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A Japanese carbon project developer has launched a joint study with the Vietnam National University of Agriculture on methane emissions from rice paddies, with an eye on rolling out carbon credit-yielding projects across the Southeast Asian nation.

The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and one of the most climate vulnerable locations on the planet. Climate change has taken an enormous toll on the rainforest in recent years, repeatedly uprooting families and decimating the incomes of residents who have traditionally relied heavily on agriculture and fishing for their livelihoods.

Now, repeated natural disasters and environmental changes to the region have created a highly vulnerable population increasingly at risk of participating in or becoming victims of child trafficking.

29 year old Subhasree Raptan started her fight against human trafficking a decade ago. As a coordinator of Goranbose Gram Bikash Kendra (GGBK), a non-profit organisation, Subhasree has been educating women and children on dangers of trafficking and is helping police to track down those who have gone missing.

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New analysis lays out the safest path to limit global warming to 1.5°C – and to slash future reliance on unproven methods of carbon removal.

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China is still facing the risk of near-term power shortages as the current tariff-setting mechanism has led to distorted incentives for power capacity operations and investments across the country, a report has found.

The Japan-Cambodia Joint Committee has registered a first REDD+ project under the JCM, seen as a breakthrough as the government is working to include REDD+ and CCS programmes in its bid to increase credit supply from the mechanism.

REDD+ project operator New Ireland Hardwood Timber (NIHT) has refuted claims made against it in the ongoing court case between itself and a local community incorporated land group in Papua New Guinea.

"The most significant investment ever:" Queensland government allocates $19 billion over four years to ensure the state meets its renewable energy targets.

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The Bosque de Niebla-El Globo habitat bank in Colombia has sold out all its awarded 600 biodiversity credits, ensuring the area will remain protected for three decades, and is now seeking to expand.

Number of coal outages hit grid over long weekend as generator warns of more price hikes.

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Australia urged to set "bold" 1.5°C target to try and break regulatory deadlock and investment blockage that threaten to derail its transition to renewables.

The post Australia needs 1.5°C target to break regulatory deadlock and kick coal out of grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A California-based non-profit has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finalise design work of a marine biodiversity protection credit standard, the first in a series if marine ecosystem credit classes it is planning to introduce to help scale ocean conservation finance.

The Overview Effect describes the transformative impact of seeing Earth from space and feeling profoundly connected to our planet and concerned for it. That’s at odds with the impact of space tourism. Ariane Moore, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An Australian gas explorer looking to develop resources in the controversial Beetaloo basin has confirmed it aims to develop an LNG export terminal at the federally funded Middle Arm precinct in Darwin.

ACT starts to source its cheapest wind power yet, guaranteeing lower prices into the future as it moves to next stage of kicking out fossil fuels.

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The Carbon Markets Specialist role will enhance Corporate Carbon’s focus on servicing the demand of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

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Minister says technology to collect energy and beam it to Earth could help boost UK’s energy security

UK universities and tech companies are to receive £4.3m in government funding to develop space-based solar power.

The technology, which collects energy from the sun using satellite-mounted panels and beams it to Earth, had huge potential to boost the UK’s energy security, the UK’s energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, said.

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The relationships between plants and fungi may sequester carbon equivalent to more than one-third of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, according to a new study.

Microbes are the most critical factor in determining the carbon storage capacity of soil, far surpassing other processes like decomposition, according to new research that could have significant implications for climate change mitigation and improving soil health for agriculture.

A Dutch climate-tech firm has secured €3 million in funding to accelerate the growth of its product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technology and market teams.