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28th week CCM 2026. Week of Certification Bodies. Carbon credits, World Bank, Gold Standard, Verra; London Climate Week and fossil fuels; Europe and its role as a global citizen.
- Art Dam
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Monday, 13 July 2026.
28th Week Carbon Credit Markets in 2026.
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Carbon credits are highlighted as essential instruments for integrating national climate planning and ensuring ongoing accountability for emissions, with new guidance from the World Bank and Gold Standard demonstrating how these mechanisms avoid lock-ins, strengthen investment signals, and enable immediate impact - ranging from community projects to removal technologies that accelerate decarbonization.
Other highlights showcase the progress of the global energy transition: the London Climate Week report solidifies the Santa Marta Vision and its international alliances to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels, while negotiations in Bonn drive the agenda toward COP31 with a focus on practical solutions—including the “35x35” electrification goal, which sets a target of 35% electricity in final consumption by 2035 as a simple, measurable milestone to accelerate decarbonization.
Briefs and Opportunities present three valuable resources for those looking to strengthen their climate strategy: Gold Standard’s new guide, Ongoing Emissions – Taking Responsibility, which offers a practical and principled approach to ongoing responsibility for emissions; Verra’s 2025 Annual Report, highlighting institutional and market progress during a pivotal year; and the European Climate Pact’s guide, which inspires citizens to find their role in the climate movement, combat misinformation, and turn local action into real impact.
In addition to a list of relevant events.
Carbon Credits
World Bank launches guide to integrate carbon pricing into national climate planning
The document "Guidance for Policymakers on the Role of Domestic Carbon Pricing and International Carbon Credit Markets in Achieving Long-Term Strategies (LTSs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)," launched by the World Bank during I4C 2026, provides guidance for governments to integrate domestic carbon pricing and international carbon credit markets into national climate planning, ensuring the integrity of NDCs, avoiding structural lock-ins, and strengthening investment signals. The publication offers a step-by-step method for incorporating market-based decisions into the formulation or updating of LTSs and NDCs, structured around three stages of the planning cycle: developing a new LTS, reviewing an existing LTS, or updating an NDC. The guide complements the manual "From Paper to Practice: a Practical Guide to Formulating and Institutionalizing Long-Term Climate Strategies," forming a comprehensive set of resources to support countries throughout the long-term climate planning process.
Carbon credits play a pivotal role in net-zero goals, according to a new Gold Standard guide
On April 9, 2026, Gold Standard published an analysis showing that carbon credits are essential tools for taking responsibility for ongoing emissions while companies advance their long-term decarbonization efforts. The text explains that a carbon credit represents a verified reduction or removal of greenhouse gases, enabling the financing of high-impact climate actions in regions where capital is scarce. Within the Ongoing Emissions Responsibility (OER) framework, credits serve to generate immediate impact, complementing investments in R&D, infrastructure, and decarbonization policies. The article highlights concrete examples - such as clean cookstove projects, forest conservation, and carbon removal technologies—to demonstrate how these mechanisms enable actions that would not take place without climate finance. Source: Gold Standard / Illuminem.
Others Highlights
Santa Marta and London Climate Week Report Reinforces Global Exit from Fossil Fuels
The official report released during London Climate Week reinforces that the 1st Conference on Transitioning Beyond Fossil Fuels, held in Santa Marta by Colombia and the Netherlands, consolidated an international coalition dedicated to accelerating a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. The document — now part of the London Climate Week publications — highlights that fossil fuels still account for 75% of global emissions, but that advances in renewable energy, technological innovation, and investment have already taken the world beyond the point of no return. The Santa Marta Vision, widely disseminated in the report, articulates ten principles that include strong governance, elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, and international cooperation. The text also details three central alliances:
Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA), which brings together countries committed to ending oil and gas exploration and production;
Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), dedicated to eliminating coal from electricity generation;
Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP), which directs public and private investments towards clean technologies.
With new working groups and future co-hosts Tuvalu and Ireland, the Santa Marta process continues as one of the engines of the energy transition, now strengthened by the internationally recognized London Climate Week report, which you can download below. The Santa Marta meeting was the subject of our song "Portas do Carbono" (Carbon Doors). Search for it on Google or listen directly on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube.
Bonn conference boosts negotiations leading up to COP31, including the “35x35” electrification goal
The climate meeting in Bonn - held from June 8 to 18, 2026 - brought together nearly 200 countries and maintained momentum toward COP31 by making significant progress in technical negotiations on transparency, climate technology, a just transition, and the implementation of the Paris Agreement, alongside the announcement of new initiatives to turn commitments into concrete action. Delegations discussed pathways to accelerate national targets, strengthen mitigation and adaptation, attract private investment, and support economies in the transition to climate neutrality, while the incoming COP31 presidency (Turkey) presented priorities focused on practical solutions - including the “35x35” electrification goal. The “35x35” goal establishes that electricity should account for 35% of final energy consumption by 2035, creating a simple, measurable benchmark to accelerate the global energy transition. The proposal aims to contribute to the expansion of electrical infrastructure, renewable energy, and low-carbon technologies. The pre-COP31 period will be crucial for consolidating trust among the parties and maintaining progress on the international climate agenda.
Briefs & Opportunities
The Gold Standard report, Ongoing Emissions – Taking Responsibility, presents a clear and practical approach to ongoing responsibility for emissions, bringing together high-integrity guidance for organizations seeking credible, transparent climate strategies aligned with the concept of Beyond Value Chain Mitigation - essential material for anyone who wants to deepen their climate action. It's worth reading.
Verra’s 2025 Annual Report presents a year of financial turnaround, institutional strengthening, and decisive advances in standards and market infrastructure - offering a clear picture of how the organization is shaping high-integrity environmental markets.
Find your place in the climate movement - inspired by the European example - through the new European Climate Pact’s guide, which mobilizes citizens, combats disinformation, and transforms local action into real impact.
Events
July
🇺🇸 16, Land Sector and Removals Guidance Launch. Webinar WRI.
🇯🇵 22, Strengthening Local Resilience to Planetary Crises: Scaling up Synergistic Solutions. Kobe, Japan, in-person and online.
🇧🇷 24, 2nd Brazilian Conference on Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Curitiba, Brazil.
August
🇧🇷 27 - 28, Brazilian Climate and Carbon Conference, Brazil NBS Alliance.
September
🇨🇭8, Taking Responsibility. Navigating the New Era of Ongoing Emissions. Gold Standard.
🇨🇳15, Carbon Market Conference. Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Market, in Wuhan, China.
October
🇦🇿🇺🇳 5 - 9, UNFCCC Climate Week 2, Baku, Azerbaijan.
📅 October 07 & 08, Congress SAE BRASIL 2026, Pavilhão da Bienal – Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil
🇦🇺 October 20-21, Australasian Emission Reduction Summit, Adelaide, Australia
📅 October 28, Verra’s October 2026 Stakeholder Update Webinar
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