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EU Parliament to fast-track vote on green reporting simplification this week

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-04-02 01:06
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to fast-track their decision to "stop the clock" on two EU corporate sustainability reporting directives, and will decide on Thursday whether to delay their application to large companies.
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Current pace of EU renewables projects is insufficient -EU Court of Auditors

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-04-02 01:00
The EU should urgently ramp up investment in electricity grids, or risk derailing its clean energy transition, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has warned.
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Major consumer brands are driving fracking and fuelling the plastic crisis -study

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-04-02 00:50
More than 25 major consumer brands, including Coca-Cola and Nestle, are driving fracking demand in Texas, fuelling the plastic crisis and the environmental degradation that comes with it, according to an investigation by two non-profits.
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US next gen geothermal developer snags major investors for expansion

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-04-02 00:48
A US geothermal energy developer has closed a more than $10-million financing deal to boost team expansion in coming months.
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Right-wing attempt to block EU funding for climate NGOs collapses

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 22:41
A right-wing attempt to curtail funding for environmental NGOs in the European Union collapsed on Monday evening, in a vote before the European Parliament's environment committee.
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Indian developer sells over 60k credits to carbon removal platform

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 21:45
An Indian project developer has sold over 60,000 carbon credits from several projects to a Denmark-based carbon removal platform, it said in a statement Tuesday.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 21:39
European carbon allowances broke out of a fairly well-established range late on Tuesday morning as stops were triggered, with sources eyeing a traditionally strong month for EUA prices in April, while energy markets also edged higher amid further attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and anticipation of new US tariffs.
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Japan sets up centralised agency for JCM projects, registry

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 21:31
Japan has established an agency to operate the bilateral Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), as the country aims to streamline the process for the creation of Paris-aligned carbon credits.
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EU opens up applications for CBAM importers

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 20:23
The European Commission on Monday launched the application process for companies seeking to become authorised Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) declarants.
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FEATURE: The critical changes happening for nature-based solutions in the UK water sector

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 19:53
The UK water industry has reached a turning point after years of excessive pollution, with new regulatory requirements triggering a fundamental shift towards nature-based solutions (NBS) – with global implications.
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Australian watchdog offers more clarity on emissions reporting

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 19:43
Australia’s corporate watchdog in charge of overseeing company probity and handing out fines for greenwashing has offered new guidance on mandatory climate disclosures, with advice on how to disclose Scope 3 emissions.
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Japanese trading house, French startup launch investment platform for nature-based projects

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 19:02
One of Japan's major trading houses has partnered with a French startup to expand their presence in the international voluntary carbon market, with plans to operate an investment platform for nature-based solutions and develop removal projects in Africa.
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Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows

The Guardian - Tue, 2025-04-01 17:58

Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’

Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people’s wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer – an almost four-fold increase on some estimates.

The study, by Australian scientists, says average global GDP per person will be reduced by 16% even if warming is kept to 2C higher, . This is much higher than previous estimates of a drop of about 1.4%.

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Cost of carbon to weigh on oil refineries in years to come -report

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 17:45
The mid-term outlook for oil remains relatively strong, but less so for refiners, with more than a fifth of them facing the possibility of closure next decade driven in large part by decarbonisation efforts and carbon taxes, in Europe especially, according to an energy consultancy report.
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Singapore, Peru sign Article 6 implementation agreement

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 17:02
Singapore has signed an implementation agreement on carbon credits with Peru under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, marking the city state's first such partnership with a Latin American nation, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on Tuesday.
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Bankruptcy marks final blow for US carbon credit firm tied to celebrity investors, fraud case

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-04-01 15:08
A US-based, celebrity-endorsed carbon offsets company in the middle of a $145-million fraud case launched against its co-founder has filed for bankruptcy.
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Outback Queensland inundated by worst flooding in 50 years – video

The Guardian - Tue, 2025-04-01 15:03

The flood-affected area in outback Queensland has grown to double the size of Victoria after experiencing its worst deluge in 50 years. Water broke the banks of a makeshift levee in Thargomindah in the state's south-west, forcing the evacuation of 100 residents. Stock losses are expected to be catastrophic and more rain is forecast for the coming week

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Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals

The Conversation - Tue, 2025-04-01 14:45
To date, projections of how climate change will affect global GDP have been massively underestimated. Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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