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The Policy Advisor, British Columbia provides strategic leadership, technical expertise, and relationship building for Nature United’s engagement with the Government of British Columbia, municipal governments in the Province, and other partners to achieve our 2030 goals for conservation. They report to the Director of Strategic Partnerships and work closely with Nature United’s British Columbia Conservation, Natural Climate Solutions, Indigenous Stewardship Strategy and the Marketing & Communications programs.

Reporting to the Technical Team Deputy Director, the Forest Carbon Lead will be part of CC’s Technical team and will be responsible for overseeing the development of technical aspects of CC’s forest carbon project development and subsequent operation. This position will build and implement the scalable systems and essential protocols that support and deliver the required technical outcomes of a growing, full-service, carbon development company.

Three global business coalitions have released co-produced foundational guidance to lead companies to a “nature-positive” future, as corporate focus on risks and dependencies ramps up.

Zambia has signed an agreement with a Chinese forestry firm to commission the development of nature-based carbon credit projects that will cover more than 4 million hectares of some 5% of the African nation’s landmass.

A Canadian-headquartered carbon project developer wants to pay US$15.5 million for a 20% stake a carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) startup following signing of non-binding agreement.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values jumped on Monday morning after state regulator ARB published its plans to strengthen the environmental performance of the transportation sector climate programme, though some market participants are unsure about how bullish the proposed changes really are.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values reached new year-to-date highs through a US holiday-shortened and auction week prefiguring the next Program Review Meeting scheduled later in the month.

Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020

With four months of 2023 still left, the US has set a record for the most natural disasters in a single year that have cost $1bn or more, as fires, floods and ferocious winds were among deadly events experts warn are being turbo-charged by the climate crisis.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) announced on Monday that there have already been 23 extreme weather events in the US this year that have cost at least $1bn. The current figure surpasses the record of 22 such events set in 2020.

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A new blockchain-based platform from a Chicago-headquartered financial firm has completed processing its first fully automated transaction of carbon credits, according to a press release on Monday.

Carbon credit standards body Verra is eliminating the use of 10 VCS methodologies, including a deforestation and low-flow water project type, due to lack of use in the past five years, and is instituting a review of all their methodologies every five years.

Mistletoes are ecological keystones that boost habitat value for wildlife, so we added them to established plane trees in the inner city. David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Rodney van der Ree, National Technical Executive in Ecology at WSP Australia Pty Ltd. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The EU is set to take its final step in approving a revised more ambitious renewable energy legislation as the bill faces a full EU Parliament vote on Tuesday, with most parties likely to vote in favour.

The European metals industry started a process to establish its own transition pathway in collaboration with the European Commission, two sector associations announced on Monday.

REDD avoided deforestation credits slipped lower last week to underline the lack of demand and reflecting an increasingly bleak voluntary carbon market as it waits the arrival of the ICVCM’s first batch of Core Carbon Principle labelled credits.

Allianz Global Investors has reduced its exposure to UK water companies due to risks associated with them dumping sewage in waterways, an executive at the firm said as the company ramps up its nature-related engagement.

Doubts about whether heat pumps work well in subzero conditions shown to be unfounded, say researchers

Heat pumps are more than twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating systems in cold temperatures, research shows.

Even at temperatures approaching -30C, heat pumps outperform oil and gas heating systems, according to the research from Oxford University and the Regulatory Assistance Project thinktank.

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In the debate over protecting native wildlife from domestic felines, one thing is often overlooked: cats should be kept indoors for the sake of cats

There is a bird bath in our garden frequented by fairywrens and red-browed finches. We put it under the flowering elm tree so the little birds would feel protected and hang out there for longer. It’s a few metres from our back door. Most days, when the sun hits that part of the floorboards, our cat Laurie can be found there, lazing in a sunbeam watching the birds through the glass. Sometimes, when they hop closer, she will sit up and make little chattering noises. It’s cat TV: enriching for her, safe for the oblivious birds.

I wish I could say we’d done it for the birds’ sake. But like an extraordinary number of decisions in the past 13 years, I did it for Laurie.

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Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily

An invasive non-native ant species has become established in Italy and could rapidly spread through Europe to the UK with global heating, a study warns.

The red fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, has a powerful sting, damages crops and can infest electrical equipment including cars and computers.

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The International Maritime Organization’s strategy for the transition to renewable energy is a major step forward in ambition that has overtaken many of the national, regional, and industrial steps already in place, according to research released Monday.

Australian businesses are still gun-shy and conservative when it comes to the need for targets that align with the 1.5°C Paris climate goal.

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