CIX will not add Panama ARR project (VCS 2481) to CIX ARR X

Following market consultation, Climate Impact X (CIX) has decided not to add the Generation Forest Group Project (VCS 2481) in Panama to the list of projects deliverable under its afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) standard contract, CIX ARR X (CAX).

The decision follows a proposal notice (MN2024/25) and a public consultation that commenced on 9 September 2024. Market feedback received during the consultation period was supportive of the decision. As a result, the 12 projects currently deliverable under CAX remain as follows:

• Afforestation of Degraded Grasslands in Vichada, Colombia (VCS 2512)
• Reforestation of Degraded Forest Reserve Areas in Ghana, West Africa (VCS 2410)
• Bagepalli CDM Reforestation Programme (GS 4240)
• Reforestation Program in the Southeastern Region of Nicaragua on degraded pastureland (GS 4220)
• TIST Program in Kenya, VCS005 (VCS 737)
• Grouped Project for Commercial Forest Plantations Initiatives in the Department of Vichada (VCS 1530)
• Reforestation of Degraded Lands in Sierra Leone (VCS 2401)
• WithOneSeed Timor Leste Community Forestry Program (GS 4210)
• CO2OL Tropical Mix (GS 2940)
• Reforestation of Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana (VCS 987)
• Vichada Climate Reforestation Project (PAZ) (GS 4221)
• BaumInvest Reforestation Project (GS 2913)

Questions or feedback can be sent to pricing@climateimpactx.com. Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this notice.

For any further queries, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Climate Impact X (CIX) is proposing to discontinue its older vintage Nature X and Cookstoves X standard contracts, along with the associated price assessments, and invites feedback on this proposal from market participants.

Under the proposal, trading of the CIX Nature X (CNX) v16-19 and CIX Cookstoves X (CCX) v20-23 standardised contracts on the CIX Exchange would cease as of 17 July 2025. For CCX v20-23 contracts, it includes the Gold Standard Least Developed Countries (CCX-LG), Gold Standard Developing Countries (CCX-DG), Verra Least Developed Countries (CCX-LV), and Verra Developing Countries (CCX-DV) contracts. In addition, CIX would discontinue the publication of the associated benchmark assessments listed below.

This proposal is part of a continuous and routine effort to ensure CIX’s standard contract and benchmarks offerings align with the more active and recent vintages, and comes in the context of reduced liquidity and trading activity for the vintages proposed for discontinuation.

Market participants may provide feedback to pricing@climateimpactx.com before 4 April 2025. Feedback received will be published unless marked as confidential. Upon review of feedback received, CIX will publish a Decision Notice. Should the methodology change go ahead as proposed, on the day of implementation, CIX will publish an additional Implementation Notice to alert market participants that the change has come into effect.

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this notice.

For any queries on this notice, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Climate Impact X (CIX) is proposing to discontinue its China ARR standard contracts, along with the associated benchmark assessments, and invites feedback on this proposal from market participants.

Under the proposal, trading of the CIX ARR X – China (CAX-C) standardised contracts on the CIX Exchange would cease as of 17 July 2025, including v21-24 and v20-24 contracts. In addition, CIX would discontinue the publication of the CAX-C benchmark assessments listed below.

This proposal comes in the context of ongoing voluntary withdrawal of China ARR projects from the Verra registry, which has significantly reduced the qualifying volume for these contracts and reduced trading activity in this segment of the market.

Market participants may provide feedback to pricing@climateimpactx.com before 4 April 2025. Feedback received will be published unless marked as confidential. Upon review of feedback received, CIX will publish a Decision Notice. Should the methodology change go ahead as proposed, on the day of implementation, CIX will publish an additional Implementation Notice to alert market participants that the change has come into effect.

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this notice.

For any queries on this notice, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Climate Impact X (CIX) has suspended the membership of Finbird Technologies Private Limited, effective 7 February 2025.

This action was taken following a breach of the CIX platform terms and user agreement, as outlined under Section 6.2 of the CIX Rulebook and Section 2 of the CIX Operating Procedures.

CIX is committed to fostering a high-integrity, transparent carbon market trading environment. This suspension underscores our dedication to upholding the standards that protect the interests of our members and market participants, and to ensuring the proper functioning of this ecosystem.

For any queries or further clarification regarding this notice, please reach out to the CIX support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Climate Impact X (CIX) would like to inform members and other market participants that the list of projects eligible for delivery into CIX ARR X – China (CAX-C) has been updated with immediate effect.

Deactivated

The CAX-C contract specification stipulates that projects must be registered with Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standards to be deliverable into CAX-C. Following changes in the certification and project status of the Hechu Afforestation Project in Anhui Province, the project is no longer eligible for delivery into CAX-C.

For impacted clients, all open orders on CIX will be cancelled with immediate effect – there is no further action required from you at this stage.

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this notice.

For any queries on this notice, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Climate Impact X (CIX) would like to inform members and other market participants that the list of projects eligible for delivery into CIX ARR X – China (CAX-C) has been updated with immediate effect.

Deactivated

The CAX-C contract specification stipulates that projects must be registered with Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standards to be deliverable into CAX-C. Following changes in the certification and project status of Henan Yiyang Afforestation Project, the project is no longer eligible for delivery into CAX-C.

For impacted clients, all open orders on CIX will be cancelled with immediate effect – there is no further action required from you at this stage.

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this notice.

For any queries on this notice, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Following the decision notice (MN2024/32) and public consultation (MN2024/27) that ran from 1 October to 1 November 2024, Climate Impact X (CIX) confirms the removal of the Rio Anapu-Pacaja REDD Project (VCS 2252) in Para, Brazil from the list of projects deliverable into the nature-based standard contract CIX Nature X (CNX), with immediate effect.

The project is now excluded from delivery across all vintages of CNX standard contracts, including v16-19, v17-20, v18-21, v19-22, v20-23, and v21-24.

Eleven projects are currently deliverable into the standard contract:

• The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project Phase II – The Community Ranches, Kenya (VCS 612)
• Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project, Indonesia (VCS 674)
• The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project, Democratic Republic of the Congo (VCS 934)
• Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project, Peru (VCS 985)
• REDD in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Brazil (VCS 1067)
• The Envira Amazonia Project – A Tropical Forest Conservation Project in Acre, Brazil (VCS 1382)
• Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project, Indonesia (VCS 1477)
• Resguardo Unificado Selva de Mataven REDD+ Project, Colombia (VCS 1566)
• REDD+ Project for Caribbean Guatemala: The Conservation Coast, Guatemala (VCS 1622)
• Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia (VCS 1650)
• The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (SCRP) (VCS 1748)

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this market notice.

For any queries on this notice, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Following the decision notice (MN2024/31) and public consultation (MN2024/26) that ran from 1 October to 1 November 2024, Climate Impact X (CIX) confirms the reinstatement of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (VCS 1748) in Cambodia to the list of projects deliverable into the nature- based standard contract CIX Nature X (CNX), with immediate effect.

The project is now deliverable across all vintages of CNX standard contracts, including v16-19, v17- 20, v18-21, v19-22, v20-23, and v21-24.

Eleven projects are currently deliverable into the standard contract:

• The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project Phase II – The Community Ranches, Kenya (VCS 612)
• Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project, Indonesia (VCS 674)
• The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project, Democratic Republic of the Congo (VCS 934)
• Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project, Peru (VCS 985)
• REDD in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Brazil (VCS 1067)
• The Envira Amazonia Project – A Tropical Forest Conservation Project in Acre, Brazil (VCS 1382)
• Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project, Indonesia (VCS 1477)
• Resguardo Unificado Selva de Mataven REDD+ Project, Colombia (VCS 1566)
• REDD+ Project for Caribbean Guatemala: The Conservation Coast, Guatemala (VCS 1622)
• Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia (VCS 1650)
• The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project (SCRP) (VCS 1748)

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this market notice.

For any queries on this notice, please reach out to CIX’s support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.

Climate Impact X (CIX) has successfully completed the latest annual independent audit of its suite of carbon credit benchmark products: CIX ARR X (CAX), CIX Cookstoves X (CCX) and CIX Nature X (CNX).

Conducted by professional services firm Ernst & Young, the assessments ensure that CIX’s benchmark methodology and governance processes continuously adhere to the International Organisation of Securities Commissions Principles for Oil Price Reporting Agencies (IOSCO Principles). The assurance reviews for CAX and CCX are based on specific dates of assessment, while the review for CNX covers a pricing period of up to 12 months.

The IOSCO Principles offer globally recognised best practice guidance on governance and control systems in the publication of commodity price benchmarks. They cover various aspects including price assessment methodology, the management of contract and index methodology changes, data reporting process, supervision of assessors, audit trails, the management and prevention of conflicts of interest, as well as auditing.

This audit, along with subsequent annual reviews, provides market participants with added confidence that CIX’s benchmarks—used in physical commercial agreements or derivatives markets—are administered in alignment with the highest possible global standards.

Full details of the scope and findings of the audit are transparently available on CIX’s website.

IOSCO audit reports for previous years are available upon request at pricing@climateimpactx.com. Please reach out to team for any queries or further clarification regarding this notice.

Climate Impact X (CIX) would like to inform members and other market participants that new vintage CIX Nature X (CNX), CIX Cookstoves X (CCX) and CIX ARR X (CAX) contracts as indicated below have been activated with immediate effect.

These contracts underpin a new series of price assessments tracking the spot traded value of eligible projects within the corresponding vintage bands, as transacted during the respective on exchange pricing sessions. At the same time, CIX’s benchmark assessments (CNX, CCX LDC GS, CCX DC GS, CCX LDC VCS, CCX DC VCS, CAX, CAX-C) will roll to reflect the latest contracts. These assessments are published in the CIX Carbon Daily pricing intelligence, available here.

Please ensure that the appropriate members of staff within your organisation and customers are advised of the content of this market notice.

For any queries or further clarification regarding this notice, please reach out to the CIX support team at +65 6990 7518 or email operations@climateimpactx.com.