The Dominican Republic has reaffirmed its intention to engage voluntarily with international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, while explicitly ruling out their use to meet its own climate targets under its recently submitted Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0.

SAF surge – Technip Energies, Airbus, Safran, and Tereos have agreed to form a joint venture to develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in northern France which they dubbed Rebound. The plant targets an annual output of 160,000 tonnes, positioning it among Europe’s largest facilities. The partners said Tuesday that they will fund engineering and other pre-FID work for the project, which aims to convert advanced ethanol from agricultural and forestry residues into SAF as EU blending mandates drive demand growth. Separately in SAF news, it was also announced Tuesday that Syzygy Plasmonics and World Fuel Services have signed a capacity reservation agreement covering future SAF output from planned NovaSAF facilities in Central and South America.

A rift has emerged in Bonn between Article 6.2 buyer and host countries, as they debate a UN proposal suggesting user fees to plug an €8.6-million hole in the 2026-27 biennial budget, among other options.

Proposed reforms to the European Union's carbon market could significantly weaken the bloc's emission reduction trajectory, flood the market with surplus permits, and undermine the pathway to climate neutrality, according to a new technical assessment by climate policy think tank.

Ukraine has published a draft law outlining the framework for its planned domestic emissions trading system (ETS), which would seek to cover power, industrial, aviation, and maritime sectors exceeding specified thresholds.

SAF alliance - Airline Aeromexico and Mexican multinational food company Grupo Bimbo have partnered to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to account for the latter's corporate and business travel in Latin America, they announced this week. The pair said the partnership is first-of-its-kind in the region, and emissions reductions will be credited through internationally recognised mechanisms for SAF allocation and traceability.

More 6.2 – Kenya and Norway have signed a Statement of Intent to negotiate a bilateral agreement under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The deal was struck on the sidelines of the UNFCCC climate conference in Bonn, the Office of Kenya’s Special Envoy on Climate Change said on Linkedin. Pacifica Ogola, director of climate change at Kenya’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry, has decided to set a 10-million cap on ITMO transfers through to 2030, she announced earlier.

Regulatory uncertainty is still weighing on the development of clear price signals for Phase 1 of CORSIA, but supply of credits should ramp up over next 12 months, a webinar heard Wednesday.

The European Commission is weighing an extension of free carbon allowances and a review of aviation rules to ensure “an effective carbon price” on international flights, according to a leaked internal paper seen by Carbon Pulse.

The problem of diverse country risk profiles for gaining CORSIA Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) – crucial for developers – is exacerbated by many host countries’ fears or lack of data around overselling, threatening supply, officials and experts said on the sidelines of SB64 in Bonn.

As carbon markets undergo an integrity reset, treating women’s inclusion as a co-benefit is no longer enough – inclusive finance can help make their contributions measurable, verifiable, and central to the credibility of carbon projects.

More than 150 scientists, policymakers and public figures have urged the incoming COP31 presidencies of Turkiye and Australia to make next year’s UN climate summit a “Blue COP”, calling for ocean issues to be written into the formal negotiations and backed by finance outcomes.

Thailand's parliament is expected to pass its Climate Change Act sometime in 2027, but the planned emissions trading system (ETS) is unlikely to impose compliance obligations until close to 2030, according to a legal expert who said many important design features remain undecided.

Several Latin American countries crossed major milestones in the operationalisation of Article 6 markets last week, signalling a shift from years of institutional preparation towards the first wave of actual carbon transactions under the Paris Agreement.