Uganda will aggregate clean cooking projects into a national Programme of Activities (PoA), aiming to generate some 50 million carbon credits to be sold into the voluntary market (VCM), the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), and the CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme.

SAF stake – France's Technip Energies has taken a minority equity stake in a French synthetic aviation fuel project, advancing plans for industrial-scale eSAF production backed by EU and national funding, it announced Wednesday. Technip will support Verso Energy's DEZiR project in Rouen using its carbon capture technology to supply biogenic CO2, while its joint venture Rely with Belgian company John Cockerill is delivering FEED work. The plant is expected to produce around 80,000 tonnes of eSAF annually by 2030, with partners aiming to standardise and replicate the model across a broader portfolio of seven sites in Europe and the US.

The UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre has launched an updated version of its Article 6 Pipeline, with more data about progress in Article 6.2 cooperative approaches, and the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) now available.

Officials working on the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) have launched a public consultation on a draft methodology for grid-connected renewable electricity, which aims to bring in a new era of stringent carbon credit generation for clean energy projects.

Burkina Faso has strengthened its proposed benchmark for calculating forestry emissions under REDD+, although there are still inconsistencies with its wider greenhouse gas emissions inventory, leaving a risk of double counting, according to a UNFCCC review.

Compliance carbon markets are expected to become the primary source of revenue for carbon removal (CDR) projects around 2030, according to a report published this month.

The UNFCCC has validated Indonesia’s reported forest-sector emissions reductions under its latest submission, supporting the Southeast Asian nation in unlocking results-based climate finance, while also highlighting areas for further improvement in data transparency and consistency.

Forward forests – The Vanuatu government, in conjunction with the Seoul-based Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), have refined four investment proposals for the Pacific Island’s forestry sector, to support its NDC. The four proposals focus on: afforestation and reforestation, restoration, agroforestry, and the establishment of a national forest-data system, GGGI said in a Tuesday press release. The initiative is aiming to mobilise climate finance and accelerate implementation of Vanuatu’s NDC, by strengthening investment planning for the forestry sector, said Regional Pacific NDC Hub Vanuatu Focal Point and Acting Director for the Department of Climate Change Nelson Kalo. Check out Carbon Pulse’s NDC Portal for more information on Vanuatu’s NDC 3.0.