Costa Rica’s 202-35 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) presents carbon markets as crucial for closing the country's climate financing gap, increasing Paris Agreement Article 6 role in its mitigation strategy.

Provincial government proponents of the flagship Argentinian jurisdictional forestry initiative, structured under Verra’s Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) framework, remain optimistic about receiving a Letter of Authorisation (LoA) to issue credits eligible for CORSIA due to support from potential buyers.

The cost of deploying clean cooking projects has jumped as developers face tougher monitoring requirements and slower investment flows, cookstove developers said at a COP30 side-event in Belem on Saturday, warning the sector risks being priced out of climate finance.

Indonesia plans to launch an international roadshow to showcase its forestry credits to potential investors and buyers before the end of the year, a senior forestry official told Carbon Pulse, in a move that he said could operationalise the export of the country's offsets.

Demand for carbon credits that qualify under emerging compliance schemes is outpacing limited supply, putting pressure on the voluntary market as countries ramp up Paris Agreement Article 6 activity, according to a project developer.

Carbon pricing and markets are a significant part of the solution to keeping global warming to Paris Agreement limits, a senior member of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told a side event at COP30 on Saturday.

Some of the world’s largest oil and gas producers are urging major reforms to the voluntary carbon market, arguing that the use of "high-quality" credits is now essential for meeting global climate goals and should be used more widely and flexibly by companies.

Day 6 at COP30 in Belem. The summit is edging towards clarity on the negotiations side as talks hit half-time. Plenaries and press conferences across the day are expected to provide detail on what exactly Brazil wants to achieve over these two weeks, with finance and transition away from fossil fuels among the priority topics being discussed in closed-door meetings between the presidency and parties. 

An India-based enhanced rock weathering (ERW) start-up on Saturday claimed to have issued Asia’s largest batch of ERW removal credits to a Japanese shipping major.

The city-state of Singapore is engaging with industry and academic partners as a “student” of marine carbon removal (mCDR), as part of its consideration of several decarbonisation pathways to net zero, a government official shared on the sidelines of COP30.

New evergreen deal – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has signed an MoU with the Global EverGreening Alliance (GEA) to advance nature-based solutions, climate resilience, and sustainable landscapes, the Seoul-based intergovernmental organisation said on Friday. The projects will deliver climate and biodiversity outcomes, as well as improving livelihoods, it added, and seek to strengthen enabling conditions for voluntary carbon market efforts. The two partners will cooperate on GEA’s Restore Africa programme, which is aiming to restore 1.8 mln ha across the continent, as well as its Green Up to Cool Down initiative, which is aiming to capture 20 MtCO2e per year by 2050. GGGI added that the two are also already cooperating on an initiative in the Philippines to restore 137,000 ha and unlock $5 mln for agroforestry and bamboo-based value chains.

A major exchange operator, in collaboration with a specialist advisory firm, opened pre-registration on Friday for a new platform designed to increase transparency on the future supply of durable carbon removal (CDR) credits.

A lack of penalties or public accountability for Article 6.2 reporting flagged by the UNFCCC for inconsistencies compromises market integrity and is unlikely to be rectified anytime soon, sources close to COP30 negotiations have told Carbon Pulse.

The World Bank and WWF have announced the creation of an Indigenous-governed financial institution in Colombia’s Amazon region, aimed at directing revenues from carbon credits and other sustainable activities straight to local communities, they said on Friday.

Rules around crediting projects under the new Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) represent the "biggest fear" for many forest carbon developers, one supplier told a side event at COP30, who continue to worry about being shut out of Article 6 by what they see as overly stringent rules on land-based activities.

A Brazilian project developer and ecological institute have sealed at COP30 a partnership for carbon and forest restoration projects, starting in the country’s Atlantic Forest.

Carbon removal (CDR) credits are becoming a vital financial lever for deploying carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects in economies that lack robust carbon pricing mechanisms or public subsidies, industry experts said Friday.

Public-private jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) buyers’ club LEAF Coalition has approved the Dominican Republic (DR) as a supplier country, the first from the Caribbean, it was announced at COP30.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a fund this week, targeting about $30 million for three pilot projects that aim to connect displaced communities in Uganda and Rwanda with revenue from global carbon markets.

Brazil’s forthcoming emissions trading system (ETS) is drawing attention from domestic investors, with a $2.7 billion asset manager envisioning rising demand for carbon credits generated from its pipeline.

Guidance on bilateral sovereign carbon credit agreements under Article 6.2 could once again be on the negotiating table at COP30 this year, should select parties have their way, sources told Carbon Pulse.

A draft decision text on Article 6.4, published Friday at COP30, contains provisions that would see parties reopen a baseline standard for crediting Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) activities to avoid discouraging nature-based carbon project development, which negotiators and observers expect to now be heavily contested as talks heat up in Belem.

A survey was launched on Thursday to gather feedback from professionals in the carbon accounting sector on data-sharing practices.

Airlines have scooped up 1 million Guyanese REDD credits at a fixed price of $22.55/tonne in the IATA-backed CORSIA auction that ran between Aug. 18 and Oct. 3.

Heavy rains and prolonged dry spells during India’s 2025 monsoon season disrupted biochar field trials in Maharashtra, limiting effectiveness in some plots but demonstrating benefits in others, a Denmark-based project developer said Friday.

Canada biochar facility down – Carbonity’s Port-Cartier biochar facility has been temporary closed since Oct. 31 after a computer system update caused a technical issue that strained equipment, according to general manager Patrick Girard. The problem has since been fixed, but the company is using the downtime for maintenance and process optimisation following lessons learned since production began in February. No timeline has been given for restarting operations. The plant, Canada’s first industrial biochar site, plans to produce 10,000 tonnes next year using forest residues supplied by Groupe Remabec. (ICI Radio‑Canada)

Day 5 at COP30 in Belem. Nature and carbon are firmly on Friday's agenda across side events at the summit, and negotiators on Article 6 were also said to have enjoyed calmer talks on Thursday, though after a new text on crediting Paris projects landed overnight, it now seems reopening adopted work on the new crediting mechanism may be back on the table at the conference.

India’s leading carbon credit developer and supplier, EKI Energy Services, has reported another steep quarterly loss as a collapse in carbon credit trading and weak project generation revenues continued to weigh on the company’s financial performance.

The main driver of carbon credit demand next year will be the aviation sector’s CORSIA scheme, as airlines face a tightening compliance timeline and begin treating their obligations with greater seriousness, according to a ratings agency policy chief.