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One of the world’s largest programs to eradicate multiple predators and pests has started to restore the island and its once vast nesting colonies to their former glory. Jeremy Bird, Research Associate, Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Tasmania Justine Shaw, Senior Research Fellow in Antarctic and island conservation science, Queensland University of Technology Richard Fuller, Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New report examines how Queensland’s nation-leading policy and investment in transmission, renewables and consumer energy resources is crowding in public and private capital.

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A US-based voluntary carbon removals startup has opened a public consultation as it seeks to align its certification standard with the latest code of best practice from the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA).

RGGI allowance (RGA) values continued to recede as trading volumes rose from the previous week, although activity was subdued heading into the US long weekend.

We’re all familiar with fire. But do you really know what it is and how it starts? Here’s the chemistry of fire – and why Australia is so prone to going up in flames. Jason Dutton, Professor of Chemistry, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Tokyo would need to plant over two billion trees to offset the more than 320 million tonnes of CO2 it emits every year, making it the city the most in need of afforestation to counteract its carbon emissions, new research finds.

The UK government has published an updated list of free allocations to industrial installations for the period from 2021 to 2025, incorporating changes to carbon allowance handouts after assessing individual plants’ operations in previous years.

A large volume of African cookstove carbon credits have traded above $7.50, a source told Carbon Pulse on Tuesday, underlining the sector’s resilience in the wake of a recent academic paper that claimed over-crediting was rife.

A Montreal-based investment management firm has launched one of the first biodiversity-focused funds in Canada, seeking to channel resources towards the preservation of nature.

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Three voluntary carbon market firms have appointed new members to their senior leadership teams, they said this week.

Sultan Al Jaber, an oil executive, calls for governments to be ‘honest’ about costs involved in transition to net zero

The problem of the ever-growing demand for power must be addressed if the world is not to risk descending into “energy turmoil” as it transitions towards clean energy, according to the president of last year’s Cop28 summit.

In a discussion hosted by the International Energy Agency, Sultan Al Jaber warned governments that they must be “honest and transparent” about the potential costs of transition, and the trade-offs involved in transforming energy supplies.

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has stepped towards drafting a regional plan to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), as the organisation seeks to lead the way on nature conservation.

More than 70 European industrial leaders put out a mayday call for help on Tuesday, including through public funding and simplified state aid, to keep low-carbon production within the EU. 

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The environment watchdog says recycled mulch at the centre of New South Wales’ contamination crisis has been found to contain “construction and demolition waste” in contravention of state rules – as well as asbestos.

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) found the waste alongside asbestos when testing mulch it said was produced by Greenlife Resource Recovery and used at the Prospect Highway upgrade in Blacktown, Guardian Australia can reveal.

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A climate tech startup is partnering with a chemical producer for the distribution and sale of its first product – a carbon-negative version of acetic acid made using CO2 captured from large emitters.

Shell retired voluntary carbon credits worth around $16.3 million in January as it continued to hog the top spot in retirement activity for the second month in a row, but the energy giant was middle of the pack in terms of value per credit, data showed.

European carbon prices were modestly higher on Tuesday morning as sellers took a break after Monday's big drop, stepping back from the market ahead of the fortnightly break in the auction programme on Wednesday, while energy markets also rallied.

Rooftop solar coupled with batteries will be critical to helping Governments reach their emission reduction goals. 

The post Four reasons rooftop solar will grow to dominate Australia’s electricity market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Danish energy developer and a Copenhagen-headquartered nature conservation organisation have teamed up to bolster the protection and restoration of local biodiversity through ensuring that new renewable energy projects will positively impact nature.