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Western Balkan nations have committed to imposing carbon pricing by 2026, a timeframe matching the expected go-live of the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), according to a decarbonisation roadmap formally adopted by six governments.

Some 30 out of 32 initially-selected small-scale projects have signed grant deals to receive cash under the EU’s Innovation Fund, the European Commission said on Friday, the first such awards under the ETS-funded programme.

Experts were amazed to find population of the most endangered feline in the Americas living on the edge of Santiago, Chile, a city with a population of 8 million

• Andean cat, one of most elusive of animals, found near Chile's capital

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A sycamore saved by activists who slept beneath it and a cypress on a beach are among the contenders

A sycamore tree saved from felling by Nottinghamshire rebels who slept beneath it and a Monterey Cypress growing on a Welsh beach that was also protected by people’s passion for trees are among 10 contenders for Britain’s Tree of the Year 2021.

Public voting is open for the Woodland Trust’s annual contest which the charity hopes will highlight the lack of legal protection for ancient and much-loved trees in Britain.

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Open letter calls on IEA to help researchers by removing paywalls from global energy datasets

The International Energy Agency is facing calls to make the national energy data it collects from governments publicly available.

This would aid independent research, which in turn could help to accelerate the global transition to low-carbon energy.

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EUAs rallied on Friday as traders absorbed the impact of the previous session's 9.8% drop and news that Poland's parliament had called for the EU ETS to be suspended while being reformed.

As poorer nations pay the price for wealthy countries’ pollution, fighting climate injustice is a moral obligation

• Guardian and Observer charity Christmas appeal 2021: the fight for climate justice

“I remember thinking: if we make it out alive, how and where are we going to start all over again?” said Vanessa Nieuwenhuizen, who dragged her children to safety through rapidly rising flood waters in Samoa. Others in the Guardian’s interviews with people with personal experience of the climate emergency also talked vividly of the bewilderment and grief caused by wildfires, flooding and drought, of livelihoods lost and lives turned upside down.

“Every tree, every bush, every flower was burned and the whole ecosystem was wiped out,” recalled Antonis Vakos, a beekeeper from the island of Evia in Greece. For some the impact of extreme weather was sudden and catastrophic. For others it meant slow environmental degradation: entire ways of life gradually disappearing amid climate volatility, rising seas, and melting snow and ice. As Daharu Isah, a Nigerian farmer, expressed it: “The weather keeps playing tricks on me.”

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Record numbers of endangered manatees are dying as polluted waters kill off their food sources

Florida wildlife officials will undertake a manatee feeding and rescue operation involving hand-feeding the mammals romaine lettuce, amid unprecedented mortality among the gentle aquatic creatures affectionately known as “sea cows”.

Typically, manatees return to warm water winter feeding grounds, where they feast on plentiful seagrass.

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The Chinese carbon market saw record trade this week ahead of the Dec. 15 compliance deadline, though if estimates are correct there is still a lot of demand to be filled in just four trading days.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a two-day-old baby elephant, an invasive toad species and a bamboo shark

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Australia has the potential to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of hydrogen by the end of the decade if the country’s project pipeline is completed on time, a report from the Australian government released on Friday has claimed.

Australia will restrict the amount of farm land that can be used for some types of offset projects if they are shown to have a negative impact on agricultural production and carry out a review of the types of carbon credits that can be used for voluntary purposes.

AEMO’s Alex Wonhas and Nicola Falcon discuss the draft ISP, the early departure of coal, and managing a renewables grid.

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Almost one in three Australian homes now have solar panels – but as even more solar systems are installed, we face a growing challenge of managing temporary solar shutdowns. Sophie Adams, Research Fellow, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Baran Yildiz, Senior Research Associate, UNSW Naomi Stringer, Research Associate, UNSW Shanil Samarakoon, Lecturer, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The government again promises a ban - but campaigners say it needs to set a date.

Bowen says a Labor government will stick to its climate targets and will press on without legislation if parliamentary fight gets "too political".

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Where do you lose energy in your home? Here are some tips to save energy cheaply this winter

US biofuel credit (RIN) values jumped over the past two days as Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) market participants thought 2022 biofuel blending requirements announced by the EPA this week could cause an issue for obligated shorts in the future.