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Companies regulated by the EU ETS exchanged over 27 million Kyoto Protocol offsets for EUAs in the past 12 months, ramping up the practice with just a year left for emitters to tap this cheaper compliance option.

Scientists identify thousands of extreme events, suggesting stark warnings about global heating are already coming to pass

Intolerable bouts of extreme humidity and heat which could threaten human survival are on the rise across the world, suggesting that worst-case scenario warnings about the consequences of global heating are already occurring, a new study has revealed.

Related: One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years – study

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The chance to put biodiversity and the environment at the heart of recovery from the pandemic should not be squandered

One night in April, birdwatchers from around Britain stepped outside their doors and listened intently to something most of them had never experienced before: the fluting, mysterious, melancholy cry of the common scoter on the wing.

Flocks of these dusky sea ducks were beating their way over Britain on their long migratory journey towards their Arctic breeding grounds, easily audible to the naked ear. The first great wave was heard on the Wirral before being picked up in the Peak District, and at last by the Humber. A second wave was made out as flocks made their way along the line of Hadrian’s wall, from the Solway Firth in the west to Northumberland in the east. A third wave flew above listeners from the Severn estuary to the Wash. The birds were heard in urban Blackburn, Stalybridge, Bristol and London. It was thanks to social media that so many listeners were alert to the birds’ progress – and thanks to the silence of lockdown that they could be heard.

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More than 330 million more carbon allowances will be withdrawn from the EU ETS through next summer and inserted into the MSR, the European Commission announced late Friday in its annual 'TNAC' update, with the market's oversupply falling by over 16% from 2018 levels.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will largely commence rulemakings in 2021 to develop a cap-and-reduce programme and strengthen the state’s clean fuel standard, while several related efforts from Governor Kate Brown’s (D) climate-based executive order will begin sooner, the agency said Thursday.

Seed firms report huge rise in sales with people worldwide turning to gardening as hobby

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While the world may feel rather grey at times right now, lockdown has at least enabled some people to go green and inject colour into their gardens.

Britain is blooming – in one sense at least – with a record demand for seeds, and delphiniums, hollyhocks and hydrangeas are having their moment in the sun.

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The EU Parliament’s regional development committee will on Tuesday debate its position on the proposed €7.5 billion Just Transition Fund (JTF), with the lead lawmaker proposing its size to be raised by more than €10 billion.

The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including a sunbathing squirrel and cuddling owls

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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will make changes this month to its previously passed RGGI-modelled ETS regulation to accommodate state-run auctions in 2021, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

The EU should set a 65% emissions reduction target for 2030 and work towards an 80-85% objective in 2040, aided by a Union-wide carbon budget and the establishment of an independent scientific committee, the lead MEP for the 27-nation bloc’s climate law has proposed in a draft report.

The Hawaii-based Gemini telescope produces a super-sharp picture of the gas giant in the infrared.

EUAs slipped back towards €19 early on Friday in trade thinned by a UK public holiday, with carbon on course to notch a slight weekly gain as EU nations plot their post-pandemic recoveries.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

South Korea on Friday released a draft energy plan for the next 14 years, proposing to shut down half its coal power plants and nearly triple renewables' share of electricity generation.

Oceans rising faster than previously thought, according to survey of 100 specialists

Sea-level rise is faster than previously believed and could exceed 1 metre by the end of the century unless global emissions are reduced, according to a survey of more than 100 specialists.

Based on new knowledge of climate sensitivity and polar ice melt, the experts say coastal cities should prepare for an impact that will hit sooner than predicted by the United Nations and could reach as high as 5 metres by 2300.

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In this latest episode of our Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we speak to Catherine Leining, policy fellow at the Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Institute and a member of New Zealand’s independent Climate Change Commission, about the ongoing NZ ETS reform work and the prospects of the country accessing the international carbon market.

Italian inverter maker Fimer has its li-ion REACT 2 energy storage system approved for the South Australia government's Home Battery Scheme.

The post South Australia approves Fimer React 2 for Home Battery Scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland government-owned utility Yurika Energy inks deal with QIC Global Real Estate to install 15MW of rooftop solar across five major shopping centre sites.

The post Queensland’s Yurika to install 15MW of solar on shopping centres appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Expanding numbers of feral horses roaming the Australian Alps threaten the alp's ecosystems, soils and unique species. Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University Dick Williams, Adjunct Professorial Fellow, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Parks Victoria wins legal challenge to continue removing feral horses, but conservationists blame NSW for failing to control brumbies across the border

The removal of feral horses from the Australian Alps can resume after Parks Victoria won a legal challenge to its plans to manage the invasive species.

The Australian Brumby Alliance had challenged plans to remove feral horses that have overrun the Bogong high plains and eastern Victorian Alps within the Australian Alps national parks.

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