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Suriname to offer first REDD credits for sale under Paris’ Article 6
England's rarest species to get £14.5m funding boost
Financials urge global standards body to prioritise biodiversity over social issues
British Columbia government opens consultation for new CCS offset protocol
BP boss departure raises fears another oil giant may turn its back on green transition
Abrupt departure of BP CEO raises fears of another Big Oil giant turning its back on the green energy transition as it is pushed by investors to maximise profits.
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Carbon crediting startup receives $4.6 million in seeding to further expand into commercial market
California legislature weakens, but passes climate risk disclosure and anti-greenwashing bills
News Corp gasses up ‘green’ fossil fuels in a series on future energy – but does it pass the sniff test? | Temperature Check
Series sponsored by organisations including coal and gas companies features ‘incorrect’ claims on ‘green gas’ and context missing on carbon capture technology
In a double-page spread in News Corp Australia’s metropolitan newspapers on Monday, readers were told how families loved cooking with gas, how gas had been officially stamped as “green” by the European Union and how coal had a future thanks to carbon capture and storage.
The news articles, packed with industry talking points about the future of fossil fuels, were written around a picture of a smiling mum with her two young sons, one of them sitting cross-legged on a kitchen bench next to a gas stove.
Continue reading...California regulator expands issuance of compliance offsets directly benefitting the state
Washington reveals names of registered participants in cap-and-invest system
Our unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs
How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse
EU needs ‘fair’ emissions targets for 2040 and higher carbon pricing in the meantime, experts say
Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords
Labour’s move to oppose erosion of EU-derived laws welcomed by environmental groups
Ministers’ plans to weaken river pollution rules are in tatters after they suffered two defeats in the House of Lords.
Labour had made clear it would oppose the “reckless” plans by the Conservatives to rip up EU-derived laws on nutrient neutrality, which force developers to mitigate pollution from new developments.
Continue reading...Investor initiative identifies barriers to growth for nature-based solutions
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged
Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside of the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned.
Their assessment found that six out of nine “planetary boundaries” had been broken because of human-caused pollution and destruction of the natural world. The planetary boundaries are the limits at which key global systems, such as climate, water and wildlife diversity, beyond which these systems’ ability to maintain a healthy planet is in serious peril.
Continue reading...BP needs a new chief executive not a slower strategy towards net zero | Nils Pratley
Oil firm should get out and argue the case for sticking to the transition timetable as Bernard Looney’s successor is sought
Bernard Looney, after four years talking about orderly transitions, has made a disorderly transition out of BP. Not being fully transparent with the board of directors – whether about past personal relationships with colleagues or anything else – usually has that outcome for a chief executive. On the company’s version of events, this was clearly a resigning matter.
The immediate question is succession. BP is the type of company that likes to promote from within and, with the 53-year-old Looney at the helm, the board probably thought it had a few more years to observe the internal jostling for position.
Continue reading...EU prepared to fight for fossil fuels phase-out language at COP28 UN talks
REDD credit prices sink further amid slowdown in corporate demand
‘A lifeline for dirty cars’: EU backs new air pollution limits, but not until 2035
MEPs vote for WHO guidelines on several substances, but centre-right backlash puts implementation back five years
The EU has voted to clean its air by setting tough limits on pollutants in a move that experts say will save lives and money.
The European parliament agreed on Wednesday to limit the concentration of several dangerous substances to levels put forward by the World Health Organization (WHO). But after a fierce backlash from centre-right politicians, it decided to push back the date for meeting the WHO’s limits by five years.
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