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New funds will be used for the next phase of the company’s growth, including commissioning an on-site production line.

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Big batteries across Australia could one day be powered by a little-known element called vanadium and manufactured onshore, an industry leader says.

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Research suggests behaviour may reflect evolutionary response to previous outbreaks of disease

Aerial surveys of the North Sea have revealed that seals practise social distancing – and the discovery may have profound implications for the spread of disease among the marine mammals.

In a paper published today by the Royal Society, researchers conducting censuses of grey and harbour seals detail new evidence that the two species not only maintain distances between their own kind (unlike walruses, for instance, who cluster close together) but also that this behaviour may “reflect an evolutionary response to viral susceptibility”.

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*PREMIUM LISTING - Verra is creating the new role of Senior Program Officer, Supply Chain Innovation, to support the development and implementation of a new Verra Scope 3 Program that will incentivize corporate GHG abatement activities. This is a unique opportunity to join an innovative team at the ground level to create and implement a new program at the forefront of corporate climate action.

As part of this role, you’ll have a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of data and insights products at Abatable which will be used by market participants in the voluntary carbon markets (VCM). Those products include, but are not limited to, innovative pricing and policy-related products, as well as other demand-side and supply-side tools for the VCM.

As the first Carbon Strategy Advisor hire within Abatable's Business Development team, you will play a pivotal role in empowering impact-focused corporates to achieve their decarbonisation strategies by supporting the implementation of credible carbon projects.

We are looking for someone who will rise to the challenge in helping build Agreena’s Certificate Sales Team (within Carbon Credits) in collaboration with our newly established Carbon Markets & Solution Sales department. You will be responsible for building relationships and distribution channels to counterparts such as brokerage firms, corporates and financial institutions, initially medium to large corporates.

A number of Canadian organisations have urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to develop a programme that guarantees revenues from carbon pricing as soon as possible to accelerate the country’s decarbonisation and global competitiveness for investment.

A cap-and-trade programme devised by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration will feature design elements such as auctions and price stability mechanisms, as well as automatically allow UN offsetting methodologies to generate compliance credits under the regime, according to a draft proposal seen by Carbon Pulse.

Amazon nations' leaders have gathered in the Brazilian city of Belém for a rare summit about the future of the world's largest rainforest amid growing concern over the global climate emergency. The environmental summit convened by Brazil’s leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, represents a handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy after four years of Amazon destruction under the country's previous leader, Jair Bolsonaro. In the run-up to the summit, thousands of Indigenous people gathered to protest and demand the government pledge a greater commitment towards protecting the rainforest. Activists have warned Brazil's ultra-right congress could prevent the president from carrying out his ambitious environmental agenda

• Brazilian president Lula pledges ‘new Amazon dream’ at rainforest summit

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The project’s environmental credentials rely on highly speculative technologies, making Middle Arm a grand experiment with our climate. Timothy Neale, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Kari Dahlgren, Research Fellow Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University Matthew Kearnes, Professor, Environment & Society, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Global average temperature exceeded previous record by substantial margin

July has been confirmed as the hottest month on record globally after several heatwaves in parts of Europe, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

The global average temperature was 16.95C last month, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by a substantial 0.33C. Temperatures exceeded 40C last week in several countries across Europe including Greece, France, Italy and Spain.

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A Toronto-headquartered voluntary carbon investor will develop its first nature-based removal credits through a reforestation project in India, the company announced Tuesday.

Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards past crimes’ of illegal killing

A £900,000 government scheme to “meddle” with nests of hen harriers is a waste of money and rewards those who kill them, a wildlife campaign group has said.

The claims are contained in a report produced by Wild Justice and released to coincide with the Glorious Twelfth, the official start of the grouse shooting season, on Saturday.

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to repair damage done by Bolsonaro and reach zero deforestation by 2030

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has vowed to haul the Amazon out of centuries of violence, economic “plundering” and environmental devastation and into “a new Amazon dream”, at the start of a major regional summit on the world’s largest rainforest.

Addressing South American leaders gathered in the Brazilian city of Belém, Lula offered a bold blueprint for the future of the Amazon, a 6.7m sq km region that is home to nearly 50 million people spread across eight countries and one territory.

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Three countries from the Global South will be chosen to take part and receive support in developing tools and guidance for integrating Article 6 emission trade approaches into their national climate strategies, according to a funding call issued on Monday.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values increased to nearly two-month highs in recent days as sellers disappeared and market participants prepared for the release of updated modelling inputs that will be used to evaluate strengthening the programme in a forthcoming rulemaking.

Experts have expressed uncertainty over the future use of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in the voluntary carbon market in the wake of a UN statement suggesting transactions of the Kyoto-era units will only be possible for a few more weeks.