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The UK is on track to meet its two domestic emissions reduction targets covering 2023-32, with energy demand and greenhouse gases set to fall by nearly a quarter out to 2050, according to government data published Tuesday evening.

Light-coloured footpaths, roads and other surfaces are increasingly used to reflect the sun’s rays and cool our cities. But they also reflect cancer-causing UV radiation. Hugh Stanford, Researcher Associate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Joe Hurley, Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Flexible rooftop solar exports have been implemented in South Australia with great success. But a new report finds the slow or non-existent rollout in other states is coming at a huge cost.

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The UK hydrogen strategy is moving “at pace”, with a number of key milestones reached in 2024, according to a strategy update released on Thursday, which also laid out what policy developments are expected in 2025.

A new study has raised concerns about the effectiveness of jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) programmes, revealing how strategic enrolment decisions and anticipatory behaviour risk undermining efforts to curb deforestation and reduce carbon emissions.

NSW signs deal paving way for a new renewables zone, in the heart of the state's coal region, to be created without the need for new transmission lines, a first for Australia.

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Italy has received the green light on Tuesday for a €9.7-billion scheme to support the construction of new renewable power capacity that could increase the country's installed total by nearly a third compared to 2023.

The latest draft regulations for Vietnam’s planned emissions trading scheme include a number of significant changes that will have a big impact on the market, according to analysts who have seen the unpublished document.

The December 2025 EUA future started its run as the benchmark carbon contract trading in a relatively narrow range on Tuesday morning, before prices slumped late in the day to post a 1.5% fall, triggered by a brief period of substantial selling that sources said reflected both positioning changes and technicals.

The value of credits retired in the voluntary carbon market jumped to around $900 million in the first 11 months of the year, as the market recalibrated around quality and impact, according to research published by a marketplace.

The Saudis have won the right to host football’s biggest tournament. But its bid doesn’t seriously address the environmental issues. Matthew Hutchinson, Lecturer in Sport Business Management, Keele University Seth I. Kirby, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Management, Nottingham Trent University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The requirement for many large companies to start disclosing under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) from next year will improve the quality and consistency of reporting on ESG issues, bringing it up to investor-grade quality on par with other financial disclosures, experts have said.

Shareholders submitted a record number of biodiversity-related resolutions this year, though most of them have been blocked due to the opposition of some of the world's biggest asset managers, an NGO has said.

A Boston-headquartered startup has raised $2.3 million to generate carbon offsets from methane emissions avoided by diverting edible food from landfills, the company announced on Monday.

A multinational professional services firm has joined forces with an ocean-based carbon removal developer to help build a large-scale facility.

US President-elect Donald Trump’s influence on the global nature agenda may be limited, with policy leaders in areas such as Europe continuing to strengthen action on biodiversity risks unabated, according to experts.

Former MP astonished that taxpayers are ‘literally paying’ to cut down forests sustaining koalas and greater gliders and providing clean drinking water

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Two reports revealing the extent of financial losses from native forest logging in New South Wales raise questions about the economic viability of the industry.

The state government’s forestry corporation “consistently made a loss” by paying contractors more for harvesting and haulage than it earned from delivery of timber to sawmills, a NSW Independent Pricing and Review Tribunal (Ipart) report found.

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Biodiversity credit markets have the potential to finance African smallholders' transition towards sustainable practices and help them meet new regulations such as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the vice president of a Nairobi-headquartered organisation told Carbon Pulse.

A Qatar-based organisation has announced it will hold two auctions early next year for international carbon credits eligible for Article 6 trade.

A Newcastle-headquartered software consultancy and a London-based property investment company have purchased the second batch of voluntary biodiversity credits generated through a nature restoration project in England.