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Nations struggle if the health of their population fails. But good health is seriously threatened by climate change. So putting health at the centre of climate action makes sense. Alistair Woodward, Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU member states’ latest targets would put them on track to reach 66% renewable power in 2030, slightly short of their 69% goal under the bloc's REPowerEU energy security plan, according to a report published in Brussels on Friday.

Charities and NGOs accuse government of changing how it calculates climate spending to claim it will exceed targets

Rishi Sunak has been accused of sending out the wrong signals on tackling the climate emergency as he heads to the Cop28 summit in Dubai after saying his revised net zero targets show he is “not in hock to the ideological zealots”.

The prime minister will allocate about £1.6bn of climate finance during the summit and claim that the UK will exceed its target of spending £11.6bn over the five years to 2026.

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Oman updated its NDC for the second time on Thursday, substantially raising its business as usual (BAU)-based goal and signalling a willingness to develop emissions trading approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

A company that was once one of Europe’s dirtiest has announced plans to invest €55 billion in renewables, batteries and hydrogen by 2030.

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Air Canada on Thursday firmed up plans to purchase durable carbon removal credits, while Germany's national carrier announced a scaling up of its voluntary climate offering for passengers.

Solar generation has increased at an average rate of 44% a year in the US between 2009 to 2022 – and new data shows it's on track to overtake hydro on the grid.

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We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people. Francis E Putz, Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast Claudia Romero, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists studying the birds in Antarctica have found they snooze for 11 hours a day without falling deeply asleep

Spending your nights sleeping for just four seconds at a time might sound like a form of torture, but not for chinstrap penguins, which fall asleep thousands of times a day, new research finds.

Scientists studying the birds on King George Island in Antarctica found they nod off more than 10,000 times a day, allowing them to keep a constant eye on their nests, protecting eggs and chicks from predators. In total, the birds manage 11 hours of snoozing a day – without ever slipping into uninterrupted sleep.

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Corporate climate goal assessor SBTi is resuming its plans for a climate goal template for oil and gas companies, more than 18 months after barring the big emitting firms from making submissions.

A new process of making sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from sewage could be an important feedstock for the growing market for green aviation fuel, particularly in population-dense areas, with potential to also produce biochar that can generate carbon credits.

A methodology for protecting US forests at risk from other land uses like real estate, mining, and agriculture has been announced by carbon credit registry in collaboration with a forest carbon firm.

Plans are underway to create a series of linked REDD projects that will cover 1.8 million hectares of designated national parks in Tanzania, and generate correspondingly-adjusted carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

A Denver-headquartered carbon credit exchange company will close due to a failure to secure funding, its CEO announced in a LinkedIn post this week.

COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber pulled off an unexpected victory securing long-awaited climate disaster help.

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A voluntary nature credit development framework led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) has been launched by Pollination Foundation.

Delegates adopted a new climate loss and damage fund at the first day of the two-week COP28 UN climate negotiations on Monday, a move that immediately led several governments to announce contributions.

Canadian environmental non-profits advocated for fossil fuel phase-out language in a panel Thursday at COP28 in Dubai as the federal environment ministry is soon expected to announce a cap on emissions from oil and gas.

A court has ordered the German government to set up a climate action plan to adequately tackle emissions in the traffic and construction sectors, adding to Berlin's recent climate policy woes.