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A US-based data intelligence company has launched a new platform to support decision-making on biodiversity conservation efforts across the country's Western states.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is inviting financial institutions to apply to take part in its pilot standard for net zero targets in the sector, it announced on Wednesday. 

The German government will not introduce a law to bring forward the country's coal exit date from 2038 to 2030, the country's economic minister, Robert Habeck, said on Tuesday, national media reported. 

Puro.earth, a registry and certification standard for durable carbon removal, will revise its enhanced rock weathering methodology taking into account initial projects’ feedback, it said Wednesday.

After decades of bags lining the streets, the mayor has proudly wheeled out a McKinsey-approved trash can

The revolution will not be televised. Unless it’s Mayor Eric Adams’s Trash Revolution, of course. In which case a press conference will be held, music blasted, and every camera crew in the five boroughs invited.

On Monday the mayor of New York, with Jessica Tisch, the sanitation commissioner, by his side, unveiled New York City’s first official trash bin. The mayor wheeled the new NYC Bin down Gracie Mansion’s driveway and, with his characteristic swagger, demonstrated how the innovative new technology works: you open the lid and you put the rubbish in. It’s highly intuitive technology.

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The use of low-carbon steel would help to reduce CO2 emissions in European car production by 6.9 million tonnes in 2030, adding little extra cost to the price of electric vehicles, according to research published on Wednesday.

A carbon trading tech startup will acquire another firm specialising in large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects, the two companies have announced.

A UK-based durable carbon removals company will use Xpansiv's exchange platform to sell credits to corporate and intermediary participants around the world, underpinned by a standards-setter and carbon insurance specialist, they announced on Wednesday.

EU carbon prices were little changed at midday on Wednesday as the energy complex gave up early gains and after weekly position data showed investment funds had shifted their holdings in favour of greater length during last week's 4.3% price rally, while UK Allowances steadied after falling 10% in the previous three sessions.

The Republic of Ireland has allocated €22.3 million to advance research on sustainable agriculture, including exploring opportunities for farmland nature credits.

Offshore gas investments in Southeast Asia are set to more than double over the next four years, according to research released Wednesday, with a myriad of fossil fuel projects in the region ready to be executed.

A certifier has validated a new methodology for carbon capture and utilisation, developed by a British cleantech startup focused on hard-to-abate sectors.

Malaysia is discussing bilateral agreements with countries in the region to establish itself as carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) hub, while creating rules, regulations, and incentives to attract project developers, an official told a conference Wednesday.

The first thing to remember is that all smoke is harmful. Typically, if you can smell smoke, it’s at a level where it’s impacting your health. Gabriel da Silva, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia on Wednesday announced it will establish 12 new Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs), spanning 7.5 million hectares of land and 450,000 ha of sea.

These exotic birds are common in the UK now. That raises many questions, some fears, and a fair few myths

• Tim Blackburn is professor of invasion biology at UCL

What links a film starring Katharine Hepburn, Jimi Hendrix, bits of a plane falling on to Syon Park in London and the great storm of 1987? The answer is that they’ve all been proposed as the origin of one of Britain’s loudest, most colourful and recognisable birds: the ring-necked parakeet.

Parakeets are unusual among British birds in that they actually need an origin story. A century ago, there were none flying free in Britain and, as recently as the early 1990s, parakeets were relatively hard to find in the country. There were only a couple of reliable sites – the leafy Berkshire village of Wraysbury, or the trees around Esher rugby club in Surrey – where they would roost on winter evenings. Since then, their population has exploded into the tens of thousands. They’ve spread across the country from Plymouth to Aberdeen, and even over the water to Northern Ireland. London is their stronghold, though, and it’s increasingly rare to venture outside without hearing their raucous cries or seeing their long-tailed silhouettes skimming the rooftops.

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Australia’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry will struggle to scale and be part of achieving the country’s climate goals without further political support, an expert told a conference Wednesday.

The newly connected Broken Hill battery has helped NSW beat a short-lived record for battery charging and discharging.

The post New big battery breaks habit, goes for morning stretch and takes state to new record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Head of Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy says cost of developing onshore wind energy projects has jumped by up to 50 per cent as it works to deliver tens of gigawatts of new capacity in Australia.

The post Squadron says innovation needed to overcome jump in wind costs, but nuclear not the answer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced the main pillars of a new climate strategy that will rely on the emissions trading scheme and nature-based solutions as two of five major focus areas.