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Many ecosystems face multiple serious threats. Recovery will be complex and difficult – but not impossible. Javiera Olivares-Rojas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University Jessica Walsh, Lecturer in Conservation Science, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The global mining industry faces a steep challenge in its efforts to decarbonise, with emissions reductions falling far short of targets needed to align with international climate goals, according to a new report.

The final draft of Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) requires numerous refinements to better support businesses and drive investments for low carbon initiatives, industry voices told the state's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

A carbon removal buyers club on Thursday announced a multi-year CDR purchase agreement with a South American biochar producer.

Most energy professionals in the UK believe the country will fail to hit its climate targets, casting doubt over the government's flagship policy to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030, a survey has found.

The Mexican state of Colima approved a new carbon tax Tuesday, making it the ninth state in the country to adopt such a policy.

A major US-listed carbon ETF has added Washington state’s cap-and-trade allowances to its holdings in its latest reweighting.

A new energy transition fund chaired by Julia Gillard beats off other big players to snap up Neoen's wind, solar and battery assets in Victoria.

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US says current climate rules are satisfactory, prompting condemnation from activists and vulnerable countries

Climate justice campaigners have condemned the US after the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter argued against countries being legally obliged to combat the climate crisis.

The US intervention came on Wednesday as part of the historic climate hearing at the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague, where island nations and other climate-vulnerable countries are calling for wealthy polluting nations most responsible for climate breakdown to be held legally responsible.

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A California-based climate finance firm inked an agreement Wednesday with a carbon farming programme in which the firm will gain access to 250,000 credits sourced from a US-based regenerative agriculture soil carbon project.

A California-based direct air capture (DAC) company announced on Wednesday $150 million in funding from a range of industrial and venture capital investors aiming to drive down costs of the technology.

Summer is a great time to go beetle-watching in Australia. By protecting these dazzling insects, we can ensure they survive for future generations to enjoy. Tanya Latty, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney James Bickerstaff, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australia National Insect Collection, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Mary Lawlor criticizes US’s failure to respond to concerns after Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal charges

A leading UN human rights expert has expressed dismay after the US government failed to respond to questions about the criminal crackdown on peaceful climate protesters.

Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, on Tuesday published a letter sent to US authorities raising concerns about the potential violation of international human rights law after two climate activists, Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal, were charged with crimes that carried lengthy jail terms.

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An upcoming law defining low-carbon hydrogen could help scale up the market and help reduce emissions in the EU's hard-to-abate sectors while renewable hydrogen is still not available in the required quantities, a report by a Brussels-based think tank said on Wednesday.

Airlines need to show a clearer demand signal if countries are to supply sufficient levels of CORSIA-eligible credits to meet the demands of Phase 1 (2024-26), a representative from Guyana told a carbon industry conference.

Ecuador is reportedly preparing to enter into its second deal to swap debt for conservation funding in the Amazon rainforest, according to a stock exchange filing released this week, while Barbados has announced a first of its kind debt-for-climate-resilience arrangement.

The Klik Foundation plans to buy around 20 million international carbon credits under Article 6 by the end of 2030, up from an earlier forecast for 15 mln, according to presentation slides circulated Wednesday.

A Europe-wide market for CO2 with access to the UK could reduce carbon storage costs by 20%, equal to €11 per tonne, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Developers can bolster the integrity of the carbon credits they sell by making sure there is gender equality across the design, implementation, and monitoring of their projects, according to experts. 

Cement decarbonisation technologies, including carbon capture, supplementary cementitious materials, and alternative fuels could help the sector cut an extra 422 million tonnes of CO2 emissions over the next decade, according to a new report.