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2016 was the world’s warmest year on record, due in part to a very strong El Niño event. But 2023 (and 2024) could beat that record – what should we expect? Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Current disclosed corporate targets are not sufficient to limit warming to 1.5C, according to a new tracker, finding that only 5% of the world's emissions are covered by robust plans.

An impact investment fund has agreed to disburse $3.5 million to a project developer to distribute a further 90,000 cookstoves via an existing carbon crediting programme in Africa.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices on Monday surged to levels not seen since last summer ahead of this week’s California-Quebec joint workshop to discuss potential amendments to the linked cap-and-trade programmes.

The New York Assembly this weekend failed to vote on a bill to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) prior to the adjournment of the 2023 legislative session, with a key lawmaker aiming to receive more education on the transportation sector programme before the next session begins.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices bounced around this week as traders positioned for the June auction, but ultimately ended at a loss after results showed the Q2 sale cleared below most market participants’ expectations.

Study says leaked hydrogen could have global warming impact 12-times stronger than CO2, highlighting need to prevent leakages during production, transportation, and usage.

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Ørsted and Vestas announce "industry-first" partnership to deliver "net-zero wind farms" with turbine towers made from low-carbon steel and blades made from recycled materials.

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When food scraps and garden clippings are sent to landfill, it’s not just a waste of nutrients and water. The rotting organic matter trapped in landfill produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Susanne Schmidt, Professor - School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland Nicole Robinson, Research Fellow, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A flurry of companies took advantage of low carbon credit prices last week to boost retirement levels, giving an indication that the long-sliding market has found a floor.

Xpansiv is spinning out its finance data subsidiary into a new company called Fiutur following the company’s decision to licence its global environmental reference system in conjunction with its digital measurement, reporting and verification technology.

Researchers found that severe turbulence had increased 55% between 1979 and 2020 on a typically busy North Atlantic route.

Draft European Commission rules to require companies in the EU to disclose social and environmental risks and impacts of their activities have been significantly watered down compared to the technical advisory recommendations, sustainable finance associations said on Monday.

The circular economy can play a role in alleviating most of the pressure currently applied by the food, construction, energy, and textile sectors on biodiversity worldwide, according to a briefing by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published on Monday.

A scientific study evaluating the impact of one of the first established biodiversity offsetting schemes on native vegetation found it was not possible to conclusively demonstrate the policy had resulted in a net biodiversity gain due to limited data and the lack of robust impact evaluations.

Springer spaniel trained to recognise scent of great crested newt with 87% success rate from distance of 2 metres

From terrorists to drug traffickers, detection dogs are trained to sniff out the most elusive of offenders. Now a springer spaniel called Freya has taken up the scent of another slippery species: the great crested newt.

Sheltering in underground burrows and rocky crevices, these warty amphibians are a protected species under rules overseen by Natural England. Boris Johnson previously complained that newt-counting delays had become “a massive drag on the prosperity of this country” because building developers must search for, and move them, before construction projects can begin.

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Conservation scientists warn releases of rare or extinct species may spread diseases and harm attempts to save other butterflies

“Ridiculous” illegal reintroductions of rare or extinct butterflies to new sites in Britain risk introducing disease, damage attempts to save species and jeopardise well-planned releases, conservationists have warned.

Conservation scientists spoke out after black-veined whites, which fell extinct in Britain 100 years ago, reappeared on a nature reserve near Croydon.

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European carbon prices were moderately weaker in Monday morning trade as early selling gave way to renewed demand – which some participants said was short-covering – while energy markets were weaker as gas prices continued to whipsaw.

One of China's largest cities is planning to roll out a special subsidy programme for businesses through the issuance of 'zero carbon vouchers' on an integrated platform to encourage more investments in carbon management.

A poisonous haze made the air over New York temporarily more hazardous than any other place on Earth. Thank fossil fuel billionaires

Who’s responsible for the poisonous haze that blanketed the north-east this week, that turned the sky eerie shades of yellow and orange and made the air over New York City more hazardous – for a time – than in any other place on Earth?

The smoke is from the unprecedented wildfires that, first sparked by lightning, have been raging for weeks in Nova Scotia and Quebec; more than 450 are now burning across Canada. More than half of those are considered “out of control”. That ferocity is thanks in large part to the kinds of unusually warm and dry conditions that rising temperatures are making more common. Winds from a low pressure system then fanned the flames and sent them southward.

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