UK-MEX agreement - The Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) and the UK's Department for Energy Security & Net Zero have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on climate, energy, and nature cooperation, SEMARNAT announced on Tuesday. Both countries agreed to accelerate the implementation of Mexico's third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), promote low-carbon energy sources and infrastructure, strengthen biodiversity finance mechanisms, and accelerate industrial decarbonisation, among others. The agreement will serve as a framework for International Climate Finance agreements. It adds to the recent update of a long-standing cooperation agreement between the EU and Mexico.

EU, Canadian, and Chinese climate leaders opened the 10th Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) in Brussels on Monday, urging governments to accelerate the clean transition and use the talks to build political momentum ahead of COP31 in November.

Super pollutant fund needed - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has called for a dedicated fund to scale the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s (CCAC) Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, launched at COP30 last November with $25 mln to support seven countries. The programme should reach 30 countries by 2030 and should not rely on carbon or methane credits, the EIA said.

Indonesia is set to launch its carbon credit registry in two weeks, as part of the country's push to drive finance towards the protection of its vast forests, the country's forestry minister confirmed during London Climate Action Week on Wednesday.

Italy’s national accreditation body has warned that at least an extra year will be needed to enrol companies tasked with checking that carbon prices have been paid in third countries under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is seeking African projects intended to generate carbon credits through the Tokyo-led Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).

A group of 10 Australians have filed a legal case with the UN claiming the Australian government is violating their human rights by continuing to support companies exporting coal and gas.

A coalition of governments – including the COP30, COP31, and COP32 presidencies – have launched a platform to speed up electrification of the global economy, they announced on Tuesday as part of London Climate Action Week.

Support for a fossil fuel treaty is at its highest, with groups calling for a mechanism to manage the phasedown of fossil fuels in a just and equitable way, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Bangladesh has announced an ambitious goal to generate almost $1 billion through the sale of new carbon credits.