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Mark Gregory from Flinders University discusses the development of vehicle to grid technology, and the future of cars as batteries on wheels.

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Scientists in Hawaii got up close to the active volcano to study its latest eruption

Researchers are experimenting with robots to help speed up the restoration of coral reefs.

The world’s first carbon credits for domestic energy efficiency retrofit are being launched in the UK through a financing mechanism whereby part of the credit proceeds are reinvested into financing power purchase agreements to facilitate household installations of clean energy.

The Policy Advisor, British Columbia provides strategic leadership, technical expertise, and relationship building for Nature United’s engagement with the Government of British Columbia, municipal governments in the Province, and other partners to achieve our 2030 goals for conservation. They report to the Director of Strategic Partnerships and work closely with Nature United’s British Columbia Conservation, Natural Climate Solutions, Indigenous Stewardship Strategy and the Marketing & Communications programs.

Reporting to the Technical Team Deputy Director, the Forest Carbon Lead will be part of CC’s Technical team and will be responsible for overseeing the development of technical aspects of CC’s forest carbon project development and subsequent operation. This position will build and implement the scalable systems and essential protocols that support and deliver the required technical outcomes of a growing, full-service, carbon development company.

Three global business coalitions have released co-produced foundational guidance to lead companies to a “nature-positive” future, as corporate focus on risks and dependencies ramps up.

Zambia has signed an agreement with a Chinese forestry firm to commission the development of nature-based carbon credit projects that will cover more than 4 million hectares of some 5% of the African nation’s landmass.

A Canadian-headquartered carbon project developer wants to pay US$15.5 million for a 20% stake a carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) startup following signing of non-binding agreement.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values jumped on Monday morning after state regulator ARB published its plans to strengthen the environmental performance of the transportation sector climate programme, though some market participants are unsure about how bullish the proposed changes really are.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values reached new year-to-date highs through a US holiday-shortened and auction week prefiguring the next Program Review Meeting scheduled later in the month.

Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020

With four months of 2023 still left, the US has set a record for the most natural disasters in a single year that have cost $1bn or more, as fires, floods and ferocious winds were among deadly events experts warn are being turbo-charged by the climate crisis.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) announced on Monday that there have already been 23 extreme weather events in the US this year that have cost at least $1bn. The current figure surpasses the record of 22 such events set in 2020.

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A new blockchain-based platform from a Chicago-headquartered financial firm has completed processing its first fully automated transaction of carbon credits, according to a press release on Monday.

Carbon credit standards body Verra is eliminating the use of 10 VCS methodologies, including a deforestation and low-flow water project type, due to lack of use in the past five years, and is instituting a review of all their methodologies every five years.

Mistletoes are ecological keystones that boost habitat value for wildlife, so we added them to established plane trees in the inner city. David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Rodney van der Ree, National Technical Executive in Ecology at WSP Australia Pty Ltd. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The EU is set to take its final step in approving a revised more ambitious renewable energy legislation as the bill faces a full EU Parliament vote on Tuesday, with most parties likely to vote in favour.

The European metals industry started a process to establish its own transition pathway in collaboration with the European Commission, two sector associations announced on Monday.

REDD avoided deforestation credits slipped lower last week to underline the lack of demand and reflecting an increasingly bleak voluntary carbon market as it waits the arrival of the ICVCM’s first batch of Core Carbon Principle labelled credits.

Allianz Global Investors has reduced its exposure to UK water companies due to risks associated with them dumping sewage in waterways, an executive at the firm said as the company ramps up its nature-related engagement.

Doubts about whether heat pumps work well in subzero conditions shown to be unfounded, say researchers

Heat pumps are more than twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating systems in cold temperatures, research shows.

Even at temperatures approaching -30C, heat pumps outperform oil and gas heating systems, according to the research from Oxford University and the Regulatory Assistance Project thinktank.

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