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CARBON & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Mass Timber

Sydney’s Atlassian Central tops out as world’s tallest hybrid timber tower

The 39-story, $1.45 billion project reached full height on European-sourced CLT and glulam even as the IBC's 2024 exposure rules finally clear the way for more ambitious timber ceilings in the U.S.

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The beat

Six 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.

Latest brief
ISO rewrites the EPD rulebook
Aug 17, 2026 · 1 brief
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

Monthly analysis of the carbon and timber price signals moving the built environment — with live data on CearioTrader.

Markets

The carbon price signals behind the headlines.

We track the markets you read about. Read the monthly Market Barometer for context, or open a CearioTrader account for live prices and to trade or hold credits yourself.

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%
Illustrative figures for demonstration — live data on CearioTrader.