Japanese airline retires 200,000 Phase 1 CORSIA credits as aviation offset demand picks up
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**CORSIA Demand Stirs & Verra Methodology Updates Dominate This Week's VCM Signals** The most consequential VCM development in the past 48 hours is the retirement of 200,000 Phase 1 CORSIA credits by a Japanese airline, signalling a meaningful pick-up in aviation offset procurement after months of subdued liquidity ([Carbon Pulse](https://carbon-pulse.com/566400/)). With CORSIA's pilot phase now feeding real compliance demand into the voluntary credit pool, this transaction is an important data point for credit-type pricing: eligible credits — particularly high-integrity avoidance and removal…