- Wed 23:44US Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would levy a carbon tariff on certain carbon-intensive imports, a measure that is designed to be a first step towards a US carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).
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Morocco project financing – Morocco’s Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development on Tuesday signed the Climate II financing agreement with German development bank KfW, involving €100 mln in financing. The deal aims to support and strengthen Moroccan energy, water and public finance reforms while enhancing the country’s capacity to adapt to growing climate and economic challenges. The programme also seeks to improve the competitiveness of the national economy by establishing a more attractive framework for private investment and strengthening market competition, as per the ministry’s press release. The Moroccan government has at the same time been a regional leader in energy transition regulation and carbon project development. Last month, it authorised a solar rooftop mitigation activity under its bilateral Article 6 agreement with Switzerland. Just prior, in October, the North African country adopted a decree to regulate decentralised electricity generation – which may be brought to bear upon a Global Green Growth Institute-led project for decentralised production of renewable energy, itself under consideration within a preliminary Moroccan-Norwegian Article 6 MoU.
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Peru carbon registry – Peru’s environment ministry (MINAM) on Wednesday published Supreme Decree No. 023-2025-MINAM in the national gazette, amending procedures associated with its RENAMI national carbon registry. The decree approved the Single Text of Administrative Procedures (TUPA), which provides the standardised forms required to initiate projects that will be registered on RENAMI. It also lists processing fees. There are separate forms for Article 6 cooperative approaches versus the voluntary market (VCM). RENAMI was officially created in Nov. 2024, and VCM projects are not required to register.
- Wed 17:58Cutting the UK aviation sector’s trajectory to net zero could cost up to hundreds of pounds per tonne of CO2, depending on which carbon removal technologies are used, according to a new report.
- Wed 16:17The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a temporary fund to support international exports of EU producers of goods covered by its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), saying the scheme will be financed with 25% of revenues until a permanent solution is found.
- Wed 16:14Eight projects previously registered under the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) have been approved by host countries to transition the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) under Article 6.4, according to the December update from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Copenhagen Climate Centre.
- Wed 14:35The European Commission has proposed extending its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to 180 downstream goods from 2028, increasing the amount of covered EU imports by €55 billion and confirming details from a previously leaked draft.
- Wed 12:00Earth's melting refrigerator - The Arctic has just seen its warmest and wettest year on record, with climate change affecting the northernmost part of the planet by more than double the global rate since annual tracking began 20 years ago. Surface air temperature in the region from Oct. 2024 to Sep. 2025 was the warmest since measurements began in 1900, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), whilst rapid permafrost melt has led rivers to turn orange from leached metals. There is also risk of an influx of water from lower latitudes reaching the central Arctic Ocean, leading to rapid sea ice erosion and threatening ocean circulation patterns that have a long-term influence on the weather. Meanwhile, several Arctic monitoring programmes have been cut or face cuts, which could jeopardise future monitoring. (FT)
- Wed 01:59Officials from Singapore, Switzerland, and Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to accelerate climate action using the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement framework.
- Wed 00:21Watch this space – The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat is working with members to finalise the details for the pre-COP31 leaders’ summit to be held in the region, Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa told journalists on Wednesday. More information and the finer details will be announced early in 2026, he added. Waqa noted that the region sees the COP31 arrangements as a chance to elevate its priorities, including the climate-ocean nexus, the just transition, and access to climate finance. A COP veteran told Carbon Pulse last month that Fiji has the space and facilities to host a pre-COP; the island nation is one of the front-runner’s for the summit, alongside Palau, which will host the 2026 PIF Leaders’ Meeting.
CP Daily News Ticker: 17 December 2025
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