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- Mon 22:48In a report, published at COP30, marking 10 years of the Green Climate Fund, the organisation said that it has reduced 96 million tonnes of CO2 in its first decade.
- Mon 22:33A Canada-based carbon financier booked an $11.8 million unrealised gain in the third quarter of 2025, reflecting higher asset values tied to its flagship cookstove project.
- Mon 21:14Global greenhouse gas emissions are finally showing signs of peaking, according to the latest update to the UNFCCC’s 2025 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) synthesis report, but the pace of decline remains far too slow to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C temperature goal.
- Mon 19:24Public and private spending via Article 6 could count toward the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance negotiated at last year’s COP29, so long as the benefits that ‘donor’ institutions receive are discounted from the total spend, according to researchers.
- Mon 18:36After two years of promoting its proposal to reward countries for conserving tropical forests, Brazil officially launched the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) last week with more than $5 billion already committed, although experts expressed mixed reactions to the announcement.
- The Supervisory Body for the Article 6.4 mechanism submitted its fourth annual report to parties during COP30 on Monday, detailing progress made over the past twelve months toward operationalising the new UN carbon market under the Paris Agreement, though underlined it now faces a significant funding shortage.
- Mon 17:32Only six countries, as well as the EU, have reported any measurable reductions in methane emissions since a historic global pledge made at COP28 to tackle the high-polluting gas.
- Mon 17:31Eleven governments and more than 300 companies and civil society groups have endorsed the Principles for Responsible Timber Construction, a science-based framework guiding the sustainable use of timber.
- Mon 16:35Retirement levels for voluntary carbon credits were slim last week and overall levels remain lower than last year, sending mixed signals about the market outlook as the COP30 international climate summit gets underway in Brazil.
- Mon 15:19Forestry carbon initiatives should base risk planning on severe climate conditions rather than historical norms, as moderate scenarios are failing to capture the true scale of wildfire threats, according to new analysis by a London-based insurance firm.
- Mon 14:55Brazil and the UK have launched at COP30 in Belem an initiative to tackle global super pollutant emissions, with developing countries receiving an initial $25 million in support.
- Mon 14:54Stake acquired - Queensland government investment vehicle QIC has agreed to acquire 19.9% of AGL Energy's minority stake in Tilt Renewables, it announced. It means it now has a 99.9% ownership in the company which is Australia's largest operating wind platform, it said. Tilt now owns and operates 1.9 GW across 12 assets and a has a development pipeline exceeding 1.6GW to progress to final investment decisions in the next 12 months.
- Mon 14:50Brazil has managed to head off potential delays to negotiations at COP30 on Monday, even as concerns with climate change-related unilateral trade measures were put forward by parties in an early agenda text.
- Mon 14:37The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board approved key methodological updates and ruled on several accreditation and issuance matters during its 126th meeting in Belem, Brazil last week.
- Mon 14:00The international agreements needed to accelerate climate action are already in place – from speeding up clean energy, to mobilising more money, to boosting adaptation – so COP30 is where countries need to decide how they will fulfil their promises, the UN's climate chief said on Monday.
- Mon 13:26This year is set to be the second or third warmest year on record, extending an 11-year streak of exceptional global warming driven by record GHG concentrations in the atmosphere, according to the State of the Climate Update for COP30 published Nov. 6 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
- It is Day 1 at COP30 in Belem. The mood is warm and the humidity is high following last week's leadership summit in Sao Paulo, as Monday marks the first official day of negotiations. In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT-3).
- Mon 12:38A leading Indian cement producer expects to generate up to INR 2.25 billion ($27 million) in annual revenue from the sale of carbon credits as part of its decarbonisation strategy under the country’s upcoming Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), the company said.
- Mon 12:08As COP opens in Brazil, Gold Standard is the first major independent carbon standard to fully align its methodologies with the Paris Agreement — a move that cements integrity, safeguards market confidence, and signals that credible climate action under the Paris framework is no longer optional but essential.
- Mon 05:38Quality alliance – Japan’s Carbon EX has entered into a partnership with Sylvera, the London-based carbon credit rating company, to enhance transparency and quality in Japan’s carbon credit market. Under the collaboration, Carbon EX will integrate Sylvera’s carbon intelligence platform into its trading exchange to enable transactions of high-quality and independently rated carbon credits and strengthen market integrity and confidence among participants, according to a statement.
- Mon 05:36Going offshore – Petronas CCS Ventures, a fully-owned subsidiary of Petronas, has been granted Malaysia’s first-ever offshore assessment permit for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the Duyong area under the newly-enacted Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Act 2025. The permit enables exclusive offshore geological assessments in the Duyong field and advances the company’s joint technical studies with TotalEnergies and Japan’s Mitsui, as the partners target a commercially viable CO2 storage solution.
- Mon 04:43The Australian government has released a guide to investing in its net zero transition based on its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), aimed at international investors, it said on Monday.
- Mon 04:03The Western Australia government is updating its procurement guidelines to explicitly favour green steel produced within the state for its projects, it announced over the weekend.
