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ESMA proposes simplified transparency rules for EU carbon allowance trading

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 12:00
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed simplifying the transparency regime for EU Allowances under its final report on amendments to MiFIR Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS 2).
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Australian oversight body consults on coal mine waste gas method

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 10:47
Australia’s carbon market oversight body has launched a consultation on whether the coal mine waste gas method still meets its offset integrity standards (OIS) and whether it should be remade when it is due to expire in March next year.
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Eastern EU set to benefit most from clean tech exports, World Bank says

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 10:01
Poland, Romania, Croatia, and Bulgaria have the potential to at least triple clean technology exports, strengthening the EU’s economy at a time of mounting worries over the bloc’s deteriorating competitiveness, the World Bank said on Thursday.
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UN tender to build centralised Article 6 registry system cancelled

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 09:30
A UN tender to build a centralised registry system for carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement has been cancelled, Carbon Pulse has learned, though an interim solution is expected to be operational by year’s end.
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Verra releases provisional allocated deforestation risk maps for revamped REDD methodologies

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 09:06
The international carbon standard released Wednesday provisional versions of allocated deforestation risks maps for three Brazilian states within recently revamped REDD methodologies under its Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).
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NZ’s dairy industry faces an uncertain future – its fate now lies in its ability to adapt

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-12-19 08:30
Fewer cows on the farm and a broader range of farming practices, including involvement in the emerging alternative proteins industry, could help New Zealand’s dairy sector remain viable. Milena Bojovic, PhD Candidate, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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White House releases policy guidance to reduce deforestation-linked imports

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 08:26
The Biden administration released guidance Tuesday to encourage policies that reduce imports of commodities and products driving illegal deforestation.
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EPA grants California authority to implement 100% zero-emission vehicle sales rule by 2035

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 07:08
The US EPA granted California authority on Wednesday to adopt the state’s Advanced Clean Cars II regulations for light-duty vehicles, effectively banning the sale of new gasoline vehicles by 2035, amid threats of repeal under the forthcoming Trump administration.
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US agencies fail to meet federal ZEV fleet targets, watchdog says

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 05:18
Under a federal mandate to acquire 100% zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035, 11 US government agencies have not met their interim targets, a watchdog study published Tuesday said, with future prospects largely outside of the agencies' control.
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Could NZ’s two kākā subspecies actually be remnants of a more diverse species? Here’s why we need to know

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-12-19 05:09
Genome analysis of New Zealand’s forest parrot kākā has so far found no genetic differences between its two subspecies. This could allow for more relocations of birds between populations. Michael Knapp, Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, University of Otago Denise Martini, Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics, University of Verona Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-12-19 05:08
Our bodies have hard limits as to how much heat and humidity we can tolerate. Lethal humid heat is a growing threat Emma Ramsay, Research Affiliate in Climate Adaptation, Monash University Shanta Barley, Adjunct Lecturer in Ecology, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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US DOE loan office should suspend financing pending reform -watchdog

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 04:35
The US DOE's loan office should suspend all loan and loan guarantee packages until it can ensure that its contracts are in compliance with conflict-of-interest regulations, a report published Tuesday by the agency's watchdog said.
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Bill Gates-backed fund piles millions into Canadian carbon removal developer

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 02:43
Bill Gates’s clean tech venture fund has stumped up $40 million to invest in a carbon removal startup aiming to create a Canadian testing ground for multiple direct air capture (DAC) technologies, the firms said on Wednesday.
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Peru court demands land titling, nullified concessions in one of most-credited REDD carbon projects

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 02:38
A judge in the San Martin region of Peru has ruled against several government agencies and an NGO developer that manages one of the world’s biggest historical issuers of REDD credits, in favour of Indigenous peoples, ordering the state to apply land titles to ancestral lands, nullify some forest concessions, and conduct community consultations with benefit-sharing.
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‘Not blackmail’: France puts prerequisites on support for 90% EU climate goal

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 02:30
Agreement on a 2040 climate target at EU level must be preceded by an “action plan” outlining the means of achieving the objective, including the principle of technology neutrality to make room for nuclear power alongside renewables, French energy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday.
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EU gives green light to €3-bln French scheme to decarbonise EU ETS industries

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-12-19 02:27
The European Commission gave France the go-ahead on Wednesday to disburse €3 billion of state aid in support of decarbonisation efforts from industries covered by the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
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