Germany rebuffed reports that the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) of countries was set to hold an internal vote on the COP31 host on Tuesday, in an effort to break the deadlock between Australia and Turkiye, as speculation continues over how the impasse will be resolved.

Despite strong interest in building up Article 6 supply, there are only a handful of sovereign buyers actively looking to procure credits for the period running to 2030, yet capacity building needs among host countries remains an even greater challenge for the near-term scaling of the market, experts and government officials told Carbon Pulse at COP30.

A G20-backed model aimed at harmonising data infrastructures of voluntary and international carbon markets will incorporate Article 6.4's Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) registry requirements when they are released, the developers said.

An African country has signed an agreement with a voluntary carbon organisation to bolster its market infrastructure on Tuesday, in anticipation of passing a new law to establish a national registry.

Development of credits for sale into the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme (CORSIA) can doubly support countries’ achievement of their climate targets while raising carbon finance, according to an industry brief seen by Carbon Pulse, as part of a COP30 push for Paris Agreement parties to develop fresh supply.

Compared to fossil fuel phaseout, deforestation targets enshrined in the COP28 Global Stock Take (GST) have been relegated to a secondary role, according to observers at Brazil's 'mutirao' dialogues.

Japan and Malaysia have signed an industry-led letter calling for host countries to expedite regulation to operationalise the Paris Agreement's Article 6, issue Letters of Authorisation (LoAs), and enable the release of CORSIA-Eligible Emissions Units (EEUs), in an effort to avoid a potential patchwork of measures enacted by jurisdictions frustrated with slow progress or perceived weak ambition within the ICAO international aviation offsetting scheme.

None of the world's largest emitting governments are compliant with the goals of the Paris Agreement, but Denmark was once again a standout performer, according to annual rankings published on Tuesday at COP30.

Central African countries unveiled on Tuesday a new mechanism to reward forest communities for protecting the Congo Basin, rolling out a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) system that directly compensates people for sustainable land use.

Ukraine will claim $43 billion in climate compensation from Russia to fund a low-carbon reconstruction, it announced Tuesday at the COP30 talks in Belem.

France and Brazil announced on Tuesday they are in favour of an ocean taskforce to help raise national efforts to conserve and restore marine habitats.

Peru’s national carbon registry, which has approved nine methodologies to date, will include several more by February spanning waste, land use, and durable carbon removal (CDR).

Suriname has reiterated plans to sell UN-verified REDD+ results under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement as Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), while exploring alternative climate finance measures, according to its third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

Fifteen governments formally committed this week to recognise 160 million hectares of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community land.

A provision in the latest iteration of an Article 6.2 negotiating text, published Tuesday, would ban trading Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) associated with reports flagged during the Technical Expert Review (TER) process – while every report to date has come back with identified inconsistencies.

Shifting timelines - India will submit its updated national climate targets to the UN by December, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said at COP30 in Belem, signalling the country’s intent to raise ambition ahead of global negotiations, The Hindu reported. India will also submit its Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) for the first time before the year ends, the minister added. The country remains the largest emitter which is yet to submit its updated climate plans, however, the delay does not mean that climate ambition has waned, according to experts at the ongoing climate summit.

Day 8 at COP30 in Belem. The Brazilian presidency is advancing fast on plans for an outcome at the summit, opening up two core goals, the first being a Belem Package, which will see a showdown on Wednesday on some of the most contentious issues at stake: finance, trade measures, and a lack of ambition in climate plans.

An NGO coalition has announced a three-year programme seeking to curb deforestation risk across the supply chains in over 30 landscapes.

Winding up markets in Brazil – Carbon market standard the Global Carbon Council (GCC) has signed a strategic MoU with Associacao Brasileira de Energia Eólica e Novas Tecnologias (ABEEolica). The partnership with Brazil’s wind energy association aims to strengthen the country’s carbon market, and in particular its readiness for international cooperation under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.2, GCC said in a press release. This will include capacity building on things such as MRV systems and registry infrastructure, and will see ABEEolica support the recognition of GCC as an approved programme under Brazil’s ETS and for Article 6.2 initiatives.

Several African countries are in a strong position to issue Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) for CORSIA, executives from a carbon standard said on Monday, adding that it expects to issue over 386 million units eligible for Phase 1 of the UN's international aviation offsetting scheme.

And the award goes to – New Zealand has been named the ignominious Fossil of the Day at COP30 on Monday. Awarded by CAN International, Monday’s selection of New Zealand was in recognition of the government’s move to reduce its biogenic methane targets, the NGO said in an emailed press release. Greenpeace Aotearoa said this was embarrassing but not a surprise, and decried the government’s bonfire of climate policies.

Singapore and Thailand published carbon credit programme and methodology lists under their Article 6.2 implementation agreement on Monday at COP30 in Belem.