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An organisation representing the UK’s 15 national parks is looking to secure fresh partnerships with the private sector for nature restoration opportunities and investment, as new research suggests that the price of UK nature-based carbon credits could rise to £150 ($188) per tonne by the end of the decade.

European carbon permits traded around their recent support levels on Thursday morning as an "arm-wrestle" between bulls and bears focused Dec-23s in a narrow channel, while energy markets were modestly firmer amid a lack of strong demand indications even as temperatures seem set to decline.

None of the organic products sampled contained the chemicals, which present a dangerous health threat to babies, researchers say

Nearly 40% of conventional baby food products analyzed in a new US study were found to contain toxic pesticides, while none of the organic products sampled in the survey contained the chemicals.

The research, conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) non-profit, looked at 73 products and found at least one pesticide in 22 of them. Many products showed more than one pesticide, and the substances present a dangerous health threat to babies, researchers said.

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A UK-based carbon exchange on Thursday has announced its plan to launch its India chapter in December in collaboration with an Indian environmental solutions provider.

GPT Since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, there's been growing interest in market-based approaches for biodiversity conservation, but significant challenges remain in establishing a global market for biodiversity credits due to their complexity and context-specific nature. As Charlotte Streck writes, alternative solutions like national and local schemes and standardized biodiversity claims are being explored to address these challenges.

A slower paced life with less work and more community focus – if enough people share the dream, we can make it happen

Faced with the now undeniable impacts of climate crisis created by humans, political leaders in wealthier countries incline towards one of two competing responses. They either question the urgency and feasibility of meeting net zero targets and generally procrastinate (the rightwing tendency); or they proclaim their faith in the powers of magical green technologies to protect the planet while prolonging and extending our present affluent ways of living (a position more favoured on the left and centre).

Common to both approaches is a wrongheaded presumption that we can carry on growing while managing to hold off the floods and fires of growth-driven capitalism. Both also take it for granted that the consumerist lifestyle is essential to the wellbeing of rich societies and the ideal to which less developed economies should aspire.

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has underlined the necessity of curtailing future oil and gas production in order to keep warming at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels even as it sees a role for the companies that produce it in the energy transition.

Taiwan is considering bilateral programmes similar to Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) to secure high-quality carbon credits from international emissions reduction projects, a top climate policy planner told Carbon Pulse.

Policymakers are using poor data to calculate the social cost of carbon because global warming is causing increasingly frequent tropical cyclones and hurricanes that leave countries with less time to recover from the destruction, warns a new study.

The Australian Labor government’s expanded Capacity Investment Scheme gives us a better chance of hitting high renewable energy targets. It’s not without risk but well worth the rewards. Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The federal Australian government on Thursday provided details on its environmental law reforms, confirming that emissions reduction efforts will largely be handled by the Safeguard Mechanism.

Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face

A record-breaking heatwave in Madagascar in October would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused global heating, a study has shown.

The extreme temperatures affected millions of very poor people but the damage to their lives was not recorded by officials or the media. Many governments in Africa lack the capabilities to record climate impacts. The scientists behind the report said this lack of information made implementing measures to avoid deaths very difficult.

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Heidi Douglas talks through Solar Citizens’ list of policy asks for the upcoming energy ministers’ meeting. Could we get discounted batteries for Christmas?

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The fight for fairer rooftop PV – and cheaper home batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy industry reacts warmly to Bowen's huge underwriting plans, although there are still questions about transmission, social licence and households. And some still want gas.

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Arena announces $864,000 in funding for AGL to develop and trial a forecasting tool to help industry to supply dynamic load flexing in the network.

The post AGL to trial tool to manage flexible energy loads at airport, supermarkets and warehouse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Flotation Energy’s 1.5GW Seadragon offshore wind project, proposed for Gippsland waters, awarded major project status by the federal government.

The post Australia’s “second most advanced” offshore wind farm gets major boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pacific Green unveils plans for South Australia's biggest battery, a 1.5GWh project that could be trumped by an even bigger project in Victoria.

The post UK battery developer unveils biggest SA project and “multi-gigawatt” Australia plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin confirms Brookfield bid doomed, but delays meeting to consider revised bid and the federal government's massive renewable energy news.

The post Origin delays vote to consider revised Brookfield bid – and Bowen’s auction plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Philippines is set to announce priority investment areas for green and blue carbon projects as the country seeks to explore the potential of nature-based carbon sinks, with 1 million hectares of classified government forest land to be opened up for investments in Q1 next year, local media reported.

The International Energy Agency says the sector must choose between worsening the climate crisis or helping solve it.