As a key member of the experienced Carbon team, you will be in charge of developing and managing carbon models and forecasts within PUR. In this role you will work with our teams across the globe (Africa, Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America) and perform a wide range of activities.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) on Wednesday proposed amendments that would remove carbon allowances from auctions under the in-state Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade system that are associated with supplying waste steam.
The next stage in the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) cap-and-trade rulemaking process scheduled for January has been postponed, the agency’s spokesperson told Carbon Pulse, potentially pushing back implementation of the RGGI-aligned programme.
California lawmakers could pursue several options that would bolster the environmental performance of the state’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade regulation, which as currently structured will not meet the state’s 2030 GHG reduction target, a government body said in a report published Wednesday.
Hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination
The world’s first vaccine for honeybees has been approved for use by the US government, raising hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional license for a vaccine created by Dalan Animal Health, a US biotech company, to help protect honeybees from American foulbrood disease.
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Offset registry Climate Action Reserve (CAR) laid out a timeline for developing a livestock protocol specific to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, as the Caribbean country continues to ramp up its international carbon credit strategy.
Taking Root is seeking a Project Development Analyst who will provide key analyst support for the Expansion Team through performing desk and on-the-ground research, interviews, documentation review, insight compilation and presentation, report writing, note taking, and other tasks as assigned. Areas of content focus for the role will include: forest carbon projects, country-level and global policy review, economic modeling, tropical farming community input, and agroforestry systems with agricultural commodities such as cocoa and coffee, high-value timber, fuelwood, and fruits.
Taking Root is seeking a Market Certification Lead who will play a key part in ensuring that Taking Root’s carbon projects and products are aligned with our projects’ certifications, principally the Plan Vivo Standard. Reporting to the Director of Methodology and Standards, this role is critical in leading and managing these certification activities so that our projects can continue to plant trees into the future.
Taking Root is seeking an Android Developer to lead the development new features for our mobile app, which is used to collect carbon data around the world. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will work closely with the data science and reforestation teams to incorporate the best techniques to survey, measure, and monitor carbon captured through agroforestry.
More of us than ever want to see the ice continent. But is the environmental awakening many return with worth the emissions and possible environmental damage?
Elizabeth Leane, Professor of English and Associate Dean, Research Performance, University of Tasmania
Anne Hardy, Associate Professor, Tourism and Society, University of Tasmania
Can Seng Ooi, Professor, University of Tasmania
Carolyn Philpott, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, Conservatorium of Music, School of Creative Arts and Media; Adjunct Senior Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
Hanne E.F. Nielsen, Lecturer, University of Tasmania
Katie Marx, PhD Candidate, Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania
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Sugar water feeding in cities helps native nectar-eating birds in winter, but it’s important to use the right feeders to avoid pathogens.
Daria Erastova, Doctoral researcher, University of Auckland
Ellen Hume, Doctoral researcher of social ecological systems, University of Auckland
Margaret Stanley, Associate professor, University of Auckland
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The European Commission will set out a new bloc-wide industrial strategy by the end of January amid growing pressure by industry and member states to avoid de-industrialisation and help big-emitting companies decarbonise amid high energy prices, a Commission spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Carbon market broker Matt Udberg of ICAP assesses trading patterns in the voluntary carbon market as a shift in volume from physical markets to futures brought an influx of new counterparties over 2022.
Germany failed to meet its emissions reduction targets in 2022 largely due to a rise in coal and oil consumption triggered by high energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, German think-tank Agora Energiewende said in a report published on Wednesday.
Record high temperatures for January and sparse snowfall have caused large parts of the Alps to appear unseasonably bare. Europe's record-breaking warm winter weather has closed ski slopes and forced resorts to open summer trails or shut altogether as grass and mud replace snow. Several countries across Europe recorded their highest ever temperature for this time of year
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Demand for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits, including pre-purchases of long-term contracts, jumped a staggering 533% last year, although most of the volume was from one future mega-deal, while the spot market remained tiny, according to a report published Wednesday.
Exclusive: Leaked figures show tiny fraction of England’s farms received payment under sustainable farming incentive
Just 224 farmers in England were paid under the government’s flagship post-Brexit nature-friendly agriculture scheme last year, the Guardian can reveal.
Leaked figures show that a tiny fraction of farms received payment under the sustainable farming incentive (SFI), part of the Conservative government’s plan to replace EU farming subsidies.
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The European Commission has launched a call for innovative biodiversity projects to receive grants worth almost €200 million as part of a 2023 programme.
Carbon credit provider Climate Impact Partners has appointed former GE executive Sheri Hickok as its new CEO, succeeding Vaughan Lindsay, the company said on Wednesday.
Plants are thought more likely to thrive at Harlow Carr in Yorkshire than at their current home at Wisley in Surrey
In Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier’s unnamed narrator was shocked and bewildered by the over-proud “slaughterhouse red, luscious and fantastic” rhododendrons she encountered at Manderley on the southern coast of England. She might be even more thrilled if she’d seen them in Yorkshire.
The climate crisis has prompted the Royal Horticultural Society to plan a move of its important collection of rhododendrons from its flagship Wisley garden in Surrey to Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire, the Guardian can reveal.
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