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Welcome to Carbon Insider - Carbon Unbound's weekly briefing on the deals, data, and developments shaping the global carbon removal market. Let's get into it. Have we missed anything? Get in touch here to send news for feature or publish.
Carbon Unbound Launches Flagship North America Summit for 2027
From 2027, Carbon Unbound North America becomes one flagship event: 23 & 24 March, in Vancouver, with pre-summit workshops programmed on March 22. One week where the entire North American CDR ecosystem is in the same building. It will bring together 600 CDR leaders under one roof, with the highest ratio of demand-side to supply-side attendees we've ever assembled at a Carbon Unbound event.
GSK commits to eight-year regenerative agriculture carbon credit deal covering 50,000 hectares in India to cut emissions and air pollution
Global biopharma company GSK has signed an eight-year purchase agreement with Indian carbon developer Varaha, facilitated by Earthly, to expand regenerative agriculture across 50,000 hectares of smallholder farmland in Punjab and Haryana. The project targets roughly 100,000 tonnes of carbon removals annually between 2028 and 2033, while reducing crop residue burning — a major source of PM2.5 air pollution linked to approximately two million premature deaths annually across South Asia. Participating farming households have seen income rise by an average of 12–16% since joining the programme.
Wood Mackenzie warns natural carbon sinks absorbing 40% of human CO2 emissions are not priced into most climate models or net zero strategies
A new Wood Mackenzie report finds that land and ocean systems absorbing roughly 18 gigatonnes of CO2 annually — around 40% of all human emissions — are under accelerating stress, yet are excluded from the pricing frameworks and financial models that underpin most corporate net zero strategies. The report identifies five major Earth system tipping points with a combined release potential exceeding 750 GtCO2, and warns that the 2026–2035 window is decisive for protecting natural sink capacity.
Google signs deal to purchase 1 million methane-reducing credits from Mitti Labs to cut superpollutant emissions
In Google's largest superpollutant offtakes disclosed to date, the company has signed a four-year agreement to purchase 1 million carbon credits from Mitti Labs, a satellite-AI startup using NASA-supported technology to shift Indian smallholder farmers toward Alternate Wetting and Drying rice cultivation. The practice cuts methane emissions from paddies by around 50% and reduces irrigation water use by close to 40%. By 2030, the partnership will cover over 100,000 hectares and deliver an estimated 1.5 trillion litres of water savings across critical watersheds.
Yara inaugurates Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility in the Netherlands with cross-border CO2 storage in Norway
Crop nutrition company Yara has launched its carbon capture facility at the Sluiskil ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands — capable of capturing and liquefying up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, making it the largest industrial carbon capture facility in Europe. Captured CO2 is compressed, liquified, and shipped for permanent storage 2,600 metres beneath the North Sea seabed by the Northern Lights joint venture, marking the first complete cross-border carbon capture and storage value chain of its kind.
Supercritical Report Shows 81% Of High-Quality Biochar Supply Already Locked In
In a new biochar market report, Supercritical points out that buyers are locking in larger carbon removal volumes earlier in the year, noting that 81% of the high-quality supply was committed by July 2026.
Google DeepMind launches first Asia-Pacific AI climate accelerator with 16 projects spanning carbon removal, agriculture, and nature protection
Google has revealed the 16 startups joining the inaugural cohort of its DeepMind Accelerator: AI for the Planet in APAC, launched with a Singapore boot camp. Carbon and climate-focused companies include Archeda, Varaha Climate, Farmers for Forests, City Syntax Lab, and Climitra Carbon, working across satellite-based carbon credit verification, urban CO2 optimisation, agroforestry measurement, and invasive species biochar.
Singapore and Laos sign Article 6 carbon credit implementation agreement — Singapore's 12th bilateral carbon market deal
Singapore and Laos have established a legally binding framework for developing and transferring carbon credits under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, signed on September 4. The deal — Singapore's fourth with an ASEAN member — allows credits to offset up to 5% of taxable emissions under Singapore's International Carbon Credits framework and towards CORSIA compliance, with 5% of proceeds directed to climate adaptation in Laos.
Agreena secures largest publicly disclosed agricultural carbon forward deal, selling 4.45 million tonnes of Kazakh soil carbon credits over seven years
Danish soil carbon developer Agreena has signed a seven-year forward offtake covering 4.45 million tonnes of credits from 1.6 million hectares of regenerative farmland in Kazakhstan's northern grain belt. The deal, described as the largest of its kind in agricultural carbon, reflects a broader market shift toward long-term advance purchasing as buyers seek to lock in large volumes of carbon credits ahead of issuance.
Airhive and Australian Carbon Vault secure $7.2 million in government funding to build Australia's first direct air capture and storage hub in South Australia
The two companies will develop the Carina CCS Hub in South Australia, which is Australia's first multi-use DACCS facility, using Airhive's direct air capture technology alongside ACV's onshore geological storage. The grant forms part of Australia's broader $23.4 million Carbon Capture Technologies Programme allocation, which also funded Carbonought, Karbonix Technologies, MCi Carbon, and Electralith.
Finnish biochar startup Carbo Culture raising €90 million for first-of-a-kind commercial plant in the Netherlands
Carbo Culture is seeking €90 million to fund a first-of-a-kind commercial biochar facility in the Netherlands designed to supply heat, power, and CO2 to some of Europe's largest greenhouse operations. The raise comes at a challenging moment for FOAK climate infrastructure funding.
Oracle commits $1 million to study carbon capture and geological storage feasibility at its Project Jupiter data centre campus in New Mexico
Oracle has opened a research grant to evaluate the technical, economic, and environmental viability of capturing CO2 from on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells at its Project Jupiter campus in Doña Ana County, with findings intended to guide potential future CCS deployment and regional carbon management infrastructure. The grant sits alongside Oracle's broader $50 million water infrastructure investment and $360 million in local school and public service support tied to the development.
Fortera and MLC partner to build first commercial-scale carbon capture cement plant producing 300,000 tonnes of low-carbon building material annually
Materials technology company Fortera and lime manufacturer MLC have agreed to develop a full-scale facility deploying Fortera's ReCarb process, which captures CO2 directly from industrial lime production and locks it into structural cement. The ReAct cement product contains nearly 50% captured CO2 by weight while meeting standard ASTM building specifications, and the facility will target US supply gaps where imports currently account for roughly a quarter of national consumption.
Finland grants €26.6 million to three industrial BECCS carbon capture projects
Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has awarded state investment aid to three industrial bioenergy carbon capture and storage projects, marking a significant public commitment to BECCS as part of the country's industrial decarbonisation strategy.
Enhance Energy breaks ground on Canada's largest carbon capture project
Federal and provincial officials joined project developer Enhance Energy to mark the start of construction on the Origins carbon capture project, which will become the largest carbon capture facility in Canada on completion.
Vateris secures €50 million in offtake deals for carbon-negative minerals from hard-to-abate industrial processes
Nottingham-based climate technology firm Vateris has signed binding multi-year offtake agreements and Letters of Intent worth over €50 million for carbon-negative minerals produced by capturing CO2 from heavy industrial operations, signalling growing commercial appetite for CCUS-derived products in construction and materials supply chains.
Welcome to Carbon Insider - Carbon Unbound's weekly briefing on the deals, data, and developments shaping the global carbon removal market. Let's get into it. Have we missed anything? Get in touch here to send news for feature or publish.
Carbon Unbound Launches Flagship North America Summit for 2027
From 2027, Carbon Unbound North America becomes one flagship event: 23 & 24 March, in Vancouver, with pre-summit workshops programmed on March 22. One week where the entire North American CDR ecosystem is in the same building. It will bring together 600 CDR leaders under one roof, with the highest ratio of demand-side to supply-side attendees we've ever assembled at a Carbon Unbound event.
GSK commits to eight-year regenerative agriculture carbon credit deal covering 50,000 hectares in India to cut emissions and air pollution
Global biopharma company GSK has signed an eight-year purchase agreement with Indian carbon developer Varaha, facilitated by Earthly, to expand regenerative agriculture across 50,000 hectares of smallholder farmland in Punjab and Haryana. The project targets roughly 100,000 tonnes of carbon removals annually between 2028 and 2033, while reducing crop residue burning — a major source of PM2.5 air pollution linked to approximately two million premature deaths annually across South Asia. Participating farming households have seen income rise by an average of 12–16% since joining the programme.
Wood Mackenzie warns natural carbon sinks absorbing 40% of human CO2 emissions are not priced into most climate models or net zero strategies
A new Wood Mackenzie report finds that land and ocean systems absorbing roughly 18 gigatonnes of CO2 annually — around 40% of all human emissions — are under accelerating stress, yet are excluded from the pricing frameworks and financial models that underpin most corporate net zero strategies. The report identifies five major Earth system tipping points with a combined release potential exceeding 750 GtCO2, and warns that the 2026–2035 window is decisive for protecting natural sink capacity.
Google signs deal to purchase 1 million methane-reducing credits from Mitti Labs to cut superpollutant emissions
In Google's largest superpollutant offtakes disclosed to date, the company has signed a four-year agreement to purchase 1 million carbon credits from Mitti Labs, a satellite-AI startup using NASA-supported technology to shift Indian smallholder farmers toward Alternate Wetting and Drying rice cultivation. The practice cuts methane emissions from paddies by around 50% and reduces irrigation water use by close to 40%. By 2030, the partnership will cover over 100,000 hectares and deliver an estimated 1.5 trillion litres of water savings across critical watersheds.
Yara inaugurates Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility in the Netherlands with cross-border CO2 storage in Norway
Crop nutrition company Yara has launched its carbon capture facility at the Sluiskil ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands — capable of capturing and liquefying up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, making it the largest industrial carbon capture facility in Europe. Captured CO2 is compressed, liquified, and shipped for permanent storage 2,600 metres beneath the North Sea seabed by the Northern Lights joint venture, marking the first complete cross-border carbon capture and storage value chain of its kind.
Supercritical Report Shows 81% Of High-Quality Biochar Supply Already Locked In
In a new biochar market report, Supercritical points out that buyers are locking in larger carbon removal volumes earlier in the year, noting that 81% of the high-quality supply was committed by July 2026.
Google DeepMind launches first Asia-Pacific AI climate accelerator with 16 projects spanning carbon removal, agriculture, and nature protection
Google has revealed the 16 startups joining the inaugural cohort of its DeepMind Accelerator: AI for the Planet in APAC, launched with a Singapore boot camp. Carbon and climate-focused companies include Archeda, Varaha Climate, Farmers for Forests, City Syntax Lab, and Climitra Carbon, working across satellite-based carbon credit verification, urban CO2 optimisation, agroforestry measurement, and invasive species biochar.
Singapore and Laos sign Article 6 carbon credit implementation agreement — Singapore's 12th bilateral carbon market deal
Singapore and Laos have established a legally binding framework for developing and transferring carbon credits under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, signed on September 4. The deal — Singapore's fourth with an ASEAN member — allows credits to offset up to 5% of taxable emissions under Singapore's International Carbon Credits framework and towards CORSIA compliance, with 5% of proceeds directed to climate adaptation in Laos.
Agreena secures largest publicly disclosed agricultural carbon forward deal, selling 4.45 million tonnes of Kazakh soil carbon credits over seven years
Danish soil carbon developer Agreena has signed a seven-year forward offtake covering 4.45 million tonnes of credits from 1.6 million hectares of regenerative farmland in Kazakhstan's northern grain belt. The deal, described as the largest of its kind in agricultural carbon, reflects a broader market shift toward long-term advance purchasing as buyers seek to lock in large volumes of carbon credits ahead of issuance.
Airhive and Australian Carbon Vault secure $7.2 million in government funding to build Australia's first direct air capture and storage hub in South Australia
The two companies will develop the Carina CCS Hub in South Australia, which is Australia's first multi-use DACCS facility, using Airhive's direct air capture technology alongside ACV's onshore geological storage. The grant forms part of Australia's broader $23.4 million Carbon Capture Technologies Programme allocation, which also funded Carbonought, Karbonix Technologies, MCi Carbon, and Electralith.
Finnish biochar startup Carbo Culture raising €90 million for first-of-a-kind commercial plant in the Netherlands
Carbo Culture is seeking €90 million to fund a first-of-a-kind commercial biochar facility in the Netherlands designed to supply heat, power, and CO2 to some of Europe's largest greenhouse operations. The raise comes at a challenging moment for FOAK climate infrastructure funding.
Oracle commits $1 million to study carbon capture and geological storage feasibility at its Project Jupiter data centre campus in New Mexico
Oracle has opened a research grant to evaluate the technical, economic, and environmental viability of capturing CO2 from on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells at its Project Jupiter campus in Doña Ana County, with findings intended to guide potential future CCS deployment and regional carbon management infrastructure. The grant sits alongside Oracle's broader $50 million water infrastructure investment and $360 million in local school and public service support tied to the development.
Fortera and MLC partner to build first commercial-scale carbon capture cement plant producing 300,000 tonnes of low-carbon building material annually
Materials technology company Fortera and lime manufacturer MLC have agreed to develop a full-scale facility deploying Fortera's ReCarb process, which captures CO2 directly from industrial lime production and locks it into structural cement. The ReAct cement product contains nearly 50% captured CO2 by weight while meeting standard ASTM building specifications, and the facility will target US supply gaps where imports currently account for roughly a quarter of national consumption.
Finland grants €26.6 million to three industrial BECCS carbon capture projects
Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has awarded state investment aid to three industrial bioenergy carbon capture and storage projects, marking a significant public commitment to BECCS as part of the country's industrial decarbonisation strategy.
Enhance Energy breaks ground on Canada's largest carbon capture project
Federal and provincial officials joined project developer Enhance Energy to mark the start of construction on the Origins carbon capture project, which will become the largest carbon capture facility in Canada on completion.
Vateris secures €50 million in offtake deals for carbon-negative minerals from hard-to-abate industrial processes
Nottingham-based climate technology firm Vateris has signed binding multi-year offtake agreements and Letters of Intent worth over €50 million for carbon-negative minerals produced by capturing CO2 from heavy industrial operations, signalling growing commercial appetite for CCUS-derived products in construction and materials supply chains.
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