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Norwegian industrials affected by the EU ETS will receive NOK 7 billion (€0.58 bln) annually through the country’s industrial support scheme, but nearly half of the money must now be directed towards decarbonisation measures, the government announced Tuesday.

Transition carbon credits, generated from the early retirement of coal-fired power plants (CFPP), could potentially reduce the losses incurred from the shutdown of such plants in Asia, a report released Tuesday has found.

EU carbon prices rose for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, briefly coming within range of a technical level after a flurry of mid-morning buying, before easing back off, as trading activity began to diminish ahead of the Easter holiday.

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) held a meeting with government officials on Monday to explore the development of a national scheme for biodiversity credits.

China has outlined this year's compliance deadlines and relevant tasks under the national emissions trading scheme for regional regulators and emitters.

The European Commission has launched a call for evidence on the revision of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), ahead of a formal legislative update due in Q3 next year that will look at extending the scheme to new sectors in order to reach the bloc’s upcoming 2040 climate target.

Tech giant Microsoft has continued to expand its portfolio of carbon removal (CDR) credits after inking the world’s largest offtake deal to date from a US bioenergy carbon capture and storage project (BECCS).

Bear Grylls-inspired vessel helps wardens on Coquet Island care for UK’s only breeding colony of roseate terns

It looks like something James Bond might drive – or, more accurately, Bear Grylls. But rather than enabling secret missions or carrying millionaires, this innovative amphibious boat is helping RSPB wardens look after Britain’s only breeding colony of roseate terns.

The endangered birds nest on Coquet Island off the Northumberland coast each spring but seasonal wardens who manage the tiny island struggle to get on and off it because there is no safe mooring point or harbour at low tide. This means boats can only take people and kit to the island at high tide – often at inconvenient times of day or night – making life for the wardens, who live in the island’s lighthouse, a little complicated.

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The 129 member banks of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) have approved a new protocol that changes previously mandatory requirements for reducing clients’ emissions into non-binding 'best practice' guidelines.

Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan - formerly the Soviet Union's primary nuclear weapons testing site. He teaches schoolchildren about how bombs were tested, and how – more than 30 years after the site was decommissioned – the surrounding community is only beginning to comprehend radiation's lasting deadly effects. Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and the long shadow of a nuclear conflict across the region, Dmitry debates Kazakhstan's nuclear future with its next generation

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An Australian junior with hopes of decarbonising the high-emitting concrete production sector said Tuesday an independent trial using its product confirmed it can decarbonise concrete while “delivering significant gains in concrete strength”.

Queensland's coal generators have long been used to seeing coal eat their midday lunch, now they are seeing wind take their midnight snacks as well.

The post Solar has taken a big bite out of Queensland coal’s lunch, now wind is eating into its midnight snack appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Could volcanic ash close down airspace across the UK and Europe bringing widespread the disruption we experienced in 2010.

A 19-year-old wind technician from Wyoming has tragically fallen to his death while working on a wind turbine near the town of Medicine Bow.

The post Teenage wind turbine technician falls to his death in Wyoming appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Macquarie backed battery energy storage developer Eku Energy has acquired a 2 GWh portfolio of planned battery storage projects.

The post Macquarie’s Eku acquires a 2 GWh battery storage project portfolio appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin is using its growing fleet of big batteries to chase down Snowy Hydro as the biggest supplier of dispatchable generation in the main grid.

The post Origin chases down Snowy Hydro for control of dispatchable generation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCCEC) has issued Host Country Approval (HCA) and Letter of Intent (LoI) to two offset projects under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, in a major step to operationalise its carbon markets.

The country’s average temperature has risen by 0.48C a decade from 2000. Last August, photographer Susan Schulman visited Baghdad and Amarah, to capture the impact of extreme weather on everyday lives

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New Zealand’s GHG emissions continued to drop in 2023, as the country closes in on the halfway point for its biogenic methane reduction goal.

Entities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism surrendered 7.1 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in 2023-24, as the scheme completed its first compliance cycle after extensive reforms were introduced.