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Climate talks delayed to allow focus on Covid-19, but enviro groups warn that its not an excuse for Australia and other nations to go soft on climate action.

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Experts are set to assess the value of face masks in helping slow the spread of coronavirus.

The UK should set up a national body to guarantee the credibility of domestic carbon offsetting and spur land restoration, according to a report published by a think-tank on Thursday.

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MLF downgrades reversed for some solar farms, and lessened for others. But the reason cited is the dramatic slowdown in new investment in large scale renewables.

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Utah Republicans have passed a budget that restores funding for a lawsuit to challenge the legality of California’s cap-and-trade programme and emissions performance standard (EPS), a government spokesperson confirmed.

A key climate conference due in November is delayed over disruption caused by the coronavirus.

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Governments have agreed to delay the COP26 summit in Glasgow until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning the nearly 200 parties to the Paris Agreement will probably have to wait at least another six months to agree the rulebook for international emissions trading under the 2015 climate pact.

Coronavirus pandemic could force crucial conference to be delayed until May next year

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The UK is poised to postpone the UN climate talks due to be held in Glasgow later this year to next spring as governments struggle to halt the spread of coronavirus.

The most important climate negotiations since the Paris agreement in 2015 were scheduled to take place this November to put countries back on track to avoid climate breakdown. They are now expected to be pushed back as late as May 2021.

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Big-emitting industries, national delegations, and green groups seem to agree on the need for an EU carbon border adjustment, but a tussle over the allocation of free EUAs is expected in the following months.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices returned to a two-week high in recent days, but increased demand that picked credit values off a two-year low finally left the market.

Researchers say there are good reasons to be optimistic about the future of our oceans.

Sediments drilled off the coast of the ice continent reveal a time of great warmth and plant growth.

Major review reports recovery of marine life but a redoubling of efforts is still needed

The glory of the world’s oceans could be restored within a generation, according to a major new scientific review. It reports rebounding sea life, from humpback whales off Australia to elephant seals in the US and green turtles in Japan.

Through rampant overfishing, pollution and coastal destruction, humanity has inflicted severe damage on the oceans and its inhabitants for centuries. But conservation successes, while still isolated, demonstrate the remarkable resilience of the seas.

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California fuel consumption fell slightly year-on-year in 2019 as gasoline demand slid, likely reducing WCI-covered emissions compared to the prior year, state data published this week suggested.

EUAs fell almost a euro to below €17 early on Wednesday, halting carbon's recent recovery as markets dove on worsening coronavirus developments and the UK's auction barely cleared. 

ENGIE is looking for an emissions market analysts for its Brussels' office.

The biggest 50 emitting installations in the EU ETS reported a 20% year-on-year drop in greenhouse gas output for 2019, analysts said on Tuesday, interpreting the first preliminary like-for-like data released by the European Commission.

Photographers in England capture amazing star trails, from home or on their daily exercise.