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Carbon Market Watch seek an analytical, strategic and enthusiastic policy officers to support our work on climate and carbon pricing policies, with a particular focus on the decarbonisation of aviation and shipping in the EU and globally.

Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way. Fergus Green, Lecturer in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Pine grows faster and sequesters more carbon. But native forest is better for biodiversity in the long run. Transitioning between the two offers a win-win solution. Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor of Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology Len Gillman, Professor of Biogeography, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A wildfire detection network operator believes it can assume an important role in forestry carbon by enabling a reduction in the credit buffer pool set aside for wildfires, thereby enabling a project to sell more carbon credits.

The EU may not meet the majority of its climate and environment targets by 2030, contrary to expectations for the bloc's green policies, an EU agency revealed on Monday while the bloc's executive highlighted that extra national efforts were needed. 

A surge in retirement of carbon credits last week set voluntary demand on course to match 2022 levels, while trading volumes were boosted by rock bottom prices for pre-2018 REDD avoided deforestation credits as more onerous disclosure requirements loom.

Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019

An Extinction Rebellion cofounder was spared jail after causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to a government building.

Gail Bradbrook, 51, was found guilty by a jury of breaking a window in a protest at HS2 at the Department for Transport in October 2019.

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The peer says she was "honest" with the government over contracts for personal protective equipment.

Data also shows only one prosecution and follow-ups on one-third of 10,000 complaints made since January 2022

There has been just one prosecution and three fines handed out for people using banned wood-burning stoves in England, data has revealed.

Despite more than 10,000 complaints about wood being burned in populated areas since January 2022, local councils have not been enforcing the government’s “tough new restrictions” on stoves. Two-thirds of these complaints were not followed up, and only a handful led to any action.

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We particularly invite candidates from the Global South, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa and East Africa. You will bring leadership and strategic vision, gleaned from VCM experience and insight pertaining to Nature Based Solutions methodologies, protocols and regulatory frameworks that govern carbon credit sales.

An environmental markets brokerage and a carbon project financier have joined forces to launch a new investment vehicle aimed at the CO2 removals market.

A new role with an innovative fintech start-up preparing to scale up. As the Clean Energy Devices Manager your role will be a critical link. You will bring leadership and strategic thinking gleaned from experience and understanding of the processes of projecting, monitoring and verifying carbon values relating to CEDs. Specifically digital technologies for remote monitoring of CED activities.

Strategists are getting nervous, but energy efficiency and kickstarting growth are important to voters

Just as I sat down to write this, yet another one thumped into my inbox. “£28bn every year … Labour have not changed – their irresponsible spending plans will result in higher taxes and hard-working people paying the price.” Conservative campaign headquarters is hammering out daily attacks on Labour’s £28bn green prosperity plan.

Seeking any gap in the Starmer-Reeves fiscal armour, they like to pretend there’s been no change since the Corbyn campaign’s surprise £58bn extra spend, mid-election campaign. But that’s a rubber sword after their own 13-year failed stewardship – and Liz Truss’s fiscal fiasco.

Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist

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A phenomenal opportunity in a senior leadership role. Heading up a technical component of an innovative start-up project that exists to improve integrity of fintech pertaining to the carbon credit market. The project directly links to the genuine benefit of micro-projects mitigating the impact of climate change. We just need your leadership and strategic gravitas to join us.

Consultant - Climate Change and Carbon Markets This unique opportunity is for a technical consultant to work for a collaborative & reputable boutique consultancy, active on international carbon markets. This is a dynamic & exciting environment.

European carbon prices advanced strongly as the Dec-23 began its last day of trading on Monday morning and the final auction of 2023 took place, with prices gaining strong support from a sharp jump in natural gas prices responding to news that a major producer was suspending shipments through the Red Sea.

Two huge lithium-ion batteries, and the Broken Hill compressed air storage project, win storage tender in result that may lead to rethink of what long duration storage technologies will look like.

The post World’s biggest eight-hour lithium battery wins NSW long duration storage tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW lands another $4.2 billion in wind, solar and storage projects, including big wins for Andrew Forrest and Neoen, and three ground-breaking long duration storage projects.

The post NSW secures another $4.2 billion of wind, solar and storage to help shift from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Britain will formally consider introducing a supply adjustment mechanism to its carbon market to help balance future shifts in demand and mitigate the risk of sustained low prices, it announced on Monday, as prices rallied following the announcement of a consultation on the measure and the publication of associated documents.

Plan, which aims to support domestic producers, will also apply to iron, ceramics and cement

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Imported raw materials such as steel and cement will incur a new carbon tax from 2027 under UK plans designed to support domestic producers and reduce emissions, but the government is facing criticism for not moving fast enough.

The Treasury said the tax would help address the phenomenon of “carbon leakage”, in which UK manufacturers are undercut on price by foreign rivals whose governments do not impose levies on businesses that emit a lot of carbon.

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