A few months ago, I shared a reflection here about how the sector was shifting—from pilots toward infrastructure—and how intense that moment felt.

Working through the Q1 2026 Industrial Round-Up and Market Intelligence Brief, that trend hasn’t just continued—it’s become more defined.

What stands out now is not just growth, but also…

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A recent article from BioFlux makes a case that deserves serious attention from IBI members: that decentralised biochar production is not failing because of agronomic weakness, but because it has been poorly structured for finance. And that a new generation of distributed models is beginning to fix that.

The argument is worth examining…

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Hi Luisa, this really resonates with me, especially the idea that it’s not any single component, but how the whole system comes together.

That’s where the shift becomes most visible. Moving from pilots to infrastructure doesn’t just scale individual elements, it requires everything to work together at once (technically, commercially, and…

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Interesting reflection. I had a similar impression last week at the Global Biochar Commercialisation Summit in London.

Across discussions with project developers, technology providers, investors, registries, and buyers, one point kept coming up.

It is not the individual parts of the process that matter most. Not the reactor alone. Not the…

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This month I realized I hadn’t posted anything here in a while.
Not because there was nothing happening, actually quite the opposite.

Between everything happening globally, professionally, and personally, I’ve felt a bit saturated. And when I reviewed our latest Industrial Round Up (our quarterly summary of key global biochar developments for…

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Coming out of COP30, a recent Reuters analysis surfaces a tension many of us in the biochar sector already feel: we are scaling faster in climate impact than in market structures.

According to reporting by Oliver Balch, PhD, the global biochar market is projected to surpass $2 billion by 2032, nearly tripling in value. Yet that growth is…

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Supercritical reports that many CDR projects, including biochar, remain stalled due to financing gaps. Banks want offtakes before lending, and buyers wait for financing before signing offtakes. This catch-22 limits new project development.

Key insights for project developers:

• Multi-year offtakes are now essential to securing loans.

•…

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Several investment decisions fail because feedstock risk was ignored at the start. Transparent sourcing is a core part of project quality.

Key checks before financing or commercial deals
• Clear description of feedstock type, origin and volume.
• Basic proof of legal sourcing and land-use conditions.
• A traceability plan that matches project…

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UNDP released a practical toolkit to help governments and developers strengthen the social integrity of carbon market activities. It focuses on rights, safeguards and the conditions needed for transparent, credible and community-aligned projects.

What you will find

• Guidance on engaging communities through Free, Prior and Informed Consent

• How…

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Many new projects struggle not because of technology, but because the basics are not planned early. These nine tips help you build a solid foundation before investing time or capital.

1. Define the goal

Be precise about what you want: soil improvement, carbon removal, energy recovery, or waste management. Your goal shapes every…

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We contributed to A Healthier Earth’s new Biochar Blueprint. It is a practical guide for developers who want to scale projects and secure funding. Biochar is a proven carbon removal tool, yet investment remains limited. This guide gives developers a clearer path to move forward.

The playbook covers:

• Financing and contract structure

• VCM…

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