Our reading of the forest carbon market — policy, markets, science, integrity.
Since January 2026, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has entered its paid phase. In April, the Commission published its first official price: €75.36/tonne.
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Policy
On 3 February 2026, the Commission adopted the first methodologies of the CRCF regulation. A key step toward a European carbon-removal market, with an afforestation track expected in summer 2026.
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Market
In 2027, aviation offsetting becomes mandatory under CORSIA: a structural, regulated demand opens up for high-integrity credits, including the best-designed forest credits.
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Policy
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, COP30 launched the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, mobilised over $6.6bn, and made Article 6 a central pillar — despite the absence of a fossil-fuel roadmap.
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Integrity
Two years after the launch of the Core Carbon Principles, the ICVCM publishes its review: seven programs and 35 methodologies approved, demand growing faster than the market, and a price premium settling in.
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Policy
In Baku, States adopted the final rules of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, unlocking the international carbon market. A historic step — both praised and criticised.
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Science
What separates a credible carbon credit from a mere promise: additionality, permanence, MRV and independent audit, broken down.
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Integrity
In January 2023, a Guardian investigation claimed that over 90% of one major certifier's REDD+ forest credits were 'worthless'. An earthquake the market emerged from transformed — and more demanding.
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Science
Already +1.5°C, future warming 20 to 50% above the global average, and nearly 25,000 plant species: why the Mediterranean basin concentrates the urgency and the potential of forest restoration.
Read the article →The milestones that have structured the market since 2023.
A press investigation shakes confidence in forest credits and triggers a wave of reforms.
The ICVCM publishes its quality standard; the major programs become CCP-Eligible.
COP29 in Baku adopts the final rules of the international carbon market.
The EU adopts its framework for certifying carbon removals.
Belém launches the largest forest-finance mechanism ever created.
The EU carbon border tax enters its definitive phase.
Aviation offsetting becomes mandatory: a regulated demand opens up.
