The first cooperative approaches under Article 6.2: A civil society review
17 June 2025 | 10:30-11:45 CET | In person
EU’s 2040 credit line risks bankrupting the climate
A new Carbon Market Watch analysis reveals the first batch of Article 6.4 international carbon credits could be overestimated by a factor of 26 – highlighting the risks of using them towards the EU’s 2040 climate target
There can be no flexibility in the EU’s 2040 climate target
Apparently, EU lawmakers are exploring four potential loopholes to weaken the target under the guise of “greater flexibility”. Under consideration are suggestions that include postponing climate action until the latter half of the 2030’s, allowing for more flexibility between EU sectors, or relying on international offsets and additional carbon removals to somehow fill the gap caused by EU inaction.
ICVCM hits on promising recipe for cookstoves methodologies
The decision by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) to withhold its stamp of approval from the most problematic cookstove methodologies and to approve a good methodology is a welcome step in the right direction but more needs to be done.
COP29: Carbon markets need to be fixed but are no quick fix for climate crisis
At the COP29 climate conference in Baku, negotiators need to fix Article 6 carbon markets but, most importantly, they need to fix the world’s failure to slash emissions.
Will Bonn reset lead to Baku handshake on Paris Agreement’s Article 6?
The latest round of UN climate negotiations in Bonn has laid the groundwork for the power players to finally agree at COP29 on transparency and wider quality issues of Article 6 carbon markets. Our CMW team reports.
No added value: Flaws of renewable energy carbon credits hidden in plain sight
Our latest report discusses how carbon credits from renewable energy projects are in oversupply and fail to deliver additional climate benefits
Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to Article 6 negotiators at SBSTA 60
Carbon Market Watch has prepared a set of recommendations for Article 6 negotiators ahead of the UNFCCC climate change conference taking place in Bonn from 3-13 June 2024 (SB 60).
Architects of UN carbon market must not sacrifice human rights in the interest of speed
The body responsible for supervising the new UN carbon market mechanism must abandon the inadequate rules for social and environmental safeguards and return to the drawing board.
