UN cancels tender to build centralised Article 6 registry system

Published 23:30 on December 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:30 on December 18, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A UN tender to build a centralised registry system for carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement has been cancelled, Carbon Pulse has learned, though an interim solution is expected to be operational by year’s end.

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ANALYSIS: Forest carbon credits may find a home in Article 6

Published 09:44 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:44 on December 12, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Forestry carbon credits, including from REDD and ARR reforestation sectors, now have the green light to scale via Paris Agreement carbon markets, following last month’s historic decision at COP29, but the exact methodologies that will be used, and strength of demand, remain uncertain.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS: ICAO TAB assessments, recommendations, and public comments for CORSIA 2024 application cycle

Published 02:44 on December 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:08 on December 7, 2024  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, US, Voluntary

UN civil aviation body ICAO late on Friday published reports outlining its Technical Advisory Body’s (TAB) assessments, recommendations, and public comments made during the 2024 cycle for applications by carbon credit standards seeking eligibility under the airline offsetting programme.

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Fragmentation of standards a fact of life in new carbon market landscape, say experts

Published 10:20 on December 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:20 on December 3, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Fragmentation in international carbon markets is now a “reality”, and it is unlikely that there will be a single global standard for credits as countries continue to take different approaches in terms of project development, according to panelists speaking at a conference on Tuesday.

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INTERVIEW: Article 6 decision marks ‘fundamental’ shift in landscape for project developers

Published 09:24 on December 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:24 on December 2, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The breakthrough on Article 6, achieved in Baku last month, will have a huge impact on the ground in terms of project development, according to executives at a global association for the sector.

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ANALYSIS: International carbon markets now “open for business” but patience needed before scale hits

Published 19:24 on November 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:24 on November 26, 2024  / , and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

UN-approved international carbon markets are now ready to fully operationalise, following the landmark decision to finalise Article 6 in Baku, but questions over demand, and a robust methodological work programme scheduled for 2025, means it may take years until the planned implementation produces credit transactions at scale.

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LATAM Roundup: Road to Belem paved with carbon market intentions after landmark Article 6 decision

Published 20:40 on November 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:40 on November 25, 2024  / /  Americas, Climate Talks, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

As this year’s COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan concludes with landmark decisions clinching the operationalisation of Article 6.2 and 6.4 carbon markets – with Brazil said to have played a key diplomatic role – expectations for COP30 in Belem, Brazil have highlighted the rise of Article 6 as a priority for the region.

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COP29: Reactions to the new Baku Finance Goal, Article 6 deal

Published 23:30 on November 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:53 on November 25, 2024  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, US, Voluntary

Here are selected party, stakeholder, and expert reactions to the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG), dubbed the Baku Finance Goal, as well as the agreement on Article 6 reached at the COP29 climate summit, which wrapped up early Sunday.

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COP29: Countries clinch Article 6 deal in momentous win for international carbon markets

Published 14:41 on November 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:06 on November 25, 2024  / , , and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have reached a historic agreement on international carbon markets at COP29, in a decision that finally concludes the rules governing the trading and crediting of mitigation outcomes under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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COP29: Countries on cusp of historic Article 6 deal in Baku as final texts land

Published 19:11 on November 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:54 on November 23, 2024  / , , and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries could be on the verge of a historic agreement on international carbon markets at COP29, after presidency proposal texts were published late on Friday and multiple sources said that consensus may now be present on the key outstanding technicalities of international carbon trade under Article 6.

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