The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved new credit operations totalling R$912 million ($172.3 mln) for reforestation projects in the country, it announced on Wednesday.

Quebec’s climate change committee has recommended the WCI-linked province integrate carbon sequestration into its climate strategy alongside new emission reduction targets.

Brazil is straddling a thin line between climate champion and fossil fuel producer, as the second fastest-growing oil supplier in the world over the past decade, but with slipping greenhouse gas emissions, according to Carbon Pulse analysis.

The newly launched Tropical Forest Forever Facility is creating a multi-billion dollar investment stream for tropical forest protection with a guaranteed share for Indigenous and local communities, even as conservation groups warn that emerging Article 6.4 rules risk sidelining nature-based solutions by imposing permanence requirements that could effectively exclude forests, soils, and blue carbon from the forthcoming global carbon market.

The Brazilian government launched on Wednesday the first concession of a national public forest for restoration, with revenues based on carbon credit sales.

Enabling social inclusion - The World Bank’s 2025 EnABLE initiative has published its annual report, which details progress in advancing social inclusion within results-based climate finance across 14 countries. In FY25, new programmes were launched in Ghana, Lao PDR, and Mozambique, with additional projects in the DRC and Guatemala to enhance participation of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and civil society, the project said. The report introduces the Social Inclusion Framework and a companion good practices guide developed with CIFOR-ICRAF, alongside new partnerships, training initiatives, and communications platforms. EnABLE also strengthened collaboration with the World Bank’s SCALE program to integrate equity and inclusion across all climate finance operations.

Oman on Wednesday at COP30 officially launched its National GHG Inventory Platform in support of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Biennial Transparency Report (BTR), and Article 6 engagement.

Singapore’s National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), together with Gold Standard and Verra, has published its final Article 6.2 Crediting Protocol, establishing a framework for governments to use existing, independent carbon crediting programmes to meet their national climate goals.

The EU does not have an official preference for credits generated under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement for use towards its 2040 climate goals, despite some expectations this would be the case, officials told a COP30 event this week, adding that the bloc remains open to using other standards.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) at COP30 signed a series of agreements with international partners, seeking to reassure the global community of US commitment to addressing climate amid the absence of a federal presence in Belem.

Improved Forest Management (IFM) projects accounted for nearly 30% of all nature-based carbon credits issued in 2025, though many registries still struggle to label credits accurately, complicating purchases and limiting sellers’ ability to secure higher prices, analysts said. 

Half of the global target to mobilise $1.3 trillion of public and private climate finance could be financed by private investors, and may be raised via carbon markets, according to an independent UN advisory group. 

Djibouti wants to raise carbon finance using both Article 6.2 and 6.4 of the Paris Agreement to meet its new 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

Artificial intelligence can make modelling more accurate across both nature-based and engineered carbon removal (CDR) solutions, according to a study published last week.

Carbon trading between developed and developing regions could help finance the deployment of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in low-GDP areas and remove 22.9 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2075, a recent report has found.

Carbon credits buyers’ group, LEAF Coalition, has signed up its first member from Asia, it announced on Wednesday.

A London-based spirits producer has committed to investing up to £5 million over the next five years to restore 3,000 hectares of degraded peatlands in Scotland by 2030.

Day 3 at COP30 in Belem. Heavy rain and a big clash between protesters and UNFCCC security on Tuesday have somewhat dampened initial optimism for the summit, as crunch presidency updates are now expected on Wednesday that should signal where talks are likely to land over the coming days.

A global forestry investment manager has signed agreements to acquire a majority stake in Solomon Islands’ largest sustainable forestry company, it announced Wednesday.

The European Commission is developing a pilot scheme to certify emission reductions from livestock and will present a legislative proposal next year if it receives a mandate to do so, an official has said.

Governments in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) need to ensure they have a mix of policies to incentivise finance for forests, as well as regulatory measures such as environmental markets, said a recent report.

Turning marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) into a reliable source of carbon credits will require far more rigorous science and costly monitoring, scientists said Tuesday.

Even though no Article 6 negotiations are slated for COP30, "difficult discussions" about a recently approved permanence standard dog implementation of the new Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) – with some countries reportedly threatening to reopen agreed texts to try and cement a stronger role for nature-based projects in the new market.