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A carbon standard has had a busy festive season with significant issuances from REDD+ projects in the last week, amounting to about 15% of its total credit issuance so far.

Czech government ministries are at odds over how their carbon market revenue is to be spent, delaying passage of ETS reforms into national law that are likely to trigger a step-up in spending among all EU nations.

Researchers using AI and satellite imagery find 75% of industrial fishing is not being publicly tracked, while wind turbines now outnumber oil platforms

Researchers have created the first global map of the industrial use of the ocean, using space technology and AI to reveal the emergence of a “new industrial revolution”.

A study led by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) and published in Nature found that 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels, mainly operating in Africa and south Asia, are “dark” or not publicly tracked. More than a quarter of the activity of transport and energy vessels is also missing from public tracking systems, it found.

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The ongoing challenge of rolling out power grids to keep up with the increase in renewable energy capacity is being tackled head on by a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology that maps out the underground environment, working with companies worldwide to speed the shift to clean electrification.

Chinese researchers have pitched global targets for wetlands conservation that could inform national biodiversity strategies in a bid to address their absence.

European carbon prices clawed back some of Tuesday's 5.5% drop in early trade on Wednesday as forecasts pointed to lower temperatures and reduced wind generation in the coming days, while energy prices also rallied.

Exclusive: Figures show hundreds of millions of pounds from promised £2.4bn a year on agriculture not spent

The government has been accused of “breaking its promise” to English farmers, with hundreds of millions of pounds missing from the farming budget.

Ministers had promised that by the end of this parliament, they would spend £2.4bn a year on agriculture. This money was to replace the EU’s common agricultural policy, which paid farmers a hectare of land they managed. Instead, the government promised that farmers could improve the natural environment and be paid handsomely for delivering public goods, thus helping nature and keeping farms in business.

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A research centre in Germany says it has found a new and novel way to trap CO2 via ‘synthetic biology’ that is far more effective than nature-based solutions.

A London-based carbon asset manager has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of North Macedonia to develop voluntary carbon market activities in the country, they announced Wednesday.

BURN seeks a Carbon Policy Officer to support our carbon market activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This will analyse policy developments in our current and expansion markets and support our applications to buyers in the Global North.  

BURN is seeking a Carbon Integrity Officer to support our cookstove carbon projects. This role will combine strategic thinking with analysis of carbon project monitoring and evaluation.

The Carbon Policy Analyst will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our organization's strategies related to carbon policy on a regional scale.

China will help Egypt build a gigawatt-scale solar farm as the North African nation works to progress its goal for renewable energy to make up 42% of electricity by 2030 and cut millions of tonnes of CO2, underpinned by private sector investment.

About 70 graves thought to date to the 6th or 7th Century have been discovered in Wales.

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Freshly inaugurated President of Argentina Javier Milei last week included provisions for a national cap-and-trade system in an omnibus reform bill put forth to Congress, reinforcing the country's previous commitment to implementing a carbon market despite Milei's history of fiery anti-climate change rhetoric and anti-regulation ideology.

Reported emissions in Washington saw a significant surge in 2022 as disclosure requirements extended to fuel suppliers and electric power entities (EPEs) for the first time, data published by the state showed.

A Washington-headquartered wood products firm with forest acreage across the US and Canada announced on Tuesday the sale of the company’s first improved forest management (IFM) transaction in the voluntary carbon market.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Louisiana a primary enforcement responsibility over the injection and sequestration of CO2, following a review process lasting several years that ultimately gave the state jurisdiction over burgeoning CO2 storage projects.

Experts discuss the challenges and potential reforms in using REDD as a credible option for offsetting emissions, emphasising the need for high-integrity credits and improved methodologies to ensure environmental and social integrity while addressing criticisms and safeguarding Indigenous Peoples and local communities.