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Poland’s newly released national and energy climate plan for 2030 foresees a significant drop in coal use this decade and could potentially halve emissions emissions within the decade - 20% more than in the previous 2019 plan.

Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system.

Companies, banks, and governments need to take concrete steps to incentivise support for the voluntary carbon market (VCM) with persistent integrity concerns still holding buyers back, according to speakers at the Carbon Forward Expo 2024 in London last week.

A huge REDD trade at a very low value bolstered volumes in the voluntary carbon market last week, and prices in general ticked higher as optimism picked up ahead of the climate talks in Baku next month.

Fauna & Flora is considering supporting biodiversity credit initiatives in countries across the world, following an ongoing 500-hectare pilot in South Africa, Carbon Pulse has learned.

European shipping companies are not ready for the upcoming FuelEU Maritime regulation and could face significant fines, according to an independent shipping emissions analytics company.

Warm air from south to bring above-average temperatures – but heavy rain expected to follow

North-west Europe is forecast to experience a burst of autumn warmth this week, thanks to warm air from southern Europe spreading northwards. This brief episode of warmer-than-average conditions will be driven by an amplified, or “wavy”, jet stream, which will allow warm air to push farther north.

Daytime temperatures across much of France are forecast to reach the mid-20s on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some areas in the south-west potentially exceeding this. Meanwhile, the Benelux area and south-east England are expected to reach the low-20s by midweek.

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We’ve all been there. We’ve all felt like a badly made-up, odd-limbed, irritable floor-dwelling mess

As you contemplate the wonders of evolution, and how a creature can be born with something weird and new, and that thing can either help it get ahead or not hurt its chances, and it can then reproduce and make another one like it, spare a thought for the red-lipped batfish.

A real animal, it has the kind of mouth that, as a kid, you may have made from Babybel cheese wax, to go with your red wax fake nails. It has a beard of white whiskers. It has fins that bend backwards, like a person’s arms at yoga when they are about to do upward dog. Before your eyes, it sprouts a new limb from its nostril. Its nose – technically a snout – is long, at the top of its head, and hook-shaped. It cannot swim, only crawl. Its crawl is more like a waddle.

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A group of Indigenous and community organisations in Brazil’s Para state has issued a public letter condemning the lack of consultation with them on a $180 million carbon credit deal.

The ‘golden age’ of gas and the expanding trade in LNG has led to a glut of carriers being built that is incompatible with even the most conservative climate outlook from the International Energy Agency, a think tank said Monday.

European carbon prices resumed their upward trend on Monday morning as participants continued their accumulation after last week's rally was triggered by investment funds amassing the largest net short position since March, while energy markets posted modest gains amid falling temperatures.

Biodiversity credit markets must consider solutions spanning control sites, verification, and transparency to avoid the pitfalls of carbon credits, a researcher has said.

Millions of migratory birds are arriving on Australian shores this spring. Any one of them could bring the new, deadly strain known as H5N1. Extra government funding will help us prepare and respond. Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

All new CO₂ emissions from countries with large volumes of historic emissions need to be removed, argues a paper penned by carbon removal experts.

Fresh analysis has highlighted the policy paralysis plaguing New Zealand in achieving its 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, urging it to adopt a more internationally cooperative approach.

Chinese regulators have released guidance on the development of green finance in the country, outlining several policy targets including participation of financial institutions in the national carbon market and coordination among government agencies.

We’re discovering more species of richly coloured peacock spiders all the time. But their small ranges puts them at very real risk. One species faces likely death by suburban sprawl. Lizzy Lowe, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Ecology and Entomology, Edith Cowan University Jess Marsh, Visiting researcher in ecology, University of Adelaide Leanda Denise Mason, Vice Chancellor Research Fellow in conservation ecology, Edith Cowan University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Dongfang Electric says it has completed the production of a mammoth 26MW offshore wind turbine, by far the most powerful turbine yet to roll off the production line.

The post World’s biggest wind turbine – 26 MW – rolls off production line in China appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The mid-Atlantic archipelago of nine islands, the tips of drowned volcanoes, is a remarkable place for marine mammals. The clear, deep waters provide the perfect habitat for cetaceans, and 28 species of whale and dolphin have been documented there. The Dutch scientist and photographer Jeroen Hoekendijk spent a week in September capturing the diversity of Azorean wildlife

• Photographs by Jeroen Hoekendijk

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A New Zealand advocacy group has launched legal action against the government over its decisions to weaken the country’s Clean Car Standard, it announced Monday.