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Greenhouse gas emissions from the EU's shipping sector are not likely to reach 2019 levels for the next two years due to lower demand for shipping services as well as the sector's decarbonisation efforts, analysts predict, exerting additional downward pressure to an already bearish outlook for EUA prices in 2024.

Carbon credit prices were little changed over the past week amid a typical summer slowdown that has been heightened by a generally gloomy macro-economic environment in the Global North.

The Duerrenstein-Lassingtal Wilderness Area in Lower Austria has announced its first "climate partnership" with a cosmetics and food supplements company, aiming to provide corporates with a means to offset their emissions.

A Spanish energy company announced it has entered into the voluntary carbon market by launching a new company focused on nature-based projects as it targets mitigation upwards of 60 MtCO2e.

UK-based CreditNature has won a contract with the Scottish government to develop a biodiversity credit system, in an effort to catalyse the voluntary market in Scotland.

We asked a panel of commentators for their view on the government’s electoral strategy

In the face of Labour poll leads, Rishi Sunak and his government appear to be increasingly focused on rightwing campaigns related to the culture wars, migration and opposition to environmental initiatives and targets. Do you think this is, or could be, a credible strategy?

John Redwood is the Conservative MP for Wokingham

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The Carbon Advisory, Regulations and Reporting team manages the consolidated Origin Group's regulatory and reporting requirements under the various carbon and environmental schemes, covering Federal & State governments, mandatory and voluntary frameworks, internal and external stakeholders.

Nature and carbon standard Plan Vivo has launched a second consultation on its 'PV Nature Methodology', making significant changes from the first draft based on public feedback, such as introducing a standardised way to collect and analyse data, and amendments to the calculating of percentage change in biodiversity. 

The Senior Carbon Analyst will provide accurate monthly reporting of liability actuals and ensure full compliance with all mandatory and voluntary Environmental Schemes for Origin and timely, efficient completion of all commodity creations.

European carbon prices climbed to their highest in nearly two weeks in relatively thin trading on Monday morning as market activity slowed during the peak of the summer break.

How our family went electric - from solar to cars to batteries and cooktops and heaters, and cutting off the gas supply - and saved money along the way.

The post Surprisingly easy, straightforward and fun – a 3 year journey to electrify appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Many see climate breakdown as a problem of the future, but it’s here now. To move forward, we must understand our part in it

During the summer of 2021, I flew to Greece to learn more about the wildfires there. I wanted to hear people’s stories, to understand what it meant to be displaced by environmental disaster. I have family in Greece and Cyprus and the approach of each summer causes a lot of anxiety. That year, fires were raging in Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and Cyprus, and I was three months pregnant. Feeling Evie growing inside me made me wonder what kind of world she would live in – and made me all the more determined to learn as much as I could about what people had experienced.

I spent a lot of time in Mati, a small town on the east coast of Greece, less than 20 miles from Athens. There, I talked to local people, and their experiences profoundly moved me. In a cafe that had survived the fire, a hub of safety and community for survivors, I met brave children who now have to live with terrible scars, physical and emotional. I met a man who could not even speak to me, his eyes filling with tears, and he told me that he had no words in a way that has stayed with me ever since.

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Polymer from black soldier flies seen as promising source as it has no other competing uses such as food

Dead flies could be turned into biodegradable plastic, researchers have said.

The finding, presented at the autumn meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), could be useful as it is difficult to find sources for biodegradable polymers that do not have other competing uses.

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Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink supplies

A healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable supplies, experts have said.

Fresh produce from the Mediterranean, upon which the UK is reliant, will become more expensive and harder to obtain as extreme heat causes yields to reduce, putting a healthy diet out of reach of the poorest in society, according to a report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).

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The government of Zimbabwe and a Dubai-headquartered project developer have inked a Memorandum of Understanding for investment in emissions mitigation activities in the African country, according to a media source.

Singapore and Chile on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on carbon trading under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, including plans to explore potential collaboration with third countries.

A new Australian research group will soon bid for government funding to establish itself as cooperative research centre (CRC) with the aim to support A$2 billion in annual investments in carbon, biodiversity, and natural capital markets.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $3 million to a consortium of 13 public and private entities for conducting the first phase of a large-scale direct air capture (DAC) hub.

Australia’s carbon market saw a large uptick of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) issued Monday as the crediting backlog of human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects continues to wash out.

Conservationists hope to tempt the subspecies from Kangaroo Island by planting drooping sheoaks and eucalypts

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Conservationists are planting trees to lure the endangered glossy black cockatoo back to the South Australian mainland, where it has been extinct for decades.

Two potential “scouting” birds have already been spotted.

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