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European carbon prices moved in a comparatively narrow range on Tuesday morning as the effect of March options open interest continued to grow, while energy markets were little changed as participants waited for the outcome of talks later today between the US and Russian leaders over a potential ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

A fund has secured $175 million through forging partnerships with an aim to accelerate investment in natural climate solutions.

The Earth’s ability to naturally store CO2 is declining, in a trend that is exacerbating the global climate crisis and putting international emissions targets at risk, according to a new study.

Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists

Efforts to stop the critically endangered African penguin from going extinct took a step forward on Tuesday after South African conservationists and fishing industry groups reached a legal settlement on no-fishing zones around six of the penguins’ major breeding colonies.

Sardine and anchovy fishing will not be allowed for 12 miles (20km) around the penguin colony off Cape Town on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, and Bird Island, across the bay from Gqeberha, also known as Port Elizabeth. There will be more limited closures around four other colonies, according to a court order formalising the agreement.

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The Greens unveil a range of grants and loans to help households and businesses quit gas and invest in efficient electric appliances, as well as battery storage.

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Pakistan can potentially generate between $2-5 billion from carbon markets by 2030 if the South Asian nation succeeds in reducing its industrial carbon footprint to counter the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to a report.

Commentary has highlighted ongoing uncertainty around the particulars of the closely-followed integrated farm land management (IFLM) method, while the issuance of Australian carbon credits rose in February.

Chinese regulators on Tuesday issued a notice to support the development of the Green Electricity Certificate (GEC) market, as the country continues to enhance its growing renewables market.

A Malaysia-based environmental watchdog said this week the nation’s newly announced carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) laws will ramp up rather than cut emissions, and expressed alarm over its restrictive national security provisions that could prevent legal action being launched if a project goes wrong.

Flying lobsters, cuttlefish ink and stargazy pie … Jon Tonks got on his kayak to spend 18 months photographing the incredible fishing communities around England’s south-west coast

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Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending

Countries looking to boost their national security through rearmament or increased defence spending must also bolster their climate efforts or face more wars in the future, one of the leaders of the next UN climate summit has warned.

Some countries could decide to include climate spending in their defence budgets, suggested Ana Toni, Brazil’s chief executive of the Cop30 summit.

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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners says it has closed financing for the largest solar plus battery storage project under construction in the United Kingdom.

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A carbon advisory firm headquartered in Saudi Arabia has partnered with a Finland-based cleantech company to deploy integrated microalgae-sequestered carbon capture technology across the Middle East and India.

China's power system could achieve negative emissions of 550 million tonnes per year by 2060, but long-term policy planning is needed for large-scale technology deployment, according to a recent paper.

Direct air capture (DAC) projects could attract more funding from banks and other financiers if developers took control over the entire DAC supply chain, an integrated developer told a New York conference Monday.

Solar and wind farms make power very cheaply. But power bills are still climbing because we underestimated other costs, from transmission to storage. Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Two more turbines damaged in recent days, with the hub and blades falling off a turbine in Canada and a blade disintegrating at a wind farm in Norway.

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Rooftop PV industry warns that another bungled state rollout of the Big Solar Button could cost tens of millions in lost revenue and grind business to a halt.

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The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched its first ocean-related targets, focusing on the seafood sector.

Neoen slashes turbine numbers at proposed wind project, and cuts their size in response to community feedback. It has also added a big battery.

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