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Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt opera at Glyndebourne festival
Three activists use glitter cannons and air horns during performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites
Just Stop Oil protesters have interrupted a performance during the Glyndebourne opera festival in East Sussex by letting off glitter cannons and blowing air horns.
The disruption took place during a performance on Thursday of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites at the festival near Lewes.
Continue reading...Exotic bee-eater returns to UK for second summer in a row
European birds nest in Norfolk much to the delight of twitchers – but environmentalists warn it’s a clear sign of climate change
With plumage cherry red, ultramarine, turquoise and yellow, usually found streaking like multicoloured darts across the skies of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Spain, they present as an epitome of tropical glamour.
British birdwatchers are aflutter to have found European bee-eaters swooping and burrowing in a disused quarry in Norfolk for the second summer in a row.
Continue reading...Chimp cuddles and clever coyotes: the 10th BigPicture Natural World photography competition – in pictures
A decade on from its beginnings, the BigPicture Natural World photography competition attracts thousands of entries from around the world. Its aim is to highlight the extraordinary and often fleeting moments of wonder and beauty in nature while bringing attention to ecosystems in need of protection and conservation. Open to professionals and amateurs, contestants enter for the chance to win cash as well as the opportunity to be exhibited at the California Academy of Sciences
Continue reading...Canada-based developer finalises $2.5 mln pre-sale of African reforestation credits to mystery buyer
“It’s a fudge:” Bonn climate talks hit by stalemate over finance and emissions
Bonn conference settles on agenda for next COP in Dubai, without addressing the underlying problems that are holding up climate negotiations and real action.
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OECD says multinationals should use carbon credits only as a last resort
Fossil fuel lobbyists will have to identify themselves when registering for Cop28
Campaigners have heralded the move as a victory for transparency, making polluting industries more accountable
Fossil fuel lobbyists will have to identify themselves as such in registering for the UN Cop28 climate summit, making polluting and carbon-intensive industries more accountable at the annual talks.
The move by the UN to require anyone registering for the summit to declare their affiliation was heralded as a victory for transparency by campaigners who have been increasingly concerned at the growing presence of oil and gas lobbyists at climate talks.
Continue reading...Singapore-based trading platform seeks new markets to add to REDD benchmark
Spain to push electricity market reform under EU presidency, as election looms
*Director, Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI), Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) – Nairobi
Wildcats to be released in secret Scottish sites in effort to avoid extinction
Animals to be introduced during next three years but ecologists say they still face survival challenges
About 20 specially bred wildcats are being released at secret locations in the Scottish Highlands by conservationists hoping to save the species from extinction in the UK.
The animals were raised in captivity at a wildlife park in the Cairngorms as part of a breeding programme run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which is expected to release up to 60 cats into the wild over the next three years.
Continue reading...Canada-based voluntary carbon project investor launches online credit marketplace
ANALYSIS: Negotiators advance talks on Article 6 technicalities despite chaos of UN Bonn summit
A coal royalties revamp delivered a record surplus in Queensland. Here’s why NSW must follow suit | Tim Buckley
Queensland’s $550 electricity bill rebate for all and staggering $19bn investment in renewables show why it’s time for NSW to put in place a similar system
When Queensland posted a surprise $12bn surplus – the largest ever recorded by an Australian state – in this week’s budget, it was a testament to its progressive coal royalties system.
Introduced by the treasurer, Cameron Dick, in June 2022, royalties range from 7-40% of revenues depending on coal prices, and are immediately delivering beyond expectations for the people of Queensland.
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Tim Buckley is the founder of Climate Energy Finance, an Australian public interest thinktank
Continue reading...Gold Standard and GGGI team up to launch policy crediting framework
Four schools in East Sussex forced to close due to water shortages
Criticism of South East Water mounts as local people accuse it of failing to invest in infrastructure
Four schools in East Sussex have been closed because of water shortages across the area as criticism of South East Water mounts.
The company was communicating with customers in the affected areas by text message, according to some residents in Wadhurst. Three primary schools and one secondary school that had been forced to shut earlier in the week remained closed, East Sussex county council said.
Continue reading...Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’
World Bank says subsidies costing as much as $23m a minute must be repurposed to fight climate crisis
Trillions of dollars of subsidies for fossil fuels, farming and fishing are causing “environmental havoc”, according to the World Bank, severely harming people and the planet.
Many countries spend more on the harmful subsidies than they do on health, education or poverty reduction, the bank says, and the subsidies are entrenched and hard to reform as the greatest beneficiaries tend to be rich and powerful.
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