Regulatory Feed.

**Removals & Methodology — Verra CCS Milestone:** Verra has approved the first-ever carbon credits issued under its carbon capture and storage (CCS) methodology, marking a significant expansion of the registry's credit-type portfolio into engineered removals ([source](https://verra.org/verra-approves-first-credits-under-ccs-methodology/)). This is a watershed moment for the voluntary carbon market: it signals growing institutional confidence that CCS projects can meet additionality and permanence thresholds, and it broadens the supply landscape beyond nature-based credits such as REDD+ and ARR…

## OzelCarbonOS VCM Intelligence Brief — 6 November 2026 **IC-VCM expands CCP-eligible supply with coal transition and forest restoration approvals.** The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM) announced its latest CCP-Eligible programme decisions, greenlighting BioCarbon Standard, Cercarbono, and Plan Vivo (PV Climate) methodologies covering coal-to-clean transition and forest restoration credit types ([IC-VCM](https://icvcm.org/the-integrity-council-approves-methodologies-for-coal-transition-and-forest-restoration/)). Verra separately confirmed it has secured the first-e…

## OzelCarbonOS VCM Intelligence Brief — November 4, 2026 The headline development in the voluntary carbon market over the past 48 hours is the **ICVCM's approval of new CCP-Eligible methodologies** spanning coal transition and forest restoration. The Integrity Council's July 2026 batch of decisions has formally granted CCP eligibility to programs under BioCarbon Standard, Cercarbono, and Plan Vivo (PV Climate), meaningfully expanding the universe of high-integrity credits available to corporate buyers. Details on the approved methodologies are available at [ICVCM](https://icvcm.org/the-integ…

**IC-VCM & Verra Signal Broadening of CCP-Eligible Credit Supply.** The most consequential development for the voluntary carbon market this cycle is the IC-VCM's approval of new Core Carbon Principles (CCP)-eligible methodologies spanning coal-to-clean transition and forest restoration activities ([IC-VCM announcement](https://icvcm.org/the-integrity-council-approves-methodologies-for-coal-transition-and-forest-restoration/)). BioCarbon Standard, Cercarbono, and Plan Vivo's PV Climate programme have all received CCP eligibility, diversifying the roster of approved programmes beyond Verra's VCS…

## OzelCarbonOS VCM Intelligence Brief — 3 November 2026 **Removals methodology expansion.** Gold Standard has [launched its first biochar carbon removal methodology](https://carbon-pulse.com/566669/), designed to credit projects from small distributed kiln networks to large industrial facilities. The move significantly broadens the creditable removal pathway menu under Gold Standard and is likely to catalyse supply of durable, engineered-removal credits at a time when corporate buyers are increasingly tilting portfolios toward high-permanence removals. Biochar credits have historically trade…

## OzelCarbonOS — VCM Intelligence Brief **India emerges as a pivotal demand catalyst for the voluntary and compliance-adjacent carbon markets.** A new report estimates that India's participation in the ICAO CORSIA scheme could inject approximately 140 MtCO2 of offsetting demand between 2027 and 2035 — roughly 10% of total global CORSIA obligations — with most of the burden falling on foreign airlines operating Indian routes ([Carbon Pulse](https://carbon-pulse.com/566561/)). Separately, analysis of India's domestic Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) highlights its potential to aggregate ind…

**CORSIA Demand Signal Emerges.** A Japanese airline retired 200,000 credits under Phase 1 of the ICAO CORSIA offsetting scheme, marking a notable uptick in buying activity after months of low liquidity ([Carbon Pulse](https://carbon-pulse.com/566400/)). With CORSIA's pilot phase now transitioning toward broader compliance obligations, this retirement is an early demand-side indicator that airlines are beginning to secure eligible units. Market participants should watch whether this catalyses further retirements and tightens supply of CORSIA-eligible credits — particularly high-integrity avoid…

**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…