The United Arab Emirates has published its host party requirements for the Paris Agreement's Article 6.4 crediting mechanism, listing types of carbon projects the Gulf state is prepared to approve.

Lao-Vietnam forestry pact - The Lao National Agriculture and Forestry Research has signed an agreement with the Vietnam Academy of Forest Science to establish a framework aimed at expanding cooperation in research, technology transfer, and sustainable forest development. This is the latest addition to a long‑standing collaboration in forestry. According to The Star, the agreement, along with research and technology transfer, will also focus on forest management and restoration, biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, forest carbon development, biotechnology, forest genetic resources, wood science and forest products, and the application of digital technologies in the forestry sector.

A widely cited benchmark calling for around 10 billion tonnes of durable CO2 removal (CDR) annually by 2050 has become detached from the scientific evidence on which it is purportedly based, according to a new study that argues climate policy should place greater emphasis on emissions reductions and present CDR requirements alongside the mitigation pathways that generate them.