Still hope for a deal on plastic: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/14/clock-runs-down-on-global-plastics-pact-with-no-deal-in-sight/

And in the meantime the collapse of talks: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/plastics-treaty-talks-collapse-without-a-deal-after-chaotic-negotiations/

Lots of pretty critical comments on proposed rules on Art. 6 (4): https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/article-6/article-64-pacm/stakeholder-engagement/calls-for-input/2025-non-permanence-reversals

The annual report on the voluntary market: https://vcmintegrity.org/carbon-markets-access-toolkit/

Problems in organising the upcoming COP: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juancarlosmonterreygomez/

Sound recommendations on how to design Carbon Border Adjustments: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7348732250970050561/

Switerzland signing the second agreement on carbon storage: https://www.uvek.admin.ch/en/newnsb/ftxHitUOXp5FbTy0J-om-

Further withdrawals from global alliances: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/nestle-quits-global-alliance-reducing-dairy-methane-emissions-2025-10-08/

I agree with: "“Banks are not moral agents or policy substitutes,” the report states. “They are commercial actors operating within regulatory, fiduciary and risk-based constraints.” The report says some climate advocates don’t consider the “complex, interconnected spider webs” of the banks and the economies in which they operate. “The expectation that banks (or any part of the financial sector) could drive the energy transition was myopic.”" from https://www.theenergymix.com/mark-carneys-net-zero-banking-alliance-is-done-now-what/

It seemed like a formality, but the USA managed to stop it: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vnl0yxg53o

Aviation is pressing ahead with its agenda: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/the-key-takeaways-from-the-latest-international-aviation-summit/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social

Ideas on what is to happen at the next COP: https://climatebriefing.libsyn.com/what-is-brazils-vision-for-the-action-agenda

As COP 30 is approaching, following Dan Ioschpe, a seasoned and well connected entrepreneur linking business and politics over Linkedin provides some insights: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7391985483754389504/

Wealth losses by climate change: https://www.munichre.com/en/insights/natural-disaster-and-climate-change/weather-disasters-in-industrialized-countries.html

A thought provoking analysis of voluntary markets by ex-Baker McKenzie Richard Saines: https://climaesociedade.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Roadmap-for-Carbon-Market-Transformation_iCS_Arden_2025.pdf

A set of interactive maps with a lot of data: https://globalcarbonatlas.org/emissions/land-use/

News about the taxonmy for climate bonds in https://www.linkedin.com/events/7414241232429715457/, and a very happy 2026!

Some scepticism on fund disclosure in https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/limited-effects-regulating-greenwashing-evidence-europes-sustainable-finance

A view on the recent turbulences in the European ETS, but also the sizable Chinese investment into climate change: https://carbon-pulse.com/481681/

Despite Microsoft admitting difficulties with Scope 3 as recent as Mid-last year and of course operating in Trump-USA, in https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/6-projects-that-helped-microsoft-meet-its-renewable-energy-goal/?ocid=FY26_soc_omc_br_LI_RenewableEnergyGoal the worldwide scope of sourcing green energy impresses.