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A source-rated feed of the developments shaping the climate economy: funding, acquisitions, new methodologies, registry tech and satellite launches, with the most depth where the hub is deepest, carbon and nature-based MRV. Each item carries an evidence rating, the hub’s trust signature.
EU nature-credits expert group reaches its mid-2026 milestone on registry and MRV design
Under the European Commission’s 2025 Roadmap towards Nature Credits, the dedicated expert group entered its mid-2026 phase to deliver the technical criteria and methodological outline for a forthcoming EU nature-credits market, including a digital registry and MRV framework, ahead of the Commission’s 2027 certification and governance package.
ICE launches GreenTrace; ACR and ART registries migrate with developer APIs
Intercontinental Exchange launched GreenTrace and the Winrock-run ACR and ART/TREES registries migrated onto it, exposing real-time issuance and developer APIs that make registry state addressable to dMRV providers.
Verra selects three providers to build jurisdictional REDD deforestation risk maps under VM0048
Verra appointed Agresta, Space Intelligence and a TerraCarbon/Clark consortium under five-year deals to produce the deforestation risk maps that set REDD baselines across countries including DRC, Brazil, Argentina, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, standardising a long-contested step.
ICVCM approves the first blue-carbon (mangrove restoration) methodology for the CCP label
The Integrity Council approved Isometric’s Mangrove Restoration Protocol as the first blue-carbon method eligible for the Core Carbon Principles label, citing its additionality test and dynamic baseline, alongside approval of the Global Carbon Council standard.
Global Carbon Council becomes the first Global-South programme approved as ICVCM CCP-Eligible
The Qatar-based Global Carbon Council reported ICVCM CCP-Eligibility for GCC 2.0, which it says makes it the only Global-South crediting programme holding both CORSIA accreditation and CCP-Eligibility.
India notifies emission-intensity targets for nine sectors under its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme
India notified greenhouse-gas emission-intensity targets across nine energy-intensive sectors under its compliance Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, with certificate trading expected to open later in 2026, per the International Carbon Action Partnership.
UN issues the first Paris Agreement Article 6.4 carbon credits, to a Myanmar clean-cooking project
The UNFCCC Supervisory Body approved the inaugural issuance under the Article 6.4 mechanism for a Myanmar efficient-cookstove project, applying more conservative accounting that cut credited reductions roughly 40 percent versus older methods. The issuance has also drawn scrutiny over the project’s context.
Boomitra wins record 3.03M soil-carbon credits for a Mexican grassland
Verra approved Boomitra’s largest soil-carbon issuance to date, 3.03 million removal credits for a Northern Mexico grassland project, underscoring the scale of satellite-plus-sample soil MRV in the Global South.
Cecil raises $2.6M seed and ships a global mining dataset
The API-first spatial-data layer Cecil closed a $2.6M seed round and released a global mining dataset, extending its catalogue of nature, biomass and EUDR/TNFD layers.
Global Forest Watch integrates DIST-ALERT for near-real-time global vegetation-disturbance monitoring
Global Forest Watch added DIST-ALERT, combining Landsat and Sentinel-2 data to flag disturbance inside forests and across grasslands, wetlands and croplands globally, extending near-real-time monitoring relevant to tropical MRV.
Calyx Global ratings go live on the Bloomberg Terminal
Calyx Global’s dual GHG and SDG carbon-credit ratings began delivery on the Bloomberg Terminal, putting integrity scores next to pricing and project data for institutional buyers.
Verra releases VCS Version 5.0
Verra published Version 5.0 of the Verified Carbon Standard, mandatory for new registrations from 1 January 2027, with a phased Project Hub rollout through 2026.