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LATAM Roundup: A big week for the Paris Agreement’s Article 6

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 08:54
The week ending Oct. 13, which saw the UN Supervisory Body (SBM) for Article 6.4 circumvent negotiators to help operationalise Paris carbon markets, also welcomed key Article 6 statements out of Chile, ranging from new projects to potential use cases for Paris Agreement credits.
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New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action | Adam Morton

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-10-15 08:36

A US study estimates the total climate pollution from LNG was 33% greater than that from coal over a 20-year period. This should have major ramifications for emissions policy

The claim that Australian gas exports are “clean” and needed to drive the transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions has become an article of faith for significant parts of the country’s industry, media and political classes – often repeated, only occasionally challenged.

It has buttressed a massive expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in the north of the continent over the past decade, with major new developments in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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US fund manager raises $80 mln for new forest conservation vehicle

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 08:23
A US-registered impact timberland and farmland fund manager has raised $80 million from a single investor in the first close of latest forest conservation fund.
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Only one-third of Europe’s surface water qualifies as good or better, study finds

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-10-15 08:01

Data compiled by EEA shows quality of water bodies falls far short of target first set for 2015 and since extended to 2027

Only about one-third of Europe’s surface water is in good health or better, a report has found, despite an EU target first set for 2015 to bring all bodies of water up to good quality.

About 37% of Europe’s surface waters qualified as having at least a good ecological status and 29% a good chemical status in 2021, according to data from 19 member countries compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The original deadline for the EU target has been extended to 2027 but data suggests this is on track to be missed by a wide margin.

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Broken: Study reveals sharp decline in global land carbon sink in 2023

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 07:53
Last year saw a dramatic weakening of the global land carbon sink, the system that absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere, as the planet experienced record-breaking heat and severe droughts, a new study warns.
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EU wants more countries to contribute to global climate finance goal

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 07:36
The EU is holding strong on its position that more countries need to contribute to the next global climate finance goal, with a plan to push for more money while ensuring that the bloc isn't spread too thin, according to the general negotiating mandate for COP29 adopted by climate and environment ministers late on Monday. 
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US EPA challenges that power plant rules can allow coal, gas plants to continue with CCS

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 07:24
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied Republican states' allegations that its latest power plant emissions rules will impact grid reliability, the agency told a US federal appeals court in a filing on Friday.
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ANALYSIS: In ‘new school’ LATAM carbon markets, regulators push growth as ‘old school’ cracks down

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 07:15
Regulators in up-and-coming Latin American voluntary carbon markets (VCM) are working with the private sector to scale up operations, while market observers point to increasingly hands-on measures curbing the market in ‘old school’ VCM players like Colombia and Brazil.
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Giving First Nations names to our bird species is a lot more complex – and contentious – than you might think

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-10-15 05:05
There is growing interest in the use of First Peoples’ words to name plant and animal species. But we must proceed with both caution and respect. Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Sophie Gilbey, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Integrating carbon removal credits into EU ETS makes moral and business sense, says BP

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 03:39
There is both a strong moral case and business case for integrating carbon removal credits from around the world into the EU ETS, a senior member of BP's carbon team told a conference on Monday.
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Poland’s new ‘ambitious’ climate plan foresees sharp drop in coal use by 2040

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 02:24
Poland’s newly released national and energy climate plan for 2030 foresees a significant drop in coal use this decade and could potentially halve emissions emissions within the decade - 20% more than in the previous 2019 plan.
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Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon

BBC - Tue, 2024-10-15 02:15
Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system.
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CFEL2024: Integrity concerns still keeping voluntary carbon credit buyers at bay

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 02:05
Companies, banks, and governments need to take concrete steps to incentivise support for the voluntary carbon market (VCM) with persistent integrity concerns still holding buyers back, according to speakers at the Carbon Forward Expo 2024 in London last week.
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VCM Report: Huge REDD trade lifts spirits, prices tick higher ahead of COP29

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 01:15
A huge REDD trade at a very low value bolstered volumes in the voluntary carbon market last week, and prices in general ticked higher as optimism picked up ahead of the climate talks in Baku next month.
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Non-profit considering global portfolio of biodiversity credit pilots

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 01:00
Fauna & Flora is considering supporting biodiversity credit initiatives in countries across the world, following an ongoing 500-hectare pilot in South Africa, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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Under-prepared shipping companies may face hefty fines under FuelEU -consultancy

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-10-15 00:47
European shipping companies are not ready for the upcoming FuelEU Maritime regulation and could face significant fines, according to an independent shipping emissions analytics company.
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‘Wavy’ jet stream to bring warm weather to north-west Europe

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-10-15 00:05

Warm air from south to bring above-average temperatures – but heavy rain expected to follow

North-west Europe is forecast to experience a burst of autumn warmth this week, thanks to warm air from southern Europe spreading northwards. This brief episode of warmer-than-average conditions will be driven by an amplified, or “wavy”, jet stream, which will allow warm air to push farther north.

Daytime temperatures across much of France are forecast to reach the mid-20s on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some areas in the south-west potentially exceeding this. Meanwhile, the Benelux area and south-east England are expected to reach the low-20s by midweek.

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A red-lipped batfish: is there anything creepier? | Helen Sullivan

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-10-15 00:00

We’ve all been there. We’ve all felt like a badly made-up, odd-limbed, irritable floor-dwelling mess

As you contemplate the wonders of evolution, and how a creature can be born with something weird and new, and that thing can either help it get ahead or not hurt its chances, and it can then reproduce and make another one like it, spare a thought for the red-lipped batfish.

A real animal, it has the kind of mouth that, as a kid, you may have made from Babybel cheese wax, to go with your red wax fake nails. It has a beard of white whiskers. It has fins that bend backwards, like a person’s arms at yoga when they are about to do upward dog. Before your eyes, it sprouts a new limb from its nostril. Its nose – technically a snout – is long, at the top of its head, and hook-shaped. It cannot swim, only crawl. Its crawl is more like a waddle.

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Indigenous groups in Brazil claim lack of consultation on carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-10-14 23:28
A group of Indigenous and community organisations in Brazil’s Para state has issued a public letter condemning the lack of consultation with them on a $180 million carbon credit deal.
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LNG ship building outpaces gas demand, not compliant even with most conservative climate scenario, report says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-10-14 22:18
The ‘golden age’ of gas and the expanding trade in LNG has led to a glut of carriers being built that is incompatible with even the most conservative climate outlook from the International Energy Agency, a think tank said Monday.
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