COP26: Roundup for Day 7 – Nov. 8

Published 01:58 on November 8, 2021  /  Last updated at 21:48 on November 13, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Bavardage, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

Negotiators at COP26 in Glasgow enter the second week of the talks, with hopes of further progress as ministers get involved. We are tracking developments here.

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COP26: Ministers face uphill task as officials fail to advance Article 6 talks

Published 18:53 on November 6, 2021  /  Last updated at 19:01 on November 6, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Paris Article 6, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

The first week of negotiations over Article 6 rules to govern international emissions trade under the Paris Agreement ended on Saturday without agreement, leaving ministers with unwieldy documents to work on when they convene at COP26 in Glasgow on Monday.

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COP26: Roundup for Day 5 – Nov. 5

Published 07:41 on November 5, 2021  /  Last updated at 21:49 on November 13, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Bavardage, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

Delegates at COP26 in Glasgow are nearing the end of the first week, but with everything still in play on issues such as the future of carbon markets.

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COP26: Roundup for Day 4 – Nov. 4

Published 07:22 on November 4, 2021  /  Last updated at 21:49 on November 13, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Bavardage, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

Day 4 of COP26 in Glasgow is Energy Day, while delegates continue technical negotiations on all issues in closed sessions.

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COP26: Carney defends voluntary carbon market amid protests on offset ‘scams’

Published 22:20 on November 3, 2021  /  Last updated at 07:07 on November 4, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

UN climate envoy Mark Carney insisted carbon credits could play a role in corporate climate action on Wednesday, despite protestors disrupting a COP side event seeking to establish credible offsetting practices and denouncing commitments set out by a coalition of hundreds of banks.

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COP26: Roundup for Day 3 – Nov. 3

Published 13:35 on November 3, 2021  /  Last updated at 21:49 on November 13, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Bavardage, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, US, Voluntary

With heads of state now largely gone, day 3 of COP26 in Glasgow turns its attention to finance while officials get busy in closed-session technical negotiations.

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COP26: New US regulations seek to bolster credibility of Global Methane Pledge

Published 19:09 on November 2, 2021  /  Last updated at 00:00 on November 3, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new rules Tuesday that would help cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, hours before the US and EU-led Global Methane Pledge was formally unveiled at COP26.

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COP26: Roundup for Day 2 – Nov. 2

Published 13:52 on November 2, 2021  /  Last updated at 21:49 on November 13, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Bavardage, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Heads of state are still delivering national statements at Day 2 of COP26 in Glasgow, while a full programme of side-events is now underway and technical negotiations on agenda items go on behind the scenes.

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Death of key Article 6 negotiator to weigh heavily at COP26

Published 00:13 on October 30, 2021  /  Last updated at 12:11 on December 19, 2023  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bavardage, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

As delegates descend on Glasgow next week to attempt to finalise the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, the absence of one long-time carbon markets negotiator who died tragically earlier this year from COVID-19 will weigh heavily on their work.

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COP26 PREVIEW: Nations under pressure to finalise carbon market rules in Glasgow

Published 18:07 on October 29, 2021  /  Last updated at 12:15 on October 30, 2021  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Nations are set to gather in Glasgow next week as the UNFCCC convenes its 26th Conference of the Parties, with pressure building on negotiators to agree a set of rules governing international emissions trading as private sector initiatives threaten to bypass the UN process.

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