EnergyReader · 2026-08-09 12:04

First Amazon CDR credits delivered to Symbiosis buyers as Microsoft's retreat reshapes market

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 9, 2026

A Brazilian developer has made the first delivery of Amazon rainforest carbon removal credits to members of the Symbiosis buyer coalition, a test of whether supply from nature-based projects can find buyers after Microsoft's retreat threatened to gut demand. The delivery follows months of contract negotiations that accelerated after Microsoft, responsible for roughly 80% of all carbon removal credit purchases, signaled it would pare back buying, according to Forbes reporting from late April.

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