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Graphic imagery should be used on petrol pumps and air tickets, experts say

Cigarette packets with grisly warnings of the consequences of smoking are intended to deter smokers. Now a group of public health experts says similar warnings should appear on high-carbon products, from airline tickets and energy bills to petrol pumps, to show consumers the health impacts of the climate crisis.

Warning labels would be a cheap but potentially highly effective intervention that would make consumers aware of the impact of their purchases on climate breakdown, according to the experts.

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Report says plastic from Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Unilever products could cover 83 football pitches every day

Four global drinks giants are responsible for more than half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six developing countries each year, enough to cover 83 football pitches every day, according to a report.

The NGO Tearfund has calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from the open burning of plastic bottles, sachets and cartons produced by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Unilever in developing nations, where waste can be mismanaged because people do not have access to collections.

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Eighteen entities opened WCI Compliance Instrument Tracking System Service (CITSS) accounts in the California carbon market during the first quarter as 16 participants closed theirs, data from state regulator ARB showed Monday.

Report says renewable hydrogen could beat out gas on power generation – but it’s not the answer for low-carbon automotive transport.

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COVID-19 is the latest new infectious disease arising from our collision with nature. Fiona Armstrong, Executive Director, Climate and Health Alliance, Occasional Lecturer, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University Anthony Capon, Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Ro McFarlane, Assistant Professor in Ecological Public Health, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The heatwave highlights the connectedness of our climate systems: from the monsoon tropics to the southernmost continent. Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong Andrew Klekociuk, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania Diana King, Research officer, University of Wollongong Sharon Robinson, Professor, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A report by experts recommending carbon credits for the ICAO's CORSIA international aviation mechanism provides valuable lessons for the Article 6 negotiations. Even in the absence of an Article 6 agreement at COP26, countries which want to use global carbon markets should heed these lessons.

New York is honing in on a draft regulation to implement post-2020 changes to the Northeast US RGGI carbon market, regulatory sources told Carbon Pulse, though state officials remain mum on when they will release the finalised proposal.

Scientists have taken a step forward in their ability to decode what a person is saying just by looking at their brainwaves when they speak.

A new batch of these ostentatiously coloured and popular arachnids is described in Australia.

California offset registries are not experiencing any operational delays since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, though discussions are continuing on providing additional flexibility for developers of WCI-eligible credits.

The astrophysicist was trying to create a necklace which would stop people touching their faces.

EUAs climbed above €17 early on Monday, defying losses in oil and equity markets as a strong auction performance and technicals lent support.

EU carbon allowances are unlikely to trade back above €20 any time soon, analysts said, slashing their 2020 price estimates by more than 20% due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Disruptions to supply chains and factory shutdowns in Italy and Spain as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are severely affecting EU heavy industry and their ETS emissions output, with the sector was already reeling from declining output before the outbreak started.

Proposals criticised amid fears countries may use coronavirus crisis to rein in commitments

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Japan has laid out its plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris agreement in the run-up to UN climate talks this year, becoming the first large economy to do so.

But its proposals were criticised by campaigners as grossly inadequate, amid fears the Covid-19 crisis could prompt countries to try to water down their climate commitments.

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New Zealand carbon allowances rose 3.5% in Monday trade amid healthy demand, and have now clawed back over a third of the COVID-19 driven losses suffered over the past two weeks.