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Farmers offered up to $300 million of discount loans to help efforts to cut emissions, including renewables, transport and farming practices.

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The UK has set an ambitious goal to radically reduce carbon emissions by 2035.

Researchers mined the knowledge of politicians, public servants and environmental advocates to understand how everyday people can achieve real change for nature. Lily van Eeden, Lecturer, RMIT University Liam Smith, Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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A New York City-based carbon project developer has signed an offtake agreement to deliver 7 million afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) credits to the tech giant over 25 years, according to a Thursday press release.

Democratic lawmakers in Washington's House of Representatives introduced legislation earlier this month to require farmers to submit annual methane emission reports for livestock.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) touted record climate-related spending in 2024, with nearly 60% of its total operations going in support of the green transition, but concerns remain over the transparency of the bank's sustainability reporting.

Early uptake of sustainable e-fuels in the shipping sector will only take place if an e-fuel reward is introduced, with the revenue raised via carbon levy, new analysis has found.

Energy-from-waste (EfW), when combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS), could generate high quality removal credits in the UK, a new paper has found.

Seaweed farms store carbon in seabed sediments at rates comparable to mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses, according to a new global study.

Road outside high court blocked in protest against ‘draconian’ sentences given to 16 Just Stop Oil ‘political prisoners’

Hundreds of protesters have blocked the road outside the high court in London, where the appeals of 16 jailed climate activists are being heard, in condemnation of “the corruption of democracy and the rule of law”.

As England’s most senior judge heard arguments in the appeal of the sentences of the Just Stop Oil activists, who are serving a combined 41 years in jail, their supporters sat on the road in silence holding placards proclaiming them “political prisoners”.

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An England-based nature tech company announced on Thursday it has reached an agreement to acquire a South Africa-headquartered project developer, aiming to advance its ongoing work on nature credits.

Shell’s investment in green energy flatlined last year, despite strong voluntary carbon market activity, as its leadership spearheaded a refocus on fossil fuels, but the pivot failed to stop profits dropping amid falling oil prices, annual results confirmed Thursday.

Anticipating climate crises before they happen and pre-arranging finance for disaster response will lessen the economic impact and improve the ability to respond to the effects of climate change in a fair and equitable manner, experts have said.

Europe’s strategy of converting gas-fired power plants into hydrogen facilities is running behind schedule and risks acting as a front to continue investments in fossil infrastructure, a study by a global energy think tank has revealed.

Nala Earth has raised €3.8 million in seed funding towards its goal of helping to integrate nature risk into corporate decision-making and spur ecosystem restoration, bringing the total amount raised to €5.5 mln.

The UK does not plan to count international carbon credits toward its goal of cutting emissions by 81% between now and 2035 — although the country is keeping its options open, the government confirmed Thursday in its latest national commitment to the Paris Agreement.

A UK-based carbon removal developer has sold its first credits under a multi-year offtake agreement to a large European insurance firm, they announced Thursday.

Small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific and Caribbean are seeing an exodus of international financial institutions, while correspondent banking relationships (CBRs) granting local banks access to capital markets have also evaporated, posing challenges for the development of Article 6 projects in the region.

European carbon allowance prices surged for a third day, reaching a new 15-month high as EUAs tracked gains in TTF natural gas and German power, while UKAs climbed to a six-month high as buying activity gathered pace.