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A study of whales sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of the menopause.

The UK government is planning to launch a consultation to explore how the nascent international biodiversity credit markets can “mutually reinforce” existing carbon credit markets.

Financial regulators should stick to issuing guidance on voluntary carbon market (VCM) trading and clarifying common definitions instead of regulating projects or imposing requirements such as public pricing, according to an industry body.

The capacity of ecosystem service valuation estimates to inform decision-making on nature conservation could be hindered by existing data gaps, a study has found.

The European Commission will issue a report by July 2026 on how to include carbon removals in the EU ETS, with experts ultimately supportive of the idea but warning of the risks it could pose.

The international arm of the European Investment Bank, EIB Global, will support projects for urban development and sustainable forestry in Mongolia, under the largest-ever financing agreement signed on Tuesday within the EU Global Gateway initiative.

Europe’s clean energy boom risks being thwarted by lagging improvements of its electricity grid networks, unless policymakers and operators act quickly to unlock investments, according to analysis released on Wednesday.

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”.

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A tax-and-rebate policy could decrease income inequality within the EU’s agricultural sector without affecting total revenues or drawing down national budgets, even at a high carbon price, reseachers say.

A data resource, launched Wednesday, hopes to shed light on the global development of direct air capture (DAC), while a new index from the same firm will track the price of the most commonly traded credits in the voluntary carbon market.

European carbon prices were little changed at midday on Wednesday, after earlier unwinding the remainder of their gains from last week's rally, as weekly positions data from the main exchanges showed investment funds had reduced their net short position by less than traders had been expecting.

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.

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A Canadian sustainable commodities supplier has opened an environmental commodities desk in the Netherlands, which will focus on trading both compliance and voluntary carbon as well as other markets.

An international NGO launched a nature-based solutions hub on Wednesday, seeking to leverage the voluntary carbon market (VCM) to fund community-based projects for children and the climate.

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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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.

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South Korea's monthly CO2 permit auction on Wednesday was overbid after the government's recently introduced flexible mechanism allowed volumes to be slashed, though the demand outlook remains blurry given persistent regulatory uncertainty.

Canada plans to establish a $260-million trust fund for Asia through the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote private sector funding in projects involving climate, nature-based solutions, and gender equality in the continent, pending approval from the bank's board.

Investment from one of Australia’s largest sources of cash, superannuation or retirement funds, is dropping when it comes to Australian Securities Exchange-listed oil and gas companies, an activist share group said Wednesday.

Research released by Market Forces finds the biggest super funds were going cold on the two companies considered major "climate wreckers".

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