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The Washington State Department of Ecology (ECY) on Monday published a draft cap-and-trade bill that incorporates amendments to facilitate linkage between the state's carbon market with the broader California-Quebec scheme, as well as other tweaks to the Climate Commitment Act (CCA).

New emissions projections bode well for Australia’s climate efforts – but our fossil fuel exports continue apace.  Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia’s clean energy transition cannot succeed unless the government opens debate and decision-making to many more voices. Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne Erin Fitz-Henry, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Fewer than 300 of the endangered carnivores believed to remain in lower 48 states, primarily in fragmented groups at high elevation

The North American wolverine, a species from the badger family that resembles a small bear with a bushy tail, will receive government protections under a Biden administration proposal after scientists warned that its harsh, prairie mountain habitat was being threatened by climate change.

The proposal by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to grant wolverines, sometimes called “mountain devils”, federal protections under the Endangered Species Act brings a close to 30-year fight by conservation groups who first petitioned for the species to be listed as threatened in 1994.

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Guardian Australia's data and interactives editor Nick Evershed and data journalist Josh Nicholas crunch some numbers to get to the bottom of what Australia's love affair with the SUV means for the environment and safety on the roads

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A shortfall in the supply of carbon credits eligible for cancellation against South Africa’s domestic carbon tax is likely to continue into the 2040s, but could be alleviated by expanding the market to the wider region, according to a report published by a consultancy.

This Associate Scientist position, housed in Conservation International’s (CI) Moore Center for Science, will lead methodological development technical analysis, stakeholder engagement, and project coordination associated with the joint CI-UCSB project 'Spatial Planning for Climate Change: Land Use for Conservation, Agriculture, and Energy' (SPARCLE).

BURN is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our team as an Electric Policy Lead. This role will play a crucial part in shaping and influencing electric policies on a global scale, supporting our mission to drive positive change in the clean cooking industry.

Burn is looking for a Carbon Policy Lead who will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our organization's strategies related to carbon policy on a global scale. This position requires a deep understanding of carbon policy, excellent communication skills, and the ability to engage with government bodies, committees, and stakeholders.

Reporting to the Carbon Finance Director, the Head of Carbon Sales will be responsible to lead the development of our carbon credit sales strategy and key lead for closing large, multi-year deals through both indirect and direct sales channels through our Carbon sales team.

The big issues facing global leaders gathering for the world's most important climate summit.

Switzerland has concluded bilateral agreements with Chile, Kenya, and Tunisia to pave the way for buying correspondingly adjusted carbon credits from them under the Paris Agreement.

Sultan Al Jaber calls allegations false as the United Arab Emirates prepares to host the biggest Cop meeting yet

Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the UN Cop28 climate summit, has hit back strongly at reports he abused his position to try to sign oil deals with other governments, as the United Arab Emirates prepares to host the biggest Cop meeting yet.

Al Jaber’s role is to act as an “honest broker” for the 190-plus governments gathering at the global climate talks, charged with leading them to a successful conclusion. He is also the chief executive of UAE’s national oil company, Adnoc, and campaigners say the two roles are in conflict.

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Greater focus will be given to food and agriculture this year at COP28 in Dubai, as the links between food production and climate change become increasingly apparent, with a day dedicated to the topic and a concerted push to get governments to align agricultural policies with their emissions pledges.

Climate financier Respira International intends to purchase up to 50,000 direct air carbon (DAC) capture credits for an undisclosed price in a new project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the company announced Wednesday.

Astronomers hope to learn how its six planets formed and whether any of them are home to life

It’s obscene that the super-rich can criminalise protest, while they burn the world’s resources and remain untouched by the law

Don’t they have children? Don’t they have grandchildren? Don’t rich and powerful people care about the world they will leave to their descendants? These are questions I’m asked every week, and they are not easy to answer. How can we explain a mindset that would sacrifice the habitable planet for a little more power or a little more wealth, when they have so much already?

There are many ways in which extreme wealth impoverishes us. The most obvious is money-spreading across our common ecological space. The recent reporting by Oxfam, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Guardian gives us a glimpse of how much of the planet the very wealthy now sprawl across. The richest 1% of the world’s people burn more carbon than the poorest 66%, while multibillionaires, running their yachts, private jets and multiple homes, each consume thousands of times the global average. You could see it as another colonial land grab: a powerful elite has captured the resources on which everyone depends.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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The provisional EU nature restoration bill has overcome opposition from agriculture lobbyists, lending a “ray of hope” to the bloc's environmental future, following approval from the European Parliament's environment committee (ENVI).

EU co-legislators reached a provisional political agreement to revise existing legislation on harmful industrial emissions across the bloc, striking a deal in the early hours of Wednesday that widens obligations to include more farmers and miners but not methane-intensive cattle rearers.