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INTERVIEW: Amazon bioeconomy investment facility takes aim at illegal activity

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-11-13 01:38
A Brazilian think tank is creating a facility to enable investment around Brazil and the Amazon Basin, tackling nature-damaging illegal activity while exploring biodiversity credits, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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US oil and gas firms to face federal fee for methane emissions in new EPA rule

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-11-13 01:25

Environmental Protection Agency rule seeks to curb ‘super pollutant’ more potent than carbon dioxide in short term

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule follows through on a directive from Congress included in the 2022 climate law. The new fee is intended to encourage industry to adopt best practices that reduce emissions of methane – the primary component of natural gas – and thereby avoid paying the fee.

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Wild bird numbers continue ‘alarming’ decline in UK, Defra figures show

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-11-13 00:34

All bird species have declined in number, after suffering habitat loss, pesticide use, climate breakdown and bird flu

Wild bird numbers in the UK are continuing to fall despite government promises to halt nature decline by 2030.

Data released by the government on Tuesday shows that over the past five years, all bird species have faced population decline after suffering from habitat loss, pesticide use, climate breakdown and bird flu. Overall, bird species have declined in number UK-wide by 2% and in England by 7% in the five years since 2018.

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N2O emissions set to climb 30% by 2050 without action -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-11-13 00:28
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions have surged by 40% since 1980, driven mainly by agricultural practices, and are set to climb another 30% over 2020 levels by 2050 if left unchecked, according to a UN-backed report released on Wednesday at COP29.
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Shell wins appeal on ruling to slash emissions and comply with Paris Agreement

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 23:37
Shell has won an appeal against a landmark climate ruling in the Netherlands that would have forced the oil and gas giant to radically cut back its greenhouse gas emissions, including indirect scope 3 emissions, to comply with the Paris Agreement.  
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UPDATE – COP29: UK praised for new 1.5C-aligned emissions target, but policies needed to make it reality

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 23:02
The UK will slash its emissions by 81% in the next decade under an updated Paris Agreement pledge, which many on Tuesday cautiously welcomed as a "shining example" of leadership at the start of tense COP29 negotiations while warning that it needs to be backed up with actual policies.
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US forestry programme outlines guardrails for quality and integrity in new report

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 23:00
A US programme for improved forest management (IFM) carbon projects has published a report outlining the key steps developers must take to ensure the quality and integrity of their projects, tackling issues of additionality, permanence, leakage, and social integrity.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 22:48
European carbon allowance prices were modestly lower at midday on Tuesday after early weakness tested a key technical support and gave way to to a steady rally along with the main energy markets.
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English region releases country’s first local nature strategy, eyes nature markets

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 22:48
A regional government in England has launched the country's first local nature recovery strategy, eyeing nature markets to mobilise private financing towards biodiversity conservation and restoration activities.
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Subsea cables to help Britain meet green energy goal get green light

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-11-12 22:14

Ofgem gives green light to five interconnectors capable of powering millions of homes

Projects to lay five subsea power cables capable of powering millions of homes have been given the green light as Great Britain prepares to use its giant offshore windfarms to become a net exporter of green electricity in the 2030s.

The energy regulator, Ofgem, has approved three subsea cable projects linking Great Britain to power grids in Germany, Ireland and Northern Ireland to help share renewable electricity across borders.

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COP29: Indonesia rolls out standard arrangement for bilateral carbon trading

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 21:57
Indonesia on Tuesday launched a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) to formalise bilateral carbon trading, with Japan the first nation to sign up and others expected to follow.
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COP29: Singapore commits $500 mln to Asia transition finance partnership

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 21:04
Singapore on Tuesday announced it will commit $500 million in concessional funding to its Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P), as it laid out the next steps of its plan for coal power plant transition credits.
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Coalition launches ocean fund to protect marine biodiversity in Southeast Asia

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 21:00
A group of three organisations have launched an ocean fund to enhance efforts for protecting 30% of Southeast Asian seas by 2030, seeking to catalyse conservation actions in one of the world's most biodiverse marine regions.
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DATA DIVE: VCM moves towards offtake agreements and buying to retire

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 20:09
More and more buyers in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) are moving towards offtake agreements and increasingly buying to retire rather than resell, new data seen and analysed by Carbon Pulse suggests.
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British farming is in a grim state and Labour’s new measures will only make it worse | Tom Fairfax

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-11-12 20:00

Brexit, the cost of living and the climate crisis are all making farmers’ lives much more difficult. Taxing us is not the answer

  • Tom Fairfax farms Mindrum Farm in Northumberland

Last year, Keir Starmer looked farmers in the eye at the annual National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference and said he knew what it meant to lose a farm. It is “not like losing any other business”, he said. “It can’t come back.” Since then, Labour has announced a number of new measures aimed at farmers, including dropping the inheritance tax exemption that many have enjoyed. This is a drastic shift for an already strained sector and has sparked heated debate among farmers I know. But one thing has been missing: an understanding of farming and the pressures it faces.

The modern UK farming industry has been shaped by decades of government policy aimed at ensuring we have enough food to survive. While agriculture isn’t directly state controlled, the government’s influence is felt through regulation and incentives. If you are old enough, you may remember rationing, which marked an era when governments prioritised access to cheap calories, driving the shift toward intensive farming. This focus, backed by successive governments, led to farmers ramping up production by using new technology and infrastructure, and chemicals such as DDT and glyphosate. But cheap food had vast environmental and social costs, posing a drastic threat to the sector’s sustainability and resilience in the long term, as soils were depleted and biodiverse habitats gave way to monocultures.

Tom Fairfax farms Mindrum Farm, a regenerative mixed farm in the Cheviot foothills in Northumberland

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COP29: Saudi firm launches country’s first carbon market exchange

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 19:37
A state-backed Saudi company created to scale up the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in developing countries launched Saudi Arabia’s first voluntary carbon market exchange platform on Tuesday on the sidelines of COP29 in Baku.
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China can unlock vast methane reductions at negative cost, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 19:29
China can reduce huge amounts of methane at a profit with the greatest short-term potential available in the energy sector, though the long-term abatement outlook will depend on government support for agriculture to explore its mitigation opportunities, according to a recent study.
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2024 has been ‘masterclass in climate destruction’, says UN chief – video

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-11-12 19:23

'2024 – a masterclass in climate destruction.' That is how the UN secretary general, António Guterres, started his address to world leaders at Cop29 on Tuesday. 'Families running for their lives before the next hurricane strikes; workers and pilgrims collapsing in insufferable heat; floods tearing through communities, and tearing down infrastructure; children going to bed hungry as droughts ravage crops. All these disasters, and more, are being supercharged by human-made climate change,' he said

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New biochar funding platform to connect startups with investors and carbon credit buyers

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 18:55
A newly released platform will connect biochar startups with investors, financiers and buyers looking to purchase carbon credits.
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COP29: Roundup for Day 2 – Nov. 12

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-11-12 18:35
It is Day 2 at COP29, the start of the two-day World Leaders Summit. In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT+4).
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