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Nature and carbon standard-setter Plan Vivo Foundation is developing an initiative for measuring the unintended consequences of conservation activities involved in emerging biodiversity markets.

An Australian-based biodiversity intelligence startup has developed a model incorporating global and local metrics to assess ecosystem and species health, seeking to enhance data comparability and steer companies in nature-related disclosures.

Indonesia is about to increase the scope of its nascent emissions trading scheme, as the coverage threshold for participating coal-fired power plants will be lowered to 25 MW of capacity, the government announced this week.

An effective carbon price can potentially make a greener, hydrogen-based steelmaking process a cost-effective alternative for steelmakers in China and some other Asian countries, a group of researchers have found.

The storm has made landfall in Taiwan, unleashing torrential rain and strong gusts that have claimed at least three lives. Typhoon Gaemi also exacerbated rains in the Philippines, flooding the capital, Manila, and nearby cities, forcing authorities to shut schools, offices and prompting authorities to declare a state of calamity

• Typhoon Gaemi: three dead in Taiwan as storm unleashes torrential rain and strong winds

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Two of the participants in the emerging biodiversity credit market are partnering to align their work with the aim of scaling nature markets in Africa, Europe, and the Americas, Carbon Pulse has learned.

The state government of Sabah in Malaysia will soon launch a Sabah Mangrove Action Plan for the conservation of its mangrove forests, its chief minister has announced.

Xpansiv launched trading of standardised Global Emissions Offset (GEO) contracts on its CBL spot exchange on Monday with 37,606 tonnes trading via the contracts, which are aligned with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles (CCP). 

Chocolate makers Nestle, Mars Wrigley, and Ferrero have written to the European Commission to defend the EU’s anti-deforestation regulation amid calls to delay and revise the legislation to reduce bureaucracy for small farmers.

A decline in short-term coal prices in Europe may set the stage for an increase in consumption of the fuel in the coming winter, as operating costs for coal-fired power plants approach parity with those for gas-fired generation, according to an analyst.

The BASIC group of Brazil, South Africa, India, and China have repeated demands that rich countries ramp up their climate finance contributions, urging them to commit trillions of dollars to assist developing countries in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Determining the global average temperature on any given day is complex. It involves thousands of observations, high-tech equipment and sophisticated computer models. Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Amid the big push to orchestrate consumer energy resources, we talk to Andrew Blaver about the successes and dud notes of Western Australia's Project Symphony.

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National oil major Petronas has inked a land rental agreement with the Kuantan Port Consortium for the development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in the state of Pahang in Malaysia, the company said in a release.

Federal Labor tips $250 million into upgrading and expanding the electricity grid in the Northern Territory, as it races to get to 50 per cent renewables.

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What do you know about your national currency? How about the cash used overseas? We studied wildlife imagery on banknotes around the world. Here’s what we found. Guy Castley, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Clare Morrison, Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Virtual power plants, community batteries and flexible industrial loads could soon compete directly with coal and gas plants and big batteries, as part of proposed rule change that promises to slash energy costs.

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State of the UK Climate report shows sea surface temperatures 0.9C higher than the 1961 to 1990 average

The water near the UK’s coasts was hotter in 2023 than scientists have ever before recorded, a report has found, with children today experiencing a hotter and wetter climate than that in which their parents and grandparents grew up.

The sea surface temperature near coasts was 0.9C hotter and winter rainfall across the country was 24% greater over the last decade than the average from 1961 to 1990, according to the State of the UK Climate 2023 report. It found the number of “hot” (28C) days has more than doubled over that period, and the number of “very hot” (30C) and “extremely hot” (32C) days has more than tripled.

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Scheme will use taxpayer money to develop parts of seabed owned by the royal family

Keir Starmer will promise to build enough offshore wind over the next five years to power 20m homes, by using taxpayer money to develop parts of the seabed owned by the royal family.

The prime minister will announce details of the government’s energy generation company, known as Great British Energy, during a visit to the north-west designed to highlight the government’s promises on green energy.

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Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capital’s air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England

Levels of harmful air pollutants have dropped significantly since the ultra-low emission zone was enlarged to cover Greater London last year, according to a report from city hall.

Analysis covering the first six months since the Ulez expansion found that total emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from cars across London were 13% lower than projected had the scheme remained confined to inner London, while NOx from vans was 7% lower.

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