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More ambitious changes are needed to Quebec’s carbon market to meet climate goals, including amendments to compliance periods, use of offsets, and free allocations, says a report commissioned by the provincial government.

A Brazilian project developer has received R$160 million ($28.8 mln) in financing from the country’s national development bank to support reforestation projects in the Amazon.

An Argentine province known for its reliance on extractive industries hosted a carbon markets seminar this week, aiming to leverage offsets to help achieve net zero emissions alongside oil and gas development.

The islands are the windiest part of the UK, which means it will be rare for the turbines not to be spinning.

The photo is among several highly commended in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

Selected from almost 60,000 entries from 117 countries and territories, the winners of the 60th competition will be announced on 8 October. The 100 winning images will be on display at the Natural History Museum in London from 11 October

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AEMO says the electricity outlook has improved since 2023, but further delays to projects or dampeners on investment mean "reliability will deteriorate.”

The post New solar, wind and battery boosts reliability outlook, but AEMO says no room for more delay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Banks in Japan, Singapore, and South Korea have made strides in developing decarbonisation strategies and establishing climate-related objectives, but more decisive action is needed to align with global climate commitments, a report has found.

Construction activity will use up almost half of the world’s remaining carbon budget to keep global warming under 1.5°C unless we totally rethink our approach. Philip Oldfield, Head of School and Professor of Architecture, UNSW Built Environment, UNSW Sydney Gerard Reinmuth, Professor of Practice, University of Technology Sydney William Craft, Associate Lecturer and Researcher, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Springtime in Australia and New Zealand means one thing: it’s swooping season. Meg Edwards, Lecturer in Wildlife Science, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As the ocean warms, toxic algal blooms are on the rise in the waters off New Zealand, causing the highest number of shellfish harvest closures in a decade. Anne Rolton Vignier, Scientist in Shellfish and Algal Biology, Cawthron Institute Kirsty Smith, Scientist in Algal Ecology, Cawthron Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A US federal department announced Wednesday that it is awarding $15 million to nine projects aimed at helping under-served and small-acreage landowners to access emerging climate markets.

Oman's Environment Authority (EA) has entered into a cooperation agreement with the nation's main energy association (OPAL) in a bid to scale up investment in afforestation carbon projects, according to local reporting this week.

Lobbyists from Airlines for America argued against European Commission draft rules to report cocktail of pollutants, freedom of information requests show

US airlines lobbied against plans to monitor the damage wrought by planet-heating pollutants pumped out of planes in a previously undisclosed meeting with the European Commission, the Guardian can reveal.

Lobbyists from Airlines for America and some of its member companies met representatives of the European Commission’s climate team in May in a meeting that is not logged on the participants’ pages in the EU transparency register. The commission said the meeting took place at a technical level and that it is under no obligation to publish details of meetings at lower levels of its hierarchy.

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Developers announced on Wednesday the first tranche of issuance from an improved forest management (IFM) project in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula region.

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) institutions, ranging from registries to ratings agencies and insurers, are often unable to weed out bad actors in repeated infringements with industry standards, lacking consistent policies or criteria to do so, market players told Carbon Pulse.

The UK should redesign its contracts for difference (CfD) scheme to take a ‘maximalist approach’ to renewable energy investment if it is to speed up the rollout of clean energy fast enough to meet its targets, according to a trade body.

Extinct in central Europe for 300 years, 36 northern bald ibis are following an ultralight aircraft on their long-forgotten migration route from Austria to Spain

The northern bald ibis was extinct in central Europe for 300 years. Now, it has returned – and scientist “foster parents” aboard a tiny plane are teaching the birds to fly their long-forgotten migration routes.

Thirty-six of these endangered birds are now following an ultralight aircraft 1,740 miles (2,800km ) from Austria to Spain, on a trip that could take up to 50 days to complete.

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Australia needs more gas in the short term because of our sluggish transition to renewables – but at worst the shortfall may lead to some rationing

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The gas industry has been unleashing a firehose of rhetoric in recent days over concerns Australia could suffer a shortage of gas.

In a series of articles in the Australian newspaper under the banner “Gas Crisis”, industry figures and the Coalition’s energy spokesman, Ted O’Brien, claim a shortage is going to “destroy” the economy, cause a “crippling energy crisis” and have Australians suffering the ignominy of “cold showers”.

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Verra has taken ‘unprecedented action’ after rejecting 37 rice cultivation projects based in China and also imposing sanctions against the proponents and validation and verification bodies (VVBs) involved, the standard body announced Wednesday.