{"id":25141,"date":"2025-11-04T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=25141"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:31:41","slug":"article-6-at-a-glace-a-decade-of-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2025\/11\/04\/article-6-at-a-glace-a-decade-of-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 6 At A Glance: A Decade of Progress and What\u2019s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Pedro Martins Barata<\/a><\/p>\n

The world needs every effective tool to cut pollution quickly and fairly \u2013 and Article 6 is one of them. It\u2019s the Paris Agreement\u2019s framework for countries to cooperate through carbon markets.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past decade, carbon markets and carbon credit integrity have significantly increased, rules have aligned, and this UN carbon crediting system has officially come online. This year in Bel\u00e9m, COP30 isn\u2019t about renegotiating those rules; it\u2019s about making them work \u2013 and making sure nature is part of the picture so finance reaches the people and ecosystems that can deliver near-term climate wins.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A decade of progress<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past decade, Article 6 has moved from design to implementation. The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) set the vision in 2015, and at Glasgow (COP26), Parties finalized the core Article 6 package that unlocked international cooperation. Glasgow also catalyzed momentum for forest finance through initiatives like the <\/span>LEAF Coalition<\/span><\/a> and high-level pledges to halt and reverse deforestation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2024: after four years of stalled negotiations, Parties <\/span>officially adopted<\/span><\/a> the set of rules underpinning Article 6.4 at COP29 and established the rules for trading under Article 6.2. The outcome put cooperation on firmer footing \u2013 from clarifying how countries account and report under 6.2, to setting a workplan for the Article 6.4 crediting mechanism.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While there are no formal Article 6 negotiations again until 2028, the focus now is getting the technical rules and integrity guardrails right as implementation accelerates toward Bel\u00e9m and beyond.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ecosystem that makes Article 6 work<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

International carbon credits haven\u2019t improved in a vacuum. Over the years, an intentional choreography between international decision makers, national policymakers, and independent standards bodies has begun to align, providing clarity to market actors on what counts as real, high-integrity mitigation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n