carbon Market Buyer’s Guide 2026, a new phase for the market
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Carbon credits are definitively shifting from being merely an accessory to corporate sus...
CBAM: the challenges of international accreditation
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Who monitors emissions from a steel mill in Wuhan on behalf of Europe when we import material...
Getting the best out of the ETS/MSR reform and flexibilities
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Twenty years since its launch, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has become the w...
Asia-Pacific carbon markets: Indonesia, China, India – where Article 6 will be shaped
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Anshari Rahman knows Article 6 from both sides of the table: he helped shape the rules as Sin...