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Financial instruments supporting mangroves and forestry are under consideration by members of the African Natural Capital Allliance (ANCA), an executive at the organisation has said.

Thousands more companies have retired carbon credits this year than last, data shows, even as negative media coverage has seen buyers back away from the market and prices crash.

Conservationists optimistic turning point reached in effort to prevent red-listed bird from extinction in Britain

The number of corncrakes serenading Scotland with their strange summer calls has increased for the first time in five years, giving hope that this secretive bird can be saved from extinction in Britain.

Calling males rose to 870 this summer, up from a low of 828 in 2022 and the highest total since the summer of 2019.

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A European manufacturing company and conservation NGO are jointly developing carbon projects where the credits will be donated as a ‘contribution’ towards the host nation’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) goal set under the Paris Agreement, in what is emerging as a model for the voluntary carbon market.

China has provided additional clarity to its voluntary market by setting a firm time limit on the use of previously issued domestic carbon credits, as the country is in the process of revitalising its offset programme.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has been working behind the scenes to set up a national carbon exchange in the country that it says it will launch early next year, but it has remained coy about any of the details surrounding its development.

Billions are being invested in nature tech startups that are benefitting from increased emphasis on corporate impact reporting, with MRV and biodiversity credit startups among the largest growing categories.

A bacterium found in several wild elephants may explain why hundreds died suddenly in Botswana in 2020.

National union members urge government to create water strategy to prevent such losses

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Potato and cereal crops are likely to have been heavily damaged by the recent devastating floods across the UK, farmers have warned.

Entire fields have been submerged in water after Storm Babet swept across the country, with crops ruined. Extreme weather events are becoming more likely and frequent due to climate breakdown, and have caused food shortages and price increases.

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European carbon prices again reversed early gains on Wednesday and fell to a three-week low as positioning data showed that speculative investors had increased their bearish bets last week, while energy markets were little changed as the participants waited for further developments in Gaza to provide signals on potential energy supply risk from the region.

Stanwell signs 15-year off take deal for all the output of another major solar project to supply its green hydrogen plans, in the second such deal of the past two weeks.

The post Queensland solar farm locks in supply deal for Australia’s biggest green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A partnership that aims to plant 120,000 mangrove trees in Vietnam during its first year with OECM potential has been announced by Korean carmaker Hyundai and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The climate change summit comes after a year of weather extremes and broken temperature records.

DP Energy says it has received planning approval for another major wind farm in central Queensland, which will be located near the broken Callide C coal generator.

The post DP Energy wins approval for major wind farm near broken coal generator in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Specialised members of the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to widen an obligation on oil firms to pay for the bloc's CCS infrastructure via the bloc's Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), the EU proposal setting 2030 targets to produce 'strategically important' clean technologies domestically.

An independent probe might cut through Snowy 2.0’s woeful history of impossibly optimistic estimates. The government should start by releasing the reset report.

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ARENA boss says clean technologies like solar batteries and EVs and heat pumps are not truly green unless the whole upstream supply chain is also green.

The post ARENA says industrial emissions key to climate gains from solar, EVs and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why

In May and June 2020, the death of 350 elephants in Botswana’s Okavango delta baffled conservationists and sparked global speculation about what had caused it. Elephants of all ages and both sexes were affected, with many walking in circles before dying suddenly, collapsing on their faces. Two months later, 35 more elephants died in north-western Zimbabwe.

At the time, the deaths in Botswana were attributed to an unspecified cyanobacterial toxin, government officials said, and no further details were published.

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Analysis also warns of further tipping points on horizon such as drying up of groundwater vital for food supplies

Humanity is moving dangerously close to irreversible tipping points that would drastically damage our ability to cope with disasters, UN researchers have warned, including the withdrawal of home insurance from flood-hit areas and the drying up of the groundwater that is vital for ensuring food supplies.

These “risk tipping points” also include the loss of the mountain glaciers that are essential for water supplies in many parts of the world and accumulating space debris knocking out satellites that provide early warnings of extreme weather.

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The recipients of this year’s Royal Photographic Society awards have been announced. Now in their 145th year, the awards are the world’s longest-running and most prestigious photography honours, recognising individuals working across still and moving image. Rather than rewarding a single image, the society celebrates the photographers, highlighting significant achievements, showcasing new and emerging talent and recognising notable contributions from RPS members

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