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The SpaceX rocket descended broadly intact all the way to the sea surface for the first time.

Exclusive: Data shows implementing policy that closes 92% of English countryside cost £69m over five years

England’s model for countryside access cost six times more to implement than Scotland’s right to roam policy, new figures reveal.

In England, only 8% of the countryside is open for walking, picnicking and other outdoor activities. This includes footpaths, the coastal path, mountains, moors, heaths and downs. In Scotland, all of the countryside is open for access as long as guidelines are followed such as leaving no trace and not harming farmland.

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More clarity from the government is needed on UK compliance and voluntary nature markets over the next 15 to 20 years, to provide sufficient incentives to ensure large-scale restoration while minimising confusion, non-profit Rewilding Britain said in a report published on Wednesday.

The planned expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure worldwide is slated to put coastal and marine ecosystems under increasing pressure, according to a study released Thursday, calling on governments and international organisations to ensure biodiversity-rich regions are effectively protected.

More than half of all climate finance from the EU and its member states in 2022 came through non-grant instruments, most of which were loans, although the overall amount of climate finance increased, according to research published on Thursday.

Europe could lose first-mover advantage in the game-changing production of perovskite solar panels, that is set to transform the renewable energy market, because of the allure of incentives in the US Inflation Reduction Act, a leading UK-based manufacturer told Carbon Pulse this week.

Competitive advantages arising from being early movers in biodiversity finance are among the main drivers for businesses considering investments in nature, accounting firm KPMG has said.

Up to 90% ‘lost in the blink of an eye’, say scientists studying Cyclone Ilsa’s effect on birds on Western Australian island

Increased tropical cyclones due to global heating could lead to dramatic declines in seabird populations, according to a new study.

Scientists found that after Cyclone Ilsa – a category-5 tropical cyclone – hit Bedout Island in Western Australia in April 2023, several seabird populations experienced a collapse of 80-90% due to the storm at the internationally important breeding site.

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Momentum is building in specific markets for direct air capture investment, according to attendees at a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) event held in Zurich this week.

An Argentine conservation organisation has partnered with a French-headquartered environmental company to generate biodiversity and water credits within an area of 1.2 million hectares in the Andes.

European carbon prices were little changed by midday on Thursday despite trading in a nearly €2 range during the morning, as energy markets appeared to adopt a fairly cautious tone.

Trade flows of affected products under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) could be redirected to markets outside the EU to avoid compliance with the scheme, leading to uneven competitive landscapes and a need for international coordination on carbon pricing, said a commodities price reporting agency.

Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer

With the official start of summer still weeks away, a potentially record-setting heatwave is cooking the south-western US, causing dangerous conditions far earlier than normal.

Excessive-heat warnings have been issued from the southern tip of Texas across Arizona and Nevada, and up through the center of California to the northern part of the state, as more than 36 million people across the country brace for days of potentially life-threatening temperatures. Affected areas of California could see conditions of 30F higher than normal for this time of year, as south-west cities, including Phoenix and Las Vegas, prepare to hit peaks above 110F.

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A government-appointed working group this week began grappling with legal issues flagged by economy ministry officials as potentially challenging, as Japan begins designing its mandatory emissions trading scheme slated to launch in 2026.

Investor Mirova and non-profit Rainforest Alliance have announced a partnership to scale up nature-based solutions focused on regenerative agriculture around the world.

Ocean-based CO2 removal techniques, which are attracting greater interest due to the constraints on land-based methods, may have significant knowledge gaps that could in turn affect the credibility of carbon offset schemes, according to a paper published this week.

Investments in clean energy are surging globally to reach almost double the amount going to fossil fuels in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA's) latest annual investment report, with solar PV surpassing all other energy sources combined.

Leading politicians have stepped forward to ask for the inclusion of carbon removals in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), with Poland’s climate minister and the chief ETS lawmaker in the European Parliament joining calls to address a looming liquidity crunch to avoid “market manipulation”.

A France-headquartered nature-based project developer is piloting biodiversity credits in a large area in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest to boost funding towards conservation efforts, as it expects the first transactions to happen by the end of the year.

The high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) label may now be used for an estimated 27 million credits, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) announced Thursday, although with a warning the science behind some of the quantification needs to improve.