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Japan is assessing the possibility of including credits generated from international carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects in the domestic carbon market, and should see more clarity within this year, a conference heard Friday.

Project-based carbon credits complement compliance markets and countries in the Asia-Pacific region should allow them in their compliance programmes to help drive demand for credits, a banker told Carbon Forward Asia conference on Friday.

The potential reputational risks for carbon project developers partnering with corrupt or problematic governments are "challenging, but necessary" in order to continue the work of protecting nature within their borders, a project developer told a panel Friday.

Adelaide region expected to be worst affected with average temperatures forecast to be up by 10C

Southern parts of Australia are expected to suffer a short heatwave starting on Friday and lasting until next Tuesday. The Adelaide region will be worst affected, with highs of about 36C anticipated in the city on Friday, which is 10C above the seasonal norm.

Daytime maximums are then set to remain above 35C until Tuesday, while minimum temperatures are not forecast to drop below 25C. This will be the longest March run of high temperatures in Adelaide in four years, with only one March day above 35C being recorded over this period.

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Vietnam has agreed to sell over 5 million forest-based carbon credits to a US company, the government announced this week.

Allowances in the Chinese carbon market this week rose to their highest level since trading begun in 2021, with participants expecting stiff punishment for non-compliance as new ETS regulations become effective in May.

The animals that inspired Rodin and fed the French resistance may soon be banished from Les Invalides – but not if protesters have anything to do with it

Paris is the theatre of many battles, but none has been more burlesque than the fight to save or annihilate – according to which side of the argument you belong – the wild rabbits living in the shadow of Napoleon’s tomb. Three hundred or so of these furry friends, or fiends, have been digging thousands of tunnels underneath the manicured lawn of the Esplanade des Invalides, ruining the 16-hectare (40-acre) site overseen by the French military.

Gnawing on electrical cables and garden hoses, they have transformed the grass plot into gruyère, as well as leaving behind tons of their signature round droppings. The military personnel must be feeling their skills are wasted, spending precious hours each day, as they now must do, collecting rabbit caca.

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A trio of major Japanese companies have joined an alliance seeking to generate tens of millions of carbon credits this decade, with a main focus on Africa.

The first project to be registered under India’s domestic carbon market is likely at least half a year away, as the South Asian nation is still building the technical foundations that will underpin the scheme, an expert told the Carbon Forward Asia conference.

Exclusive: Research reveals byproduct PCBs may pose ‘growing, unmonitored environmental and human health risk’

Industry could be producing more cancer-causing PCB chemicals today than at any other point in history, despite their production having been banned more than 40 years ago.

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are human-made substances that were used as coolants and lubricants in electrical equipment until they were banned due to their links to health problems and because they do not break down easily in the environment.

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The Australian state of New South Wales will spend A$6.8 million ($4.5 mln) on co-investments in six carbon projects to help land owners reduce emissions, it announced.

Electric carmaker concerned at ‘overblown’ claims that Albanese government’s plan to import environmentally cleaner cars would increase ute prices

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Electric car brand Polestar has become the second company to quit Australia’s main auto industry lobby group over frustrations at its campaign against the Albanese government’s plan to import environmentally cleaner cars.

On Friday – a day after Tesla announced it would cease being a member of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) over the group’s opposition to the government’s proposed vehicle efficiency standard – Polestar Australia’s managing director, Samantha Johnson, wrote to FCAI CEO Tony Weber advising him the Volvo-owned brand was also cancelling its membership.

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What does fire management do to soils? We compared prescribed burning to cultural burning and looked at how soil properties changed after fire. Cultural burning was better. Anthony Dosseto, Professor, University of Wollongong Katharine Haynes, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Leanne Brook, CEO, Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council, Indigenous Knowledge Victor Channell, Murramarang and Walbunga Elder, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The New Zealand government has adjusted the methodology for calculating the confidential reserve price (CRP) at its quarterly auctions, as the NZU price has ticked steadily higher in recent days.

Australia’s mandatory climate disclosure laws might nudge corporate Australia towards a greener future, but they won't drive rapid decarbonisation.

The post Climate disclosure laws are useful, but they won’t drive down emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Investors call for urgent reform of the way grid congestion is managed, saying business as usual could drive away vital investment in new solar and wind projects.

The post “We need to get this right:” Pressure mounts on AEMO to reform grid congestion penalties appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A first-of-its-kind legal decision puts native title holders in a stronger position when fighting fossil fuel projects. The Gomeroi people won their appeal against the Native Title Tribunal. Lily O'Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Rebekkah Markey-Towler, PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, and Research fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia is unlikely to open its carbon markets to international operators thanks to likely adequate or too much domestic supply, and a powerful agricultural lobby that would oppose any move to do so, according to analysts.