G20 countries, which represent 85% of global GDP, lack credible plans to ramp up carbon removals in their UN climate pledges, according to leading climate institutes.

The UNFCCC-accredited Green Climate Fund (GCF) this week confirmed Uganda’s eligibility for $31 million in results-based REDD+ payments regarding the first GCF REDD+ initiative in Africa.

The tools available to researchers and civil society organisations that monitor methane super-emission events caused by oil and gas installations are growing by the day, four non-profits told a webinar on Wednesday afternoon.

A grant-based programme for mitigation projects backed by several European governments will permit funding flows – including of official development assistance (ODA) – to select carbon market activities through ‘technical cooperation’, according to a new brief.

The EU needs to consider sub-national carbon markets to give Canadian exporters a fair shot at reducing their CBAM costs, a Toronto-based carbon market analyst told Carbon Pulse.

A US multinational technology company announced Tuesday that it has developed a process that converts agricultural and forestry waste into renewable biocrude fuels for the maritime and aviation industries.

Most air travel carbon calculators underestimate the full climate cost of flying, with total warming effects potentially more than twice as high as current CO2-based estimates, a report published Wednesday has found.

International climate adaptation finance flows currently amount to only 8% of developing countries’ estimated needs to adapt to the impacts of rising temperatures, according to the UN’s environment agency’s annual assessment, though countries are starting to put in place adaptation plans.

IRENA pre-COP meeting – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will convene its 30th Council meeting in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 30 to review efforts to triple global renewable power capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030 ahead of COP30, the agency announced on Wednesday. “We have never been closer to closing the gap,” said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, while urging governments to make COP30 a milestone for renewables. The two-day meeting will gather over 350 representatives and will inform IRENA’s 16th Assembly, set for January 2026.

Cote d'Ivoire's Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) was published on Wednesday by the UNFCCC, outlining the country's aim to reduce emissions by a third on business-as-usual levels by 2035, using Article 6 and voluntary carbon market finance to help achieve the objective.

Ghana has launched a $200 million rooftop solar initiative in partnership with Switzerland, marking one of the largest bilateral clean energy projects implemented under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

South Korea should set ambitious emissions reduction targets for its 2035 commitments to the Paris Agreement, particularly for the domestic industry, an environmental group has urged.

More talks needed - India raised concerns over the EU's CBAM levies during trade talks in Brussels, with both sides agreeing the issue needs further discussion due to its sensitivity, the Commerce Ministry said in a statement. Minister Piyush Goyal and EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic reaffirmed their goal of concluding a free trade pact by end-2025 while exploring “landing zones” on other outstanding matters. An EU technical team will visit India next week to continue work on potential solutions.

Vanuatu will this week release a draft resolution for the UN to adopt and operationalise the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change, climate minister Ralph Regenvanu said on Wednesday.

Venezuela's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) was published on Tuesday by the UNFCCC, outlining the country's 2025-30 climate commitments without referring to any carbon market, taxing, or pricing mechanisms to achieve them – a notable omission given regional momentum around carbon markets in Latin America.

Baby steps – Brunei has signed an MoU with an unidentified neighbouring country to explore Article 6.2 opportunities, it said in its third NDC, published Tuesday. Its 2035 target remained unchanged from its 2030 – for a 20% reduction in GHG emissions, against BAU forecasted emissions of 30.8 MtCO2e by 2035. It noted that this target is conditional and contingent on international support, including finance, technology developments, and capacity building. Planned actions include expanding renewable energy, increasing forest cover, reducing industrial emissions, and cutting emissions from the waste and land transport sectors.

Mauritania is looking to leverage cooperative mechanisms under the Paris Agreement, and has already made preparations to do so as part of its green hydrogen programme, according to its latest Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

The world’s wealthiest people are generating more carbon pollution in a single day than the poorest half of humanity produce in an entire year, according to a new report warning that the high-carbon lifestyles and investments of the super-rich are driving the planet towards climate disaster.