A global coalition of more than 250 governments and international institutions launched a roadmap for implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) on Monday at COP30, complete with millions in funding to support the group from two countries.

Mexico’s NDC – Mexico released its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0 Monday, affirming the climate targets already previewed by Environmental Secretary Alicia Barcena. The nation has set an unconditional goal to cut economy-wide emissions by 2035 to between 364-404 MtCO2e, and a conditional goal of 332-363 MtCO2e. It is also the first time Mexico has expressed its target in absolute terms rather than a percentage, a measure aimed at improving transparency, the nation says. Mexico has also added a security component to its NDC 3.0 in order to strengthen its capacity for responding to human security issues linked to climate change. This component will form the basis of the development of Mexico’s first National Adaptation Policy, which is slated to be published in 2026. (UNFCCC NDC Registry)

US legislators hoping to attend COP30  in Belem did not receive support from the State Department, having instead to make alternative plans for credentials to the Blue Zone through participating non-profits, international organisations, and through overflow from the Ukraine delegation.

COP30 talks resumed on Monday with cautious optimism, based on a Brazilian proposal that tended to favour the developing world’s position on contentious issues such as climate finance and trade. 

The EU insisted its carbon border fee is not a "unilateral" trade measure on Monday, addressing criticisms from countries such as China that have again brought CBAM to the forefront of multilateral discussions inside the negotiating rooms of COP30.

Global methane emissions are continuing to rise and remain inconsistent with international temperature goals despite a rapid increase in national pledges, according to a new UN report released on Monday.

As the COP30 climate summit in Belem heads into its second week, India is seeking progress on climate finance, adaptation, and more loss and damage funding, even as calls for its overdue national climate pledge for 2035 grow louder.

The Brazilian COP30 presidency shifted into "task force mode" on Monday, extending negotiating hours to make headway on a proposed Belem Package that it hopes to gavel through by Wednesday.

A new, longer document on Article 6 non-market approaches (NMAs) published Sunday still finds the whole text in brackets, as other COP30 debates play out symbolically in the typically uncontroversial text, according to observers.

The Amazonian state of Para submitted new documents to ART TREES, taking a further step towards its planned issuance of the first 38 million carbon credits under its jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme.

A senior Australian bureaucrat said the government was assessing how the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion could affect government policies, as the country signs on to NDC partnership and industrial decarbonisation initiatives

Denmark's climate and energy minister announced at COP30 on Monday a proposed emissions reduction target of between 82%-85% from 1990 levels by 2035, which would be the most ambitious national target to-date.

The latest text on closing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), being negotiated at COP30, still lacks a sum of funds to transfer from the Kyoto Protocol-era system, in order to ease an urgent finance shortage in Article 6 markets.

A total of 11 governments now endorse recently released shared principles that are designed to help scale responsible use of carbon credits to meet global climate goals.

A Swiss climate consultancy and carbon investor on Monday signed a letter of intent (LoI) for a credit offtake agreement with an Indonesian project developer at the COP30 climate summit in Belem.

The UK government has announced a further £16.9 million ($22.2 mln) in long-term finance for the FAO-run Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme, lifting its total contribution to £48.4 mln and reinforcing its support for digital forest-monitoring systems.

The European Commission has slashed the emissions benchmarks that will underpin the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from 2026, according to draft documents seen by Carbon Pulse, unveiling proposed values that sharply tighten the carbon costs facing importers while stopping short of the ultra-strict regime many in industry had braced for.

Integrity continued to drive prices last week, after the pre-COP30 tide that had lifted the market ebbed away, and the forestry sector was left battling again to be included in Article 6.4.

Ghana has proposed a new revenue-sharing framework to channel 5% of proceeds from Article 6 transactions into climate action, green industry support, and government administration, according to a senior environment official.

A group of countries, civil society representatives, and the private sector launched a new coalition to support jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programmes gain scale at COP30 on Monday.

The potential supply of credits available to buyers in Russia's carbon market should reach 100 million tonnes, according to the CEO of the country's registry operator, speaking at a side event in Belem.

G20 countries are failing by a wide margin to deliver the emissions cuts needed to keep the 1.5C target within reach, a report published Monday has warned, calling for an immediate, binding global response plan from the world's richest nations.

Indonesia on Monday launched its blue carbon action guide and roadmap to support the government integrating blue carbon ecosystems, such as seagrass and salt marsh, into later Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Dozens of Japanese companies have endorsed a government-led initiative to support the overseas deployment of Japan’s emission reduction technologies for the agricultural sector while utilising the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).

An initiative that seeks to permanently conserve land at scale across four countries by raising $375 million has been announced, backed by organisations including the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

South Korea has for the first time announced its commitment to stop building new unabated coal power plants and phase out existing assets, amid growing interest at COP30 around establishing a global roadmap to move the world away from fossil fuels.

A string of new countries have joined the Premium Flyers Solidarity Coalition, which is linked to an initiative to implement new global levies on the rich and high-emitting sectors, in a bid to boost "solidarity" for those most affected by climate change.

The European Union is preparing to turn down India’s push for an exemption from the bloc’s incoming carbon border levy next year, which could complicate efforts to conclude a free-trade agreement between the two economies.

Ministers will begin COP30 negotiations on Monday working off a Brazilian summary that lays out broad boundaries for an agreement on the four biggest issues – but with little clarity on what an agreement would look like, and old tensions likely to resurface.

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released a 'playbook' aimed at mobilising large-scale private investment into ecosystem protection, setting out a model to treat natural systems as infrastructure assets while using biodiversity credits.

The EU’s upcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is pushing Eastern European countries to decarbonise and adopt their own CO2 border fees. However, CBAM also poses a barrier to linking their power markets with that of the EU unless they meet exemption conditions, an expert said.

The European Commission will release guidance “early next year” for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), an EU official has said.

Things are hotting up at the summit as ministers now arrive to push forward on key talks, which come after a rumoured 40,000+ people took to the streets on Saturday to march for climate justice.

Australian and Turkish leaders will seek to resolve their stalemate to host COP31 by the end of this week, otherwise the UNFCCC process will move into uncharted territory, according to observers.

A new Article 6 text concerning the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) would see countries back decisions on permanence, baselines, and additionality made by technical experts earlier this year.