Singapore's NCCS and the World Bank launched the Singapore Carbon Markets Programme to help developing nations build interoperable carbon registries, digital MRV systems, and national carbon market strategies.

Bank of America projects the AI data center market will hit $1.7 trillion by 2030, growing ~38–45% annually, but the buildout could add 24–44 million tonnes of CO₂ per year in the US alone.

Politecnico di Milano launched POLICAP, a transportable solvent-based carbon capture pilot lab in Piacenza, funded under Italy's National Recovery Plan, designed to test capture systems using real industrial emissions.