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EU nations on Tuesday formally adopted the REPowerEU deal, clearing one of the last hurdles for the legislation to pass into law and paving the way for officials to bring forward EUA auctions to raise an additional €20 billion to fund the package.

Body of missing 22-year-old campaigner who also took part in Just Stop oil protests found in London park

A young activist who campaigned with THE climate groups Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil has been found dead after going missing almost a week ago.

Xavier Gonzalez-Trimmer, 22, was found in Richmond Park on Monday after searches by friends and relatives in the area.

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Power generation covered by the EU ETS rose 8% last year across Engie's European portfolio, the company announced in full-year results on Tuesday, driven by a drop in hydro and nuclear output that saw its gas assets produce 10% more electricity year-on-year despite record high energy prices.

Farming groups welcome grants but say money has been recycled from previous underspend

Farmers in the UK will gain access to robots that can harvest crops in the absence of migrant workers, sensors on tractors to measure the nutrient level of soils, and cow mattresses to help prevent lameness in dairy cattle, under government measures announced on Tuesday.

Mark Spencer, the farming minister, hailed the £168m in grants to farmers as a way for farmers to increase productivity and improve animal health. “The role farmers play in putting food on our tables as well as looking after our countryside is crucial. We know that sustainable food production depends on a healthy environment, the two go hand in hand,” he told the annual National Farmers’ Union conference in Birmingham.

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Japanese low-cost airline ZIPAIR will begin offsetting emissions through the purchase of CORSIA eligible credits and the use of domestic J-Credits, it announced on Tuesday, bucking the emerging trend of airline companies shying away from carbon credits.

Global methane emissions from energy-related activity increased slightly in 2022 to reach nearly 135 million tonnes per year, gradually inching back towards pre-Covid levels and reflecting that output of the potent greenhouse gas is stubbornly not on track with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) net zero emissions by 2050 scenario, the Paris-based organisation stated on Tuesday.

Farmers’ union president Minette Batters to say ‘volatility, uncertainty and instability are greatest risks to farm businesses’

“The clock is ticking” to support Britain’s farmers battered by a storm of rising costs, labour shortages, bird flu and post-Brexit changes to support payments, the union representing the sector has told ministers.

“Volatility, uncertainty and instability” are endangering UK farm businesses, according to the National Farmers’ Union, which is urging the government to support British food producers so they can keep supplying squeezed UK households and a growing global population.

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New study shows impact of weather phenomenon could have a ‘double whammy’ effect, leading to worsening extreme weather and accelerating sea level rise

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Stronger El Niño events due to global heating may accelerate irreversible melting of the Antarctic ice sheet and ice shelves and the rise in sea levels, according to research from Australia’s premier government science agency.

Previous studies have found that rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are expected to increase the magnitude of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (Enso), the planet’s most significant year-to-year climate fluctuation and a major driver of extreme droughts and floods. Extreme warm El Niño events and cool La Niña events are expected to become more frequent as the planet heats.

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India’s publishing of a list of carbon credit activities that can be traded under Article 6.2 has been welcomed by local market observers as a further step in developing the country’s carbon market infrastructure with global links, while policy analysts posited that the Indian government could now outline specific roadmaps for each mitigation activity that was designated under the Paris Agreement provision.

Transgrid is using German technology to recycle spent transmission lines in situ, cutting down on waste and emissions and saving money.

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New report warns Safeguard Mechanism will shift investment to the offset market, with evidence a shift in climate capital is already underway.

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EVs will play a key role in balancing supply and demand on the main grid, even assuming only 10-20% of this mobile battery bank can be utilised daily.

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Conservative technology deniers take note: The Australian state charging towards 100 per cent wind and solar has the smallest reliability gap.

The post South Australia: Grid with the most wind and solar has the smallest reliability gap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The beach community at Muriwai has experienced deadly landslide in the past, but houses were nevertheless allowed to be built on the debris of former slips. Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A rule change in New Zealand’s ETS that came into effect on Jan. 1 has spared foresters from potentially massive financial losses from damage caused from Cyclone Gabrielle, though the cyclone may still have significant impact on the market as affected carbon foresters will have to stop their accounting and NZU issuance until their forests have recovered.

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The EU's aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 is being undermined by methane emissions associated with fossil fuel imports, according to researchers in a report published on Tuesday.

One-third of local councils have rules to stop pet cats roaming because of their major impacts on wildlife. More councils want to get on board but many are hampered by state laws. Sarah Legge, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University Georgia Garrard, Senior Lecturer, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University Tida Nou, Project Officer, School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The government must protect domestic food supply, the National Farmers' Union warns.

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