BRIEFING: New UN 1.5C initiative raises old fault lines over finance vs emission cuts

Published 11:19 on July 23, 2026 / Last updated at 11:19 on July 23, 2026 / , and / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Briefings), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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Countries are widely divided around traditional fault lines in talks on what a new UN initiative to strengthen climate efforts should look like, with developing countries prioritising finance, wealthier nations encouraging greater policy action, and business groups advocating wider deployment of climate technologies.

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Singapore to advance into second phase of state‑run Article 6 procurement

Published 08:31 on July 22, 2026 / Last updated at 08:31 on July 22, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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Singapore plans to issue a call for project proposals for Article 6 compliant credits in the coming weeks, as the first stage of supplier pre-qualification under its second major request for proposals (RFP) wrapped up earlier this month.

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Japanese power company invests A$25 mln in ACCU fund

Published 05:15 on July 22, 2026 / Last updated at 05:15 on July 22, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure)

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One of Japan’s largest power generators has invested A$25 million ($17.5 mln) in a nature-based carbon fund in Australia. 

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Ethiopia issues first credits under World Bank jurisdictional forest programme

Published 13:20 on July 21, 2026 / Last updated at 13:20 on July 21, 2026 / / EMEA (Africa), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Ethiopia has become the first country to issue carbon credits under a World Bank-managed programme supporting jurisdictional forest activities, with 12.4 million units available for carbon market transactions.

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COMMENT: Should cookstoves meet permanence requirements? The question Article 6.4 has yet to ask

Published 12:00 on July 21, 2026 / Last updated at 15:07 on July 21, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Transport & Heating Fuels), Other Content (Contributed Content), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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A draft reversal-risk tool under Paris Article 6.4 is cementing permanence requirements to clean cooking credits for the first time. But before debating the numbers, the market should ask whether this category belongs in a permanence framework at all.

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Carbon ratings agency backs scientific study of global wildfire risks

Published 11:41 on July 21, 2026 / Last updated at 11:41 on July 21, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A carbon ratings agency is funding an initiative to analyse the causes and impacts of extreme wildfires, which represent a growing risk for nature-based projects, it announced on Tuesday.

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Area affected by fire in Brazil fell 58% in 2025, with Amazon registering the smallest burned area in 41 years -report

Published 04:00 on July 21, 2026 / Last updated at 00:36 on July 21, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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Brazil registered 12.7 million hectares burned in 2025, a 58% decrease from the previous year when the country experienced an extreme surge in fires, while the area burned in the Amazon hit a multi-decade low, a Tuesday report showed.

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Argentine provincial J-REDD+ seeks new private native forest land as programme expands -media

Published 01:21 on July 21, 2026 / Last updated at 01:21 on July 21, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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The first Verra-approved jurisdictional and nested REDD+ (JNR) programme, located in northern Argentina, is aiming to incorporate a batch of privately owned native forests in the coming months after the launch of a capacity-building programme, according to local media.

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More public support for more “natural” CDR, early study results find

Published 01:12 on July 21, 2026 / Last updated at 01:12 on July 21, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Low-carbon energy and CDR technologies perceived as more natural were judged as safer, more beneficial, and evoked less negative emotion among US study participants, according to a preprint published Monday.

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South Carolina conservation non-profit to support landowner, cooperative participation in VCM

Published 21:46 on July 20, 2026 / Last updated at 21:46 on July 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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The South Carolina chapter of the National Audubon Society will launch a programme aimed at enabling family landowners to generate revenue from the voluntary carbon market (VCM), the conservation charity announced Monday.

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