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Nature tech start-ups saw an 18% increase in venture capital (VC) investments in 2023 compared to the previous year, with significant growth in early-stage involvement, especially in the MRV and biodiversity credits category.

The UN climate secretariat and International Energy Agency (IEA) are partnering to track and report on the global energy transition and help countries strengthen their Paris Agreement pledges, the two institutions announced on Thursday.

Sustainable finance support for farmers in England needs to expand further, beyond its welcome early structure, to address other areas of the food system, a panel of experts said Thursday.

Welney landlord fears business may not survive impact of increasingly lengthy spells of flooding on customer numbers

Dennis Birch estimates his pub loses about £3,000 a week when the road into the village of Welney is closed because of flooding – and this winter, it was closed for a record-breaking 89 days.

Now labelled “the most flooded road in Britain”, Birch said he questions whether the 18th-century Lamb and Flag can survive the impact the flooding has on the number of customers coming through his door.

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A cookstove manufacturer and project developer has attracted $18 million from a carbon investor and a private equity group to fund the production and distribution of cookstoves across Africa that will generate voluntary credits.

European carbon prices fell back to their lowest levels of the week so far on Thursday morning as buying interest continued to wane while falling TTF natural gas also weighed on the EUA market.

A French climate tech startup has raised has raised $52 mln in Series B funding as it seeks to grow a service to help small- and medium-sized businesses track their carbon emissions.

Cement emissions globally, barring from developed regions and China, will remain very high and might even double by the end of the century, a study conducted by a US-based research group revealed Thursday.

UN aviation body ICAO has decided to keep several voluntary carbon standards, including Verra and Gold Standard, under 'conditional' approval for Phase 1 of CORSIA, meaning their issuances have not yet been given the green light for the current stage of the international aviation offsetting scheme.

The UK can position itself at the forefront of the carbon capture and storage transition as it draws upon its significant offshore storage potential and develops the related supply chains and skillsets for global export, said a representative of a government-funded innovation programme.

Forest conservation and reforestation have a solid scientific basis for voluntary carbon crediting, according to a peer-reviewed study published Thursday, though several other nature-based solutions (NBS) are less certain to effectively mitigate emissions.

The Enhanced Weathering Alliance (EWA) was officially established on Thursday, bringing together top-tier companies in an emerging technology field for carbon removals (CDR).

The mass deaths were puzzling scientists around the world – there were no signs of viruses or parasites. Then we looked closely at their skin

It was while we were sitting and talking in a hotel bar at the first global congress of herpetology that the world’s amphibian experts realised there was a problem: frogs, toads, salamanders and newts were disappearing in their thousands around the world and nobody understood why.

Not a single talk at the 1989 congress at the University of Kent had discussed the strange disappearance of the world’s amphibians. But scientist after scientist had the same story: from Central America to Australia, they were vanishing.

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French energy major TotalEnergies has seen its voluntary carbon credit stock reach 11 million as of the end of last year, as it targets 44 mln by 2030 and over 70 mln by mid-century.

Stars of Avatar: The Way of Water photographed in baroque style by Christy Lee Rogers

Photographs of the actors Kate Winslet, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver seemingly floating underwater in elaborate blue dresses, with eyes shut and arms outstretched, are to be sold to raise money for ocean conservation.

The images are the work of one of the world’s most celebrated underwater photographers, Christy Lee Rogers, who teamed up with the stars of the 2022 film Avatar: The Way of Water and its director, James Cameron, a longtime proponent of ocean conservation, who commissioned the photoshoot.

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The CEO of one of the most high-profile exchanges in the global carbon market on Thursday announced he will step down, though will continue in the position until a replacement has been found.

A major Chinese forestry and paper company has secured an emissions reduction project in a landlocked province through its carbon management arm, with a government-backed investment firm to purchase the resulting carbon credits.

The opportunity for Australia's main grid to reach instantaneous 100 pct renewables will emerge in the next year, but coal stands in the way and it likely won't happen for another decade.

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We’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century and Australia has yet to materialise the investment strategy to capitalise on its unique competitive advantage.

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Vietnam is planning a large-scale low carbon rice initiative that it says will help farmers earn carbon credits.