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ETS poses a “conundrum” to southern EU ports competing with North Africa, shippers council says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 21:01
The European Shippers Council has hit back at an NGO's claim that shipping companies are profiting from the ETS, countering that companies operating in southern EU countries will struggle to meet compliance obligations.
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UK at risk of summer water shortages and hosepipe bans, scientists warn

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-04-01 20:59

Hot and dry conditions could force measures despite country experiencing wettest 18 months since records began

The UK could face water shortages and hosepipe bans if this summer is hot and dry, despite having experienced the wettest 18 months since records began.

Leading scientists have said that because the UK is not storing its water properly, the country is vulnerable to the “all or nothing” rain patterns being experienced more frequently due to climate breakdown.

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FEATURE: EU governments scrambling to hire and train staff to deal with CBAM

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 20:55
EU governments are scrambling to hire and train staff to deal with the bloc's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), with some — such as Germany — yet to bring on anyone new, and others — such as Slovenia and Latvia — hoping Brussels will provide more guidance, representatives from the national competent authorities have told Carbon Pulse.
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Pakistan mulls taxing fossil fuels to limit demand, proposes carbon tax in upcoming federal budget

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 20:25
The federal government of Pakistan is considering imposing a carbon tax on fossil fuels to bring down their demand and is contemplating ways to include such a tax in its upcoming budget, officials have told a local media.
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South Korea should optimise carbon pricing for power sector transition -study

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 19:23
South Korea should take into account the factor of carbon pricing when assessing the implementation cost for a net zero electricity system, according to a recent study.
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Existing estimates of biodiversity loss can be unreliable, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 17:57
Ten of the most widely used datasets to measure biodiversity changes and inform conservation policies significantly underestimate the level of uncertainty, and could thus lead to unreliable extimations.
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Taiwanese trade group calls for local CBAM

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 14:02
One of the largest trade groups in Taiwan has urged the government to establish an emissions pricing framework for imported goods to prevent carbon leakage and sustain domestic companies' business competitiveness amid the emergence of international carbon taxes.
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Regenerative agriculture “not a silver bullet”, researchers say

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 10:55
Investors need to better understand the impact of regenerative agriculture practices without expecting them to solve all their nature and climate ambitions, according to executives at a non-profit investor network.
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Watching the watchdogs: Voluntary carbon market consortium launches oversight body to police regulators, raters

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 09:01
A consortium of project developers, trading firms, and other stakeholders has announced the launch of a new watchdog organisation aimed at policing efforts by regulators and rating agencies, with the aim of bringing even more integrity and transparency to the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
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Three-quarters of children want more time in nature, says National Trust

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-04-01 09:01

Charity publishes survey findings as it calls for youngsters to be no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces

More than three-quarters of children want to spend more time in nature, the National Trust has found, as the conservation charity pushes ministers to ensure youngsters are no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces.

Nearly two-thirds – 63% – of parents are able to take their children to nature spaces only once a week or less, citing accessibility as the main barrier, the survey of 1,000 children aged seven to 14 and 1,000 parents by the trust and the children’s newspaper First News found.

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Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-04-01 06:40
There’s so much we still don’t know about whales. Here’s 3 amazing new things we’ve learnt about whales lately: how humpback whales have sex and give birth – and how baleen whales sing underwater. Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Nile crocodiles and Burmese python among rare species seized in Spain

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-03-31 22:39

Other endangered animals rescued in 2023 included a burrowing parrot, an African spurred tortoise and a blood-eared parakeet

Specialist wildlife police in eastern Spain have rescued an exotic list of endangered animals over the past year, including a pair of Nile crocodiles, an African spurred tortoise weighing 25kg and a two-metre Burmese python.

The Seprona division of the Guardia Civil said in a statement on Sunday that its officers had recovered “numerous examples” of species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora during 2023.

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Election of Donald Trump ‘could put world’s climate goals at risk’

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-03-31 21:00

Former UN climate chief warns of global impact of a possible regression in US green policies

Victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election this year could put the world’s climate goals at risk, a former UN climate chief has said.

The chances of limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels are already slim, and Trump’s antipathy to climate action would have a major impact on the US, which is the world’s second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and biggest oil and gas exporter, said Patricia Espinosa, who served as the UN’s top official on the climate from 2016 to 2022.

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Spinning, whirling fish in south Florida prompt emergency response

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-03-31 21:00

Smalltooth sawfish are behaving oddly, eliciting a first-ever plan to rescue and rehabilitate species from wild

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching what the agency described as an emergency response effort in south Florida after emerging reports of smalltooth sawfish spinning, whirling and displaying other abnormal behaviors.

In a statement released last Wednesday, NOAA said that in addition to the abnormal behaviors, there have been reports of fish deaths in the lower Florida Keys, including more than 28 smalltooth sawfish as of 24 March.

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Seagulls 'charismatic' not 'criminal', say scientists

BBC - Sun, 2024-03-31 10:05
Urban seagulls get a bad press but we must learn to live alongside them, say conservation experts.
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Latest talks fail to solve deep sea mining regulation spat

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-30 20:59
Countries failed to reach an agreement on a consolidated text on commercial deep sea mining regulations at the first part of the 29th Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), as metal companies are pressing to apply for permits even in the absence of a framework.
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Japan aims at international impact in nature positive strategy

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-30 14:07
Japan has released a Nature Positive Economy Transition Strategy, taking aim at creating impact well outside its own borders and including the use of carbon and biodiversity credits.
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FEATURE: First deliverables from voluntary carbon market standards’ collaboration coming in Q3, but bigger challenges lay ahead

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-30 13:45
The first deliverables from a collaboration between some of the world’s largest voluntary carbon market (VCM) standards are expected to arrive in Q3 this year, and “more complicated pieces” to come in 2025, but the alliance faces larger challenges - some existential - on the road ahead.
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