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Benchmark European carbon prices could average €92 this year due to EU ETS policy changes, gas-to-coal switching, and the bloc’s 2040 emission target announcement, analysts said on Thursday.

An inaugural bond for climate action has raised $500 million from largely EMEA-based investors in a round that was over six times oversubscribed.

An international insurance agency and claims manager has introduced a carbon-neutral repairs initiative in the UK, which it said will set a new benchmark for sustainability in insurance repairs. 

A Paris-based startup has introduced a drone-based artificial intelligence tool to monitor and manage reforestation carbon projects.

US financial institutions say they will stick with their climate commitments despite quitting international net-zero alliances — but the loss of oversight and transparency provided by the alliances puts more pressure on policymakers and shareholders to ensure that promises are fulfilled.

A provider of on-farm biochar solutions in the UK launched a public consultation Thursday on its new Biochar Carbon Code, aiming to set the benchmark for high-quality biochar carbon removal.

The UK government pledged Thursday a record £410 million investment in nuclear fusion research and development over the next two years to kickstart the rapid deployment of the clear energy sector.

A UK natural capital portfolio has secured sponsorship from a rural property consultancy to continue its podcast, which discusses conservation, rural land management, and the natural capital economy.

British director of Human Rights Watch attacks ‘dangerous hypocrisy’ of government

Britain’s crackdown on climate protest is setting “a dangerous precedent” around the world and undermining democratic rights, the UK director of Human Rights Watch has said.

Yasmine Ahmed accused the Labour government of hypocrisy over its claims to be committed to human rights and international law.

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NASA astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released guidance to identify, monitor, and strengthen Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), stressing the need to ramp up private financing in order to improve their management.

Nigeria is developing a national roadmap to protect its carbon-rich mangroves and secure grants from the $4 billion Mangrove Breakthrough Alliance, according to local media reports.

Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries need clarity on asset classes and information security – not just environmental regulations – to attract investment in carbon markets, the director of a carbon credit exchange told Carbon Forward Middle East in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

Exclusive: Water industry calls for PFAS ban after analysis of sampling data shows contamination across country

• What are PFAS, how toxic are they and how do you become exposed?
• The Guardian view on chemical pollution: the UK can’t ignore the risks from PFAS

Raw drinking water sources across England are polluted with toxic forever chemicals, new analysis has revealed, prompting the water sector to demand that ministers ban the substances and polluters pay for the astronomical cleanup costs.

The areas covered by Affinity Water and Anglian Water were found to be particularly badly affected, and experts have said they fear “we are drastically underestimating the size of the problem”.

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The African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) has revealed 22 members of its fellowship programme, which seeks to raise biodiversity finance, including executives from several large financiers.

Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former finance minister, is expected to pledge to scrap the country’s contentious carbon tax when she announces her candidacy for federal Liberal Party leader, according to local media.

European carbon allowances were firmer for much of the morning, driven by a rally in natural gas prices and technical buying by speculative traders, before easing to end the first half of the day modestly weaker.

A US asset management firm has launched a carbon exchange-traded commodity (ETC) on the London Stock Exchange that offers broad coverage of cap-and-trade carbon allowances.

A new political landscape for climate policy in the US, set to dominate following President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, could jeopardise the revival of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in 2025, a conference heard Thursday.

The prospect of a global emissions levy on shipping is getting closer to reality, according to a recent briefing and document from the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO).