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Financial regulators risk overstepping in new proposals for voluntary carbon market, says industry body
Gaps in ecosystem services database hampering nature policy, study finds
FEATURE: EU weighs up its options on future inclusion of carbon removals in the ETS
EU investment bank to invest millions in Mongolian forests
Europe’s clean energy boom could be stifled by lagging grid upgrades -report
Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust | Temperature Check
Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries
We may not yet be entering a nuclear age in Australia, but we would all be best advised to handle the rhetoric around the issue as carefully as we would radioactive waste.
This week opposition leader Peter Dutton said an annual CSIRO report that had included estimates of costs for small modular reactors – which are not yet available commercially – was “discredited” because it “doesn’t take into account some of the transmission costs, the costs around subsidies for the renewables”.
Continue reading...ANALYSIS: A high price on EU agricultural emissions could boost fairness without hurting income
Database, index launch to track DAC development, 20 most traded voluntary carbon credits
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Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference
Thousands of farmers have been persuaded by TREES scheme to replace barren monocultures with biodiverse forest gardens
In a world of monoculture cash crops, an innovative African project is persuading farmers to plant biodiverse forest gardens that feed the family, protect the soil and expand tree cover.
Could Trees for the Future (TREES) be a rare example of a mass reforestation campaign that actually works? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) certainly thinks so and last month awarded it the status of World Restoration Flagship.
Continue reading...Canadian sustainable commodities supplier opens carbon trading desk in Rotterdam
NGO launches hub for nature-based solutions to help children amid climate crisis
Air pollution levels have improved in Europe over 20 years, say researchers
But 98% of Europeans live in areas WHO says have unhealthy levels of PM2.5
Air pollution levels have improved in Europe over the past 20 years, research has found.
However, despite these improvements, most of the European population lives in areas exceeding the World Health Organization’s recommended levels. About 98% of Europeans live in areas the WHO says have unhealthy levels of small particles known as PM2.5, 80% for larger ones known as PM10, and 86% for nitrogen dioxide.
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Continue reading...Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report
Analysis finds 58 people have died due to cold homes every winter day since 2013 Tory pledge to ‘cut the green crap’
The government’s failure to insulate the UK’s cold and leaky homes is costing thousands of lives a year, according to analysis.
The report from Greenpeace reveals 58 people have died due to cold homes every day on average during the winter since David Cameron’s Conservative government decided to “cut the green crap” in 2013 – drastically slashing support for home insulation.
Continue reading...SK Market: Monthly KAU auction fully subscribed for the first time in 18 months after govt slashes volume
Canada, ADB plan $260 mln climate, nature fund for Asia
Superannuation spend on oilers is falling, but more needed -activist investor
Australian super funds go cold on two bigger “climate wreckers”, report says
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Hybrid solar battery systems replace diesel at four remote gold mines
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