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The leader behind the Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) will take up a senior position at a national advanced biofuels group in early 2024, the organisation announced Tuesday, meaning two West Coast jurisdictions are losing their government agency heads for their respective low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) programmes.

Demand for quality-focused carbon removal credits has significantly grown, despite an overall credit decline in issuances largely driven by downward trends in REDD+ and renewable energy (RE) credits, according to a report released by a carbon management firm on Wednesday.

California compliance offset issuance slowed over the past two weeks to once again trail year-ago levels, state data published Wednesday showed, while credits providing direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs) reached an all-time high premium to untagged units heading into next week’s interim cap-and-trade true-up deadline.

Nations gathered at the COP28 UN climate summit next month should include carbon credits from forestry-based activities in the final rules for the Article 6.4 successor mechanism to the Kyoto Protocol, a Brazilian agriculture lobby group said in recommendations to the federal government Wednesday.

Australia’s road to net zero must pass through Indigenous-held land, which is likely to host many clean energy projects. First Nations people want partnerships that help them protect their Country. Lily O'Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Brad Riley, Research Fellow, Australian National University Ganur Maynard, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Indigenous Knowledge Janet Hunt, Honorary Associate Professor, CAEPR, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A Paris-based startup has raised $2.6 million to expand its monitoring, verification, and brokering of carbon credits generated from emissions reductions in rice throughout markets in Asia, Africa, and South America.

Researchers say surprising result points to level of self-awareness that has implications for animal rights and welfare

With their colourful plumage and prominent combs, roosters might be forgiven for sneaking the odd glance in the mirror – particular as research now suggests the birds may be able to recognise their own reflection.

The ability to recognise oneself in the mirror has so far been found in a handful of animals, including elephants, dolphins, great apes and certain fish and birds.

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Nations must agree aggressive near-term targets to increase renewable energy worldwide as well as to phase out fossil fuels to ensure the Paris Agreement's climate goals are kept within reach, EU officials said on Wednesday in assessing ambitions for year-end COP28 UN climate talks in Dubai.

A UAE company has signed a collaboration deal with the Kenyan government for the development of REDD+ projects across millions of hectares in the African nation, according to a press release Wednesday. 

The EU’s role in developing robust methodologies for carbon removals as a way to scale up the market and build trust in the nascent industry was highlighted by international players at a forum in Brussels on Wednesday that focused on designing direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS) methodologies.

Ahead of a UN-affiliated meeting next week on deep-sea mining, an NGO-led campaign has called for a blanket moratorium on the activity and the closure of legal loopholes that permit deep-water extraction work.

Financial instruments supporting mangroves and forestry are under consideration by members of the African Natural Capital Allliance (ANCA), an executive at the organisation has said.

Thousands more companies have retired carbon credits this year than last, data shows, even as negative media coverage has seen buyers back away from the market and prices crash.

Conservationists optimistic turning point reached in effort to prevent red-listed bird from extinction in Britain

The number of corncrakes serenading Scotland with their strange summer calls has increased for the first time in five years, giving hope that this secretive bird can be saved from extinction in Britain.

Calling males rose to 870 this summer, up from a low of 828 in 2022 and the highest total since the summer of 2019.

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A European manufacturing company and conservation NGO are jointly developing carbon projects where the credits will be donated as a ‘contribution’ towards the host nation’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) goal set under the Paris Agreement, in what is emerging as a model for the voluntary carbon market.

China has provided additional clarity to its voluntary market by setting a firm time limit on the use of previously issued domestic carbon credits, as the country is in the process of revitalising its offset programme.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has been working behind the scenes to set up a national carbon exchange in the country that it says it will launch early next year, but it has remained coy about any of the details surrounding its development.

Billions are being invested in nature tech startups that are benefitting from increased emphasis on corporate impact reporting, with MRV and biodiversity credit startups among the largest growing categories.

A bacterium found in several wild elephants may explain why hundreds died suddenly in Botswana in 2020.

National union members urge government to create water strategy to prevent such losses

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Potato and cereal crops are likely to have been heavily damaged by the recent devastating floods across the UK, farmers have warned.

Entire fields have been submerged in water after Storm Babet swept across the country, with crops ruined. Extreme weather events are becoming more likely and frequent due to climate breakdown, and have caused food shortages and price increases.

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