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Last Update: 10/26/2026 at 11:33 PM EST
Carbon Market Governance
Coverage from Climate Home News, Climate Change News, and others
Carbon markets operate through international rules, national climate plans, project methodologies, monitoring systems, and trading or compliance arrangements.
A major focus is the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.4 mechanism, overseen through the UNFCCC, which is intended to generate higher-integrity credits while accommodating transfers between countries and contributions to national targets. The Myanmar clean-cooking project, involving South Korean participation, illustrates how crediting can intersect with forest protection, household air quality, and emissions trading—but also with concerns about baselines, verification, safeguards, human rights, and greenwashing.
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Important
UN Article 6.4 regulators are considering reversal-risk rules in Bonn that would protect carbon credits but increase costs for cookstove and forest projects.
9/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Civil society groups challenged UN Article 6.4 approval of about 650,000 Myanmar cookstove carbon credits after conflict-zone verification and emissions calculation concerns emerged in February.
6/15/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
UNFCCC approves 60 000 Article 6.4 carbon credits from Myanmar cookstove project; approval becomes effective after 28 day appeal; credits support South Korea ETS and Myanmar climate goals.
2/26/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Interesting
UN climate negotiators weigh a proposed carbon credit rule for Indigenous stewardship, while analysts warn relaxed additionality could weaken offset integrity, especially for coastal wetlands.
6/29/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Kenya launches national carbon registry in Nairobi to track emissions reductions, prevent double counting, and attract climate finance.
2/17/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Kenya launched a national carbon registry in Nairobi in February 2026 to track credit projects, prevent double counting, and attract climate finance.
2/17/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
UN climate body approves first Article 6.4 credits after Paris Agreement rules took effect for a Myanmar clean cooking project with cross border transfer to Korea.
2/26/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
UN climate agency approves first carbon credits under the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism for a Myanmar cookstove project, amid concerns over greenwashing.
2/28/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
UN body approves first Paris Agreement Article 6.4 credits for Myanmar clean cooking project in 2020s, linking Korea and Myanmar NDCs.
2/28/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
First carbon credits issued under Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism in 2024 for a Myanmar cookstove project.
2/27/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
UN climate agency approved first PACM credits in 2024 for a Myanmar cookstove project linking South Korea and Myanmar targets.
2/26/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Six Congo Basin nations launch carbon market roadmaps with World Bank support to attract investment and strengthen governance in the Congo Basin.
2/24/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
UN body sets fast track plan to deliver high quality credits under Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism in 2026 meetings.
2/20/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Kenya launches national carbon registry in Nairobi to track carbon credits and improve market integrity.
2/17/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Scientists published a Nature Climate Change correspondence on May 11 warning that weaker carbon market additionality rules could increase net emissions and worsen Indigenous equity outcomes.
5/11/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Nearly 200 companies have adopted The Climate Label as a carbon certification, after reported disputes involving Verra suspensions and human-rights allegations for REDD+ credits.
7/1/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Additional
China and India declined most host-government approvals for CDM transitions into the UN Article 6.4 carbon market by 30 June, with only 415 projects approved.
7/17/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General