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A demand boom in palm oil and soy driven by Brazil, Indonesia, and possibly the international aviation sector, could spur enough deforestation to emit 11.5 billion tonnes of CO2e to 2030, a report published Tuesday said.

Exclusive: carbon from most harvested wood soon ends up back in atmosphere, says study

Commercial tree plantations in Britain do not store carbon to help the climate crisis because more than half of the harvested timber is used for less than 15 years and a quarter is burned, according to a new report.

While fast-growing non-native conifers can sequester carbon more quickly than slow-growing broadleaved trees, that carbon is released again if the trees are harvested and the wood is burned or used in products with short lifespans, such as packaging, pallets and fencing.

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Japan and Saudi Arabia have issued the first offsets under their Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) programme, for which Japan intends to use its share towards meeting its obligations under the Paris Agreement.

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The extent of this achievement is staggering, almost incomprehensible in a southern Australia context after the summer's devastating bushfires. Rohan Fisher, Information Technology for Development Researcher, Charles Darwin University Jon Altman, Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

First seagrass restoration in Britain will capture carbon rapidly and offer habitat for lost marine life

“We think this whole bay was once carpeted with seagrass,” says Evie Furness, waving across the sparkling, sunlit waters of Dale Bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

The underwater meadow is long gone though, a victim of past pollution and shipping. So from a boat half a mile from shore, Furness is feeding a long rope into the water, which carries a little hessian bag of seagrass seeds every metre. “We’ve passed the 800,000 seed mark now,” she says.

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New Zealand’s independent Climate Change Commission wants the ETS fixed price option for 2020 to be set higher than the proposed NZ$35, and says the Cost Containment Reserve should be increased annually after its introduction in 2021.

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The US Department of Justice and California attorneys faced scrutiny from a federal judge on Monday during the first court hearing on a case that could decide the legality of the WCI ETS linkage with Quebec, but a ruling might not be made until the remaining issues are litigated.

The "wonder plant" absorbs carbon dioxide faster than trees and supports wildlife, scientists say.

Morrison government refuses to publicly release "phase one findings" of feasibility studies into new Queensland power stations, including a coal plant.

The post Federal government refuses FOI request for coal plant feasibility findings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The UK cannot reach net zero before 2050 unless people stop flying and eating red meat, a report says.

The species was uncovered during a watercourse survey being carried out in north Highland.

A 290MW solar and battery project planned for New South Wales' greater Hunter region has had final green light from the state government’s department of planning.

The post Major solar farm and battery approved for New South Wales coal country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With an eye to supplying renewable electricity to large users, Infigen Energy secures power purchase agreement with RATCH Australia for just over half output from Collector.

The post Infigen inks Collector wind farm PPA in shift to renewable retailing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans for massive 720MW solar farm with up to 400MWh of battery storage in NSW New England region set to go ahead with approval from Independent Planning Commission.

The post Massive 720MW New England solar farm gets final green light appeared first on RenewEconomy.

For a year BBC Africa Eye has been investigating the million-dollar trade in trafficked rosewood.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) will announce an executive order on Tuesday to implement a carbon reduction programme after a Republican walkout thwarted Democrats ability to pass a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill for the second straight year, a state legislator told Carbon Pulse.

The EU should use ETS-based benchmarks to determine whether manufacturing investments are sustainable, an EU expert group said Monday in a report recommending an economy-wide structure for green lending. 

This month’s North American Carbon World (NACW) conference in San Francisco will not be held this year due to mounting concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus, California-based offset registry Climate Action Reserve (CAR) announced Monday.