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INTERVIEW: Plastics treaty must reduce production to tackle pollution crisis

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 09:07
Upcoming negotiations at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) meeting in Canada on a ‘global plastics treaty’ must set targets to reduce plastics production, a policy officer at Ocean Conservancy told Carbon Pulse, though the private sector favours recycling.
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Priority biodiversity-related investments for climate adaptation revealed in UN-backed guide

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 09:01
Commercially viable biodiversity-related investments in developing economies for climate adaptation have been identified in a guide by Standard Chartered, KPMG, and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
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UK heat pump adopters open up homes to encourage others to ditch gas boilers

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-04-11 09:01

VisitAHeatPump service allows householders to look and ask questions about low-carbon system

UK householders considering swapping their gas boiler for an electric heat pump could see how they work by visiting an early adopter in their area.

A new service aims to help would-be heat pump owners to book a visit with households that already have one installed, through a website launched by the innovation charity Nesta.

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US Department of Energy to invest $18.8 mln in algae-based biofuels

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 08:27
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday announced an $18.8 million funding initiative to advance R&D for converting algae and wet waste feedstocks into biofuels and bioproducts.
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A European Green Deal 2.0 is necessary and beneficial, argues report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 08:01
A European Green Deal 2.0 is not only necessary but beneficial to addressing economic challenges persisting across the EU, according to a report published on Thursday.
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California carbon offset greenwashing bill passes Senate committee

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 07:24
A California Senate bill that imposes stricter oversight on environmental claims using carbon offsets passed committee on Tuesday, despite industry opposition.
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CO2 removals necessary to achieve US climate goals, but more federal support needed -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 07:12
The US may be a leader on CO2 removal technology (CDR), but greater federal support in driving demand, R&D, and demonstration and deployment is needed to fulfil national emissions reduction goals, a report published Wednesday found.
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Roads of destruction: we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-04-11 06:12
What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins. Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-04-11 06:12
Heat is surging in the world’s oceans. Climate change and El Niño explain part of it – but not all. Alex Sen Gupta, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney Kathryn Smith, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Marine Biological Association Matthew England, Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), UNSW Sydney Neil Holbrook, Professor, University of Tasmania Thomas Wernberg, Professor, The University of Western Australia Zhi Li, Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Marine Science & Innovation, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Lawmakers finalise first EU-wide regulation to tackle methane emissions from fossil fuels

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 03:09
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the first EU-wide law aimed a cutting potent methane emissions from the energy sector, including fossil fuel imports. 
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EU lawmakers agree to delay sector-specific sustainability reporting rules until 2026

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 02:40
The European Parliament agreed Wednesday to postpone by two years a deadline for adopting sector-specific European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), giving companies more time to adapt to the first set of rules.
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UPDATE – Parliament rubber-stamps EU law on truck CO2 emissions, carbon accounting

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 02:36
The European Parliament on Wednesday (April 10) gave the thumbs up to an EU law aimed at cutting CO2 emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles by 90% as of 2040.
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A climate finance quantum leap is essential and achievable, UN’s climate boss says

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 02:27
The world’s major economies and multilateral development banks must lead the way in redirecting trillions of public and private funds towards climate action in the countries that most need it, the head of the UN’s climate unit said on Wednesday. 
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Think tank advises Indigenous Peoples to reject alliance biodiversity credit proposals

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 02:08
Indigenous Peoples should "explicitly reject" proposals for the biodiversity credit market as they will promote offsetting, a think tank has said.
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EU food ETS needed to reach global decarbonisation goals -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 01:57
A European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that pioneers carbon pricing for food and agriculture is essential to reach global decarbonisation goals, argues a report published on Wednesday (April 10).
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The EU’s carbon removal framework passes penultimate legislative hurdle

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 01:54
The European Parliament voted in favour of EU co-legislators' deal on the world's first framework to define carbon removals on Wednesday, bringing the legislation close to the finish line.
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ANALYSIS: Voluntary carbon stakeholders react to SBTi pivot on offset use for corporate targets

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 01:47
A major announcement from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) that now opens the door for offset use as part of validated corporate net zero targets has made waves in the voluntary carbon sector, with proponents of the decision lauding its demand implications for the market, and critics arguing that the move undermines the organisation's role in the broader fight against climate change.
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FEATURE: Italy’s close ties to fossil fuel producer Eni jeopardise the country’s status as a climate leader

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 01:26
The Italian government’s close relationship with partly state-owned fossil fuel producer Eni complicates Italy’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2050 and threatens its reputation as a credible climate leader.
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Global carbon emissions trading revenues rise 17% to record $74 bln in 2023 -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-11 01:00
A total of more than $74 billion was raised from 36 carbon emissions trading systems last year, up from $63 bln the year before, with strong momentum building for new mechanisms in emerging economies, according to research published Wednesday.
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