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VCM MONTHLY DATA: Olympics lift August voluntary carbon retirements to break seasonal trend

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 22:35
Credit retirements across the four main registries in the voluntary carbon market saw an unseasonal boost in August, driven by strong retirement activity from the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 22:21
EU carbon allowance prices halted a three-day losing streak on Friday after prices had fallen close to a key technical support level on Thursday afternoon, gaining support from a second day of increases in TTF gas.
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Higher emissions and EU carbon prices if no CBAM solution is found for UK power exports to EU -analysts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 22:20
EU emissions and carbon prices could rise as a result of the bloc's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), causing a reduction in power flows from the UK to the EU, according to scenarios modelled by an energy analytics firm.
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Indian developer signs Ghana deal for Paris-aligned cookstoves carbon project

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 20:49
An Indian developer has partnered with the government of Ghana and a Singapore-based asset management fund for the production and distribution of 1 million improved cookstoves across the African nation over the next five years, the company announced this week.
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EU failing to enforce illegal fishing rules, say campaigners

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-06 20:39

Activists says EU court ruling on transparency makes mockery of laws to protect the environment

Campaigners have said that the EU is failing to enforce rules on illegal fishing, and allowing member states to conceal information that could help uncover breaches of fishing law.

The court of justice of the EU ruled on Thursday that member states could keep vital details of their implementation of fishing rules under wraps, in a blow to environmental campaigners hoping to use the information to show whether the regulations are working.

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Australian Senate committee recommends passage of Future Made in Australia Bill, despite design concerns

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 20:00
An Australian Senate cross-party committee has recommended the Future Made in Australia (FMIA) Bill be passed, which would unlock close to A$23 billion ($15 bln) over 10 years to support clean energy and critical minerals development.
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Forest biodiversity unit pilot launches in Congo

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 19:59
A pilot in the Republic of Congo that aims to generate climate and biodiversity units under the High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative (HIFOR) has been launched by a US-based NGO.
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CN Markets: CEAs moves near 93 yuan, weekly trading volume stable

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 19:26
Chinese carbon allowance prices saw a modest recovery over the past week with stable trading volumes, as analysts remained cautious about the whole-year price outlook due to a newly introduced policy.
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British govt lobbied to cut biodiversity net gain exemptions

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 19:25
Eight NGOs and business groups sent a letter to the British government on Thursday asking for the removal of some developer exemptions from the biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements in England.
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Australia’s cities are losing their colourful and melodious birds. We need to bring back this natural joy | Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro and Rachel Oh for the Conversation

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-06 19:07

Our study links urbanisation, particularly the increase in built infrastructure and the loss of green space, to a decline in the bird communities we find most attractive

The birds that fill our mornings with songs and our parks and gardens with colour are disappearing from our cities, our new study has found.

We examined 82 bird species across 42 landscape types in Brisbane. The range of landscapes encompassed parks, bushland reserves, and industrial and residential areas.

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Indonesia targets 367 GW of renewable energy by 2060, as draft second NDC deemed insufficient

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 18:59
The Indonesian government has outlined plans to target 367 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2060, as analysis found its draft second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to be lacking in ambition.
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Japanese carbon project developer seeks offset development opportunities in Mongolia

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 17:55
A Japanese carbon project developer has expressed interest in pursuing emissions reduction projects in Mongolia, as it seeks to expand its presence in Asia.
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Week in wildlife in pictures: migrating flamingos, bear cubs and a wild hare

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-06 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Food for thought: Yeast photo festival examines eating culture – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-06 16:00

The third edition of Yeast looks at how human food consumption and production affects the social sphere and contributes to climate catastrophe

Yeast photo festival: From Planet to Plate, is in Matino and Salento, Italy, from 19 September to 3 November

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Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-09-06 15:57
Better urban planning can help stem the loss of birds by protecting and connecting the areas of habitat they need to survive. Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro, Research Fellow, Ecological Modelling, Griffith University Rachel Oh, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Race against time in Asian hornet battle

BBC - Fri, 2024-09-06 15:33
Bee inspectors aim to destroy the bee-eating predators in the South East before new queens hatch.
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New Zealand startup launches funding round to bring Scope 3 emissions reporting software to Australia

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-06 14:44
A New Zealand climate-tech startup has launched a seed round of NZ$650,000 ($400,000) in the hopes of expanding its Scope 3 emissions reporting software into Australia, and eventually the UK. 
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