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Voluntary carbon ratings agency co-founder steps down

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 19:45
The co-founder of a voluntary carbon market ratings agency has stepped down from their role at the firm to focus on other tools to fight climate change.
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Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine may face lawsuit over pollution claims

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-04-04 19:00

Mining company hit with accusation it contaminated waterways with harmful levels of uranium and lead

In a letter of claim, a document that is an early step in a lawsuit, the villagers accuse Rio Tinto of contaminating the waterways and lakes that they use for domestic purposes with elevated and harmful levels of uranium and lead, which pose a serious risk to human health.

This story was published in partnership with The Intercept. The reporting for this investigation was supported by a grant from Journalists for Transparency, an initiative of Transparency International.

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France consults on new forest carbon certification methodologies

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 18:43
France has opened a consultation on proposed revisions to its 'low-carbon label' methodologies, concerning afforestation, reforestation, and the restoration of degraded agricultural land in French Guiana.
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South Korea looking for international emissions reduction projects to fund

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 16:54
South Korea is planning to allocate a budget of up to 10.9 billion won ($8.09 mln) to subsidise domestic companies that plan to develop emissions reduction projects abroad this year, as the government seeks to secure more international carbon credits. 
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Global rainforest loss continues at rate of 10 football pitches a minute

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-04-04 16:00

Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming still cleared an area nearly equal to Switzerland

The destruction of the world’s most pristine rainforests continued at a relentless rate in 2023, despite dramatic falls in forest loss in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon, new figures show.

An area nearly the size of Switzerland was cleared from previously undisturbed rainforests last year, totalling 37,000 sq km (14,200 sq miles), according to figures compiled by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland. This is a rate of 10 football pitches a minute, often driven by more land being brought under agricultural cultivation around the world.

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British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-04-04 15:00

Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmers

Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer.

Delays to the sustainable farming schemes put in place after the UK left the European Union, to replace the common agricultural policy (CAP), have meant that in England many farmers have been left out of pocket. The new regime initially suffered from low subscription rates, and the government has underspent hundreds of millions from the £2.4bn farming budget each year due to lack of sign-up.

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Dramatic drop in logging in key Amazon countries

BBC - Thu, 2024-04-04 14:03
Brazil and Colombia curbed logging in 2023, but other countries wiped out many of the gains.
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Groups urge Australia govt to limit ministerial call-in powers in EPBC reforms

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 13:43
A number of stakeholders are urging the Australian government to reign in broad ministerial call-in powers being proposed under its reforms to the country’s environment and biodiversity protection laws.
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57 fossil fuel and cement producers caused 80% of emissions since Paris Agreement, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 13:01
The majority of global CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 can be traced to a small group of fossil fuel and cement companies, according to analysis published on Thursday.
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Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-04-04 09:01

Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

A mere 57 oil, gas, coal and cement producers are directly linked to 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study has shown.

This powerful cohort of state-controlled corporations and shareholder-owned multinationals are the leading drivers of the climate crisis, according to the Carbon Majors Database, which is compiled by world-renowned researchers.

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Joint initiative gives more than 30,000 Nigerian smallholder farmers access to carbon finance

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 08:58
An agtech partnership with an emissions trading marketplace launched on Wednesday aims to provide more than 30,000 smallholder farmers in Nigeria with access to carbon finance.
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Stakeholders grumble about limited voluntary carbon market access, other design flaws in BC’s latest draft forest offset protocol

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-04 08:39
Stakeholders have criticised the latest draft of British Columbia’s second forest carbon offset protocol (FCOP 2.0) over the prospects of limited interaction with the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and for other perceived design flaws, according to a report.
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