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CARBON & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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Embodied-carbon caps are spreading to mid-size cities — and specifiers aren't ready

A wave of municipal building codes is putting embodied carbon on the critical path. Here's what's actually changing, and the three material decisions it forces early.

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The beat

Five lenses on the low-carbon transition in the built environment.

i

Embodied Carbon

The emissions locked into materials — and the codes, caps, and LCAs now putting a number on them.

ii

Mass Timber

Engineered wood as a carbon-storing structural system, from CLT supply to code adoption.

iii

Codes & EPDs

Green building codes and environmental product declarations, decoded for people who specify.

iv

Forest Carbon & Timber

Where the timber economy meets the carbon market — pricing, projects, and integrity.

v

Compliance & Trade

Deforestation rules, tariffs, and the trade policy reshaping material sourcing.

vi

Markets

Carbon and timber price signals at a glance — with live data on CearioTrader.

Markets

The carbon price signals behind the headlines.

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Credit typeIndicative
Forest carbon — ARRAfforestation / reforestation, recent vintage
$24.00
▲ 2.1%
Improved forest mgmtHigh-integrity, CCP-aligned
$18.40
▲ 0.8%
REDD+ avoided lossLegacy methodology
$6.50
▼ 1.4%
Nature-based removalsDurable, co-benefit verified
$31.20
▲ 1.6%
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