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Microsoft adds almost 1 mln nature-based carbon removal credits to portfolio
VCMI announces first ‘Platinum’ voluntary carbon claim from emerging economy
Biochar carbon removal has the potential to stand the test of time -study
Managing overfishing among the most effective strategies to mitigate climate change, study says
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Industrial conglomerate a step closer to net zero manufacturing at Bulgarian factory
New insurance product protects carbon credits from political and extreme weather risks
Gold Standard unveils pilot for carbon crediting climate policies
Australian soil tech developer to undertake review of carbon business after “disappointing results”, CEO departure
'Worse than Scott Morrison’: Albanese on Dutton's climate 2030 target renege – video
Anthony Albanese says Australia is 'very much on track' to meet the Paris agreement's 2030 emissions reductions targets. Speaking at Parliament House this afternoon, he labelled opposition leader Peter Dutton’s comments about climate policy 'rather extraordinary'
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Coalition won’t reveal 2030 emissions target unless it wins election, Peter Dutton says
Peter Dutton’s plans will breach the Paris agreement on climate – that much is clear
Philippines Article 6 registry operator issues call for carbon projects
Rainforest Alliance, Swiss firm team up to scale sustainable farming in Kenya
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’
Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest.
The institutions are alleged to have provided billions of dollars of finance to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are impacting the Amazon, destabilising the climate or impinging on the land and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.
Continue reading...‘Protecting them is impossible’: raising children in a contaminated town – in pictures
Families in Taranto, Italy, watch their kids play in polluted soil in the shadow of a steelworks, knowing that many people there have lost their lives to cancer. Lisa Sorgini captures their struggle
Continue reading...China announces first batch of qualified verifiers for CCER programme
Contracting giant hit by losses on Australian renewable and transmission projects
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Protect Windermere from sewage, campaigners urge UK party leaders
Open letter signed by naturalist Chris Packham and comedian Paul Whitehouse says pollution from United Utilities treatment plants is degrading lake
The next government must give Windermere greater protection from sewage pollution, campaigners including the naturalist Chris Packham and the comedian Paul Whitehouse have urged in an open letter to all party leaders.
The campaign group Save Windermere, which organised the letter, says the lake has huge ecological significance, is home to rare and protected species and brings in about £750m to the economy. But the signatories, who include the Wildlife Trust, the countryside charity the CPRE and WildFish, say it is being degraded by sewage pollution from United Utilities treatment plants.
Continue reading...Peter Dutton’s latest salvo on Australia’s emissions suggests our climate wars are far from over
AGL buys into home solar, battery and EV management platform
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