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COP30 rules for carbon markets: Will the new PACM removals strategy reduce emissions?

Study finds COP30 climate pledges lean heavily on land-based carbon removal over reducing emissions by protecting forests

Belém, Brazil (12 November 2025) — An analysis of national climate plans released today at the COP30 climate summit warns that countries are failing to carry out the core work required to reduce emissions by halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation, and are instead pushing carbon removal schemes, such as large-scale tree planting, to levels that are far b

Emissions targets, carbon markets, and space for new leadership: What will come of COP30?

In 2015, at the 21st U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP21), 195 countries around the world launched the Paris Agreement, an historic effort to save the planet, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and respond to the climate crisis.

A COP30 Dilemma: How to commodify greenhouse gas emissions reductions

If you want to sell and buy greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction credits, stakeholders in the carbon trading system must agree on what is being sold and on system operating rules.

IATP comments to UNFCCC SB A6.4 MEP regarding non-permanence of carbon credits

The following comments were submitted by IATP advisor Steve Suppan to the UNFCCC Methodological Expert Panel of the A6.4 Supervisory Body on August 2, 2025 in response to a call for input for the non-perman

IATP input regarding ownership of account holdings in PACM

The following comments were submitted to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (SB) in response to a Call for Input on the “Ownership of account holdings in the A6.4 mechanism registry” on Mar. 22, 2025.

IATP input regarding security interest arrangements in Article 6.4 mechanism

The following comments were submitted to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (SB) in response to a call for Input on the “Provision of a functionality for security interest arrangements in the mechanism registry through a pledge system" on Mar. 22, 2025.