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The famous tree dates back to 17th Century Ghana and was reportedly planted by a renowned priest.

Germany’s three-party coalition government agreed on an additional five-year package to extend relief for the nation's EU ETS-covered industry struggling with high electricity prices, it announced on Thursday.

A Brazilian coastal state is launching a listening mechanism to engage companies and civil society organisations in developing carbon offsetting projects and other climate solutions.

A number of Japanese project developers are looking to expand their presence in Indonesia's growing offset market, though limited data availability and policy uncertainties remain top challenges for newcomers, a conference heard Thursday.

A blockchain-based biodiversity credit partnership between three companies has secured a small project area in Costa Rica, they announced Thursday.

Carbon credits for carbon capture and storage across the Southeast Asian region will underpin the economic development of what a Japanese government body sees as a key decarbonisation tool.

The UN body responsible for the world’s seabed continued to hold discussions on a mining code for the extraction of precious minerals from the deep sea up to the last day of its Council meeting on Wednesday but failed to finalise them, as a Canadian miner announced on the same day that it would continue tests in the Pacific Ocean.

European allowance prices were little changed at the end of Thursday morning as the market continued to look for direction despite the growth in speculative traders' net short positions revealed on Wednesday, with energy prices rising on a combination of colder weather and lower renewable generation.

Some states have implemented free school meals, and Maine has a constitutional amendment to guarantee the ‘unalienable right to food’

The US must acknowledge the right to food in order to transform its broken food system in the post-pandemic era and make it more resilient in the face of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, according to a United Nations hunger expert.

“Whether we’re talking about right to food, food justice or food sovereignty, there has been growing momentum over the last 10 years to understand that food is not just something we just leave to be determined by what is available or by corporations or the status quo,” said Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food.

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The Indian government on Wednesday released draft rules for its planned compliance carbon market, eyeing an intensity-based scheme rather than one with an absolute cap on greenhouse gas emissions.

China’s Cofco and Mengniu Group have announced the first Chinese deal to import deforestation-free soybeans from Brazil, with the agreement facilitated by the World Economic Forum’s Tropical Forest Alliance.

An Estonia-based nature startup has published a forest-focused biodiversity metric that it says will help companies assess their impact on biodiversity and finance nature protection.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed his country will commit cash to a Pacific Island-focussed funding facility for climate change adaptation and mitigation work, as observers urged rich nations in the region to uphold and increase their climate commitments. 

Government’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures show

Labour has attacked the Conservatives over the speed of government efforts to upgrade Britain’s draughty housing stock, as analysis showed a leading household energy efficiency initiative was proceeding at what the party called a “glacial pace”.

Just 65,000 homes have been upgraded under the government’s Energy Company Obligation (Eco) scheme since it was relaunched in April last year, according to analysis of statistics released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

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Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US to use its Environment Protection Agency to inform the establishment of Australia’s own federal environment watch dog.

CS Energy locks in key equipment supply deal for "hydrogen ready" gas peaking plant at Kogan Creek, which it plans to transition to 100% renewables.

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Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy and environment NGOs call out federal Coalition bad actors for disinformation and scare tactics on wind and solar projects.

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NuScale, the US company pushing nuclear SMRs and championed by the Australian Coalition, has its flagship project cancelled by customers due to soaring costs.

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There are not enough carbon projects that meet the airline industry's offset requirements to meet the aviation sector's demand, a Southeast Asian airline company has said.

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