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Executives are more driven by ESG issues than junior employees in the workplace, even if they come up against commercial trade-offs, finds a new report.

A startup that captures shipping vessel emissions has secured $70 million in funding to accelerate the deployment of its technology, which it has started to trial in California.

A US-based distributed carbon capture technology provider has closed a $20 million funding round and will use the cash to expand the deployment of its technology across North America and attract top industry talent

In another of these pieces I basically dislike writing, it's time to delve into the murky world of retail bills.

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The Q1 California-Quebec current vintage carbon auction settled in line with secondary market prices and market expectations for a sub-$30 clear, even as California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures had already moved higher post sale in anticipation of the start of programme extension discussions. 

The administrator responsible for reviewing rules put forth by California’s state agencies issued on Tuesday a detailed list of reasons for disapproving the November regulatory changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

Hydroxyl scrubs the potent greenhouse gas methane from the atmosphere. But its production is linked with emissions of other pollutants. Hinrich Schaefer, Research Scientist Trace Gases, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Sustained heat takes it out of you, quite literally. Researchers have found heat accelerates ageing by changing how our bodies switch genes off and on. Rongbin Xu, Research Fellow in Health and Epigenetics, Monash University Shuai Li, Associate Professor in Genetic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The large BRICS emerging economies could reshape the international climate policy landscape, but expectations of this non-Western coalition should be “moderate” despite its recent embrace of carbon markets, according to experts speaking to Carbon Pulse.

A shift toward local manufacturing in clean technology could significantly drive up the cost of decarbonisation, with new research suggesting that deglobalisation may add 30% to the overall expense of transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

Widespread electrification with clean power will make or break decarbonisation in the UK and around the world — but it can’t happen without speedy, and hefty, investments in grid upgrades within the decade, experts said this week.

A Tallinn-headquartered carbon removal developer has partnered with Sweden’s largest digital forestry marketplace to help landowners generate revenue from carbon credits, it was announced this week.

Climate scientists caution, however, that even weakened currents would cause profound harm to humanity

Vital Atlantic Ocean currents are unlikely to completely collapse this century, according to a study, but scientists say a severe weakening remains probable and would still have disastrous impacts on billions of people.

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a system of currents that plays a crucial role in the global climate. The climate crisis is weakening the complex system, but determining if and when it will collapse is difficult.

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The European Commission has proposed raising the threshold for importers of goods covered by the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), bringing around €1.2 bln in savings while still covering over 99% of emissions, it announced on Wednesday.

Integrity, innovation, and incentives need to combine for the carbon market to evolve to meet its potential, one of the world’s largest project developers has urged.

It’s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious frustration. Then you spot spring’s first flower ...

There’s no such thing as gardener’s block, I once read. This from, I believe, a famous writer who was making the point that if you’ve got writer’s block, you should just go and do something else for a bit. Point taken. There is no such thing as gardener’s block because if you get stuck doing one job, even in the smallest garden, there are roughly 10m other jobs you can be cracking on with. Which is quite right. And this is what makes gardening either the worst thing for you if – like me – you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or possibly the best.

I stride into the garden full of purpose and ambition, with a smile on my face. Invariably, several hours later, I stagger out of there, aching all over, scratched, bloodied, filthy and demoralised, having dug, scraped, cursed and carried myself to physical and mental exhaustion. The clarity of purpose I have at the outset vanishes very quickly, along with my secateurs. In its place, as things that need doing proliferate around me like Japanese knotweed, there comes a confusion of purpose. Lots gets done a little bit, but nothing gets done properly. Nothing is finished. And it all looks a right bloody mess.

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The European Commission has announced plans to create an ‘Industrial Decarbonisation Bank’, aiming to mobilise €100 billion in the next 10 years to help energy-intensive industries meet their climate goals, with funding drawn partly from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS).

Orsted has installed key components at two power stations as part of Denmark’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, the Danish energy firm announced this week.

The European Commission wants to fast-track a proposal to delay two corporate reporting policies aimed at boosting environmental and climate transparency and accountability in the private sector, it announced on Wednesday as part of the Omnibus regulation.

The UK government published its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) on Wednesday, committing to achieving all the 23 targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).