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The year in which an offset registry issues a nature-based VER is becoming less important for some carbon credit buyers, as companies focus more on investigating projects themselves, a conference heard Friday.

European carbon prices drifted lower in a narrow range as traders eyed macroeconomic headlines from the UK and digested presentations from yesterday's EU ETS sessions at the Carbon Forward conference in London.

Alok Sharma’s intervention puts pressure on Trump-appointed Bank chief who faces calls to resign

The UK has joined calls for sweeping reforms to the World Bank, to focus much-needed funding on the climate crisis, warning that its current structures are not working.

The intervention from Alok Sharma, the current president of the UN climate talks, heaps further pressure on beleaguered World Bank chief, David Malpass. He has faced calls to resign over an apparently climate-dismissing stance, and the Bank’s perceived failures to deliver climate finance.

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Though there is situationist wit in throwing soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, the protest is more likely to provoke eye-rolls than action

If you’re going to make a political statement by attacking an artwork then pick a big one. In the absence of the Mona Lisa, Just Stop Oil protesters today threw soup over one of 19th century’s most recognised images – immortalised on biscuit tins and tea towels the world over – Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The National Gallery attack is the latest in a campaign that saw them glueing themselves to a reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper in the Royal Academy in July.

Such assaults are now so common that the Mona Lisa – most recently pelted with cake at the Louvre in Paris back in May – now smiles on from behind a pane of bullet-proof glass. The sunflowers themselves are unlikely to have suffered any damage, beyond the indignity of being eclipsed by a brighter shade of orange. The protesters will have known this, and there is a certain situationist wit in their choice of weapon – not a spray can but a tin of Heinz tomato soup, as immortalised by Andy Warhol, in the pop artist’s critique of exactly the sort of industrialisation that Just Stop Oil sees as responsible for the destruction of the planet.

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Rainfall levels have not been sufficient to dampen soil and refill reservoirs after scorching summer

England could be in drought beyond spring 2023, ministers have said, after record low rainfall has left the country short on water.

The news will be particularly problematic for farmers, who were hoping for a damp autumn and winter to refill reservoirs so they could plant and harvest crops into next year.

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Protesters then glue themselves to wall beneath painting at National Gallery in London

Activists from Just Stop Oil have thrown tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London.

There were gasps, roars and a shout of “Oh my gosh!” in room 43 of the gallery as two young supporters of the climate protest group threw the liquid over the painting, which is protected by glass, just after 11am.

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Offset standard developer and manager Verra still supports the overall goals of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM) despite its numerous concerns, while standardised VER exchanges said the initiative is hindering liquidity, a conference heard Friday.

Steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal has announced the launch of a key decarbonisation project in a groundbreaking ceremony at a steel plant in Ontario, Canada, with investment of C$1.8 billion ($1.3 bln) expected to reduce GHG emissions from the site’s operations by up to 3 million tonnes per year by 2030.

Plants damaged by extreme temperatures are most at risk of disease, Royal Horticultural Society says

Summer’s prolonged droughts and extreme heat have made plants more susceptible to problems such as fungi and insects this coming autumn, the Royal Horticultural Society has warned.

Plants stressed or damaged by the heat are most at risk of disease, but the charity’s experts say gardeners should also look out for specific plants that are typically more vulnerable such as tomatoes.

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China’s emissions market saw a rebound in trading volume over the past week after a quiet September, though sentiment remains negative as the lack of policy clarity on the next compliance cycle continues to drain both supply and demand.

Parts of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania have been inundated, with thousands of people forced to evacuate from flooded homes

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A Hong Kong-headquartered company has signed an MoU to supply a variety of voluntary offset credits to a new carbon fund managed from Singapore.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a bellowing stag, climbing crabs and a ball of bees

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Failure to address country’s abuses will obstruct rollout of meaningful climate action, director of Human Rights Watch says

The Egyptian regime has successfully silenced the country’s independent environmentalists in the run-up to hosting this year’s UN climate talks, as part of a wider strategy to repress human rights that also threatens to derail meaningful global climate action, according to a leading advocate.

In an interview with the Guardian, Richard Pearshouse, environment director at Human Rights Watch, said failing to address abuses by Egypt and other authoritarian regimes will obstruct the rollout of ambitious climate policies needed to transition away from fossil fuels and curtail global heating.

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Aerial footage by Tasmania SES has shown much of the town of Deloraine underwater after flooding rain across the state. Flood-hit communities in the north and north-west have entered a 'danger period' as waters rise, with evacuation orders for areas around several rivers and part of Launceston. Heavy rain that began on Wednesday night started to ease on Friday morning

• Victoria, NSW and Tasmania face flood emergency with thousands told to evacuate

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As Shell announces a new Big Battery and demand-side smart energy project, BP says it has billions of dollars earmarked for investment in Australian decarbonisation.

The post From black gold to green: Oil majors dig in to Australian energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Western Australia calls for input on a target requiring electricity retailers to procure a fixed percentage of electricity fuelled by renewable hydrogen.

The post WA seeks input on renewable hydrogen target to help kickstart industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The project will take in 40 commercial and industrial sites across three states to harness an estimated 21.5MW of flexible demand capacity.

The post Shell mines for “negawatts” in $31m flexible energy demand project appeared first on RenewEconomy.