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The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is undergoing a transformation that goes far beyond headline issuance and retirement data, according to a new report, though the recovery will not come overnight and value could take years to fully scale.

Carbon methodologies designed to credit for high forest, low deforestation (HFLD) should not be seen as additional and risk undermining carbon market integrity initiatives, according to climate experts, with voluntary carbon integrity body the ICVCM still considering the merits of one such programme for its quality stamp.

Eighty-nine percent of REDD+ carbon projects propose a mix of monetary and non-monetary benefits, according to a recent report that analysed 347 projects across 55 countries.

Prices of English biodiversity net gain (BNG) off-site units paid by developers have remained stable over the last year, with the exception of some waterbodies, according to a report released Wednesday.

Dutch environmental group Milieudefensie is taking Shell to the Dutch Supreme Court in a bid to force the oil and gas major to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030, after an appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 ruling that initially backed the demand.

An influential Swiss-based non-profit has urged governments to mandate nature-related reporting for artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in order to better manage the sector’s dependencies and impacts on the environment.

A New York-based carbon project developer has secured $160 million in a Series B funding to expand the US projects it uses to generate afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) credits, the company said on Wednesday.

Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings

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Critically endangered plains-wanderers have been found living in Melbourne’s west for the first time in more than 30 years.

Notoriously elusive and difficult to spot, the rare birds were detected on two pockets of remnant grassland by Zoos Victoria, with the help of AI.

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An Austrian developer is talking to Uganda about leading on agriculture and forestry carbon credit projects that could generate up to $500 million of investments in the country, according to local media sources.

Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters

For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of their home as a huge storm raged around them. With the wind battering her village of Rizal, about 10 miles east of Manila in the Philippines, and water swirling through the rooms below them, they had no choice but to wait, hoping that someone would come to rescue them and hundreds of their neighbours.

“We did not have shelter, we did not have food … we just had to wait for the government for two days,” Carbonel said. “It is not easy, no electricity, no light, we just wait for the sun to rise. The children were scared, we had never experienced anything like this.”

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European carbon fell back on Wednesday morning in line with weakening natural gas and power prices, while investor data showed funds had increased their net long position for a seventh consecutive week.

Participants in the English biodiversity net gain (BNG) market have expressed dismay at the government reportedly questioning the scheme.

A London-headquartered investment firm announced on Tuesday it has adopted a set of targets on nature, aiming to advance the management of biodiversity-related risks across its portfolio.

A carbon ratings provider and a software firm are partnering to develop a live project and inventory data platform, they announced on Wednesday.

There have been 33 outbreaks so far on farms, but the risk to humans remains low, the government says.

A British oil and gas company has commenced the country's first CO2 injection test for carbon capture and storage (CCS), at a site under the North Sea, it announced on Wednesday.

After facing an extended delay until the summer, the EU’s legislative proposal for a 2040 climate target is back on the European Commission’s agenda for publication in Q1, according to official documents released on Wednesday.

The politics remains shaky, but strong investment in solar, wind and energy storage in the final quarter of 2024 has put Australia back on track for renewables target.

The post Surge in solar, wind and battery investment sets pace for 82 pct target. Can Australia keep it up? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Thailand’s recent approval of a carbon tax on fossil fuels, while largely welcomed, has also come under criticism for the lack of clarity on how it will contribute to achieving carbon neutrality and meeting the nation’s net zero target.

The carbon removal sector is growing excited after the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) signalled it may include "interim" targets for negative emissions in its hotly-anticipated revision to the flagship Corporate Net-Zero Standard.