Article 6 Series
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement lets countries trade emission reductions. This series follows the sovereign buyers, the host governments that authorise transfers, and the routes project developers can take into a market that most of the voluntary market still overlooks.
Sovereign buyers • Host-country authorisation • Article 6.2 and 6.4
The Analysis
Who is buying, what they pay for, and how developers get in.
Norway · Oct 2026
Norway’s Article 6 Programme: The Buyer Developers Overlook
Norway plans to buy up to 40 Mt of reductions by 2035 through host-government programmes, not project tenders. Where it buys, what it pays for, and the two routes in for developers.
By Vaibhav Jain · Market Insights
Read the analysis →Article 6.4 · Oct 2026
Article 6.4 Cookstove Methodology: How Many Credits a Stove Keeps
The UN’s cooking methodology compared with MECD, RECH and VM0050 parameter by parameter: a metered induction stove keeps 60% of its Gold Standard credits, an improved charcoal stove 58%.
By Climate Decode Research · Methodology Review
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Article 6 Across Our Series
Article 6 analysis published in other series, collected here. The articles stay in their original series.
EU ETS Series · Jul 2026
The Global Article 6 Market the EU Will Buy From
PACM’s first credits, corresponding adjustments, the CORSIA supply scramble and what the EU’s 260 Mt credit facility means for developers.
Climate Decode · Market Insights
Read the analysis →EU ETS Series · Jul 2026
The EU ETS Reopens the Door to International Credits
Article 9b’s 260 Mt facility, the 2033 integrity gate, the 2.7% LRF fallback and the link to Article 6.4.
Climate Decode · Market Insights
Read the analysis →Canadian Carbon Pricing · Oct 2026
Canada’s Article 6 Framework
Why the provinces matter, how far Canada is from its 2035 target, and what Swiss, Singaporean and JCM buyers teach a new sovereign buyer.
Climate Decode · Market Insights
Read the analysis →Canadian Carbon Pricing · Oct 2026
Canada as a Carbon Removals Hub
Canada’s storage, wells and clean power, and how the EU’s CRCF and 250 Mt removals purchase could open an export market.
Climate Decode · Market Insights
Read the analysis →Knowledge Base · Sep 2026
Article 6.4: The Methodology Pipeline Moves
Where the UN crediting mechanism’s methodologies stand, and the reversal-risk tool that gates every Article 6.4 removal.
Climate Decode · Market Insights
Read the analysis →Knowledge Base · Apr 2026
Singapore’s Carbon Tax
How Singapore lets taxpayers use Article 6.2 international credits, and why that makes it one of the most active sovereign buyers.
Climate Decode · Market Insights
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