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Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth but now has a 3.8% chance of striking the Moon.

Nature credits have the potential to help the EU close the existing financing gap on conservation and restoration efforts, with local authorities playing a critical role in shaping the market, the bloc's biodiversity chief said on Thursday.

Devices similar to those used during pandemic to be deployed to help stamp out trade in threatened fish

Last year, a colleague of Diego Cardeñosa sent the international shark trade researcher a few pieces of shark fin taken from a bowl of soup in New York City. Using a PCR test similar to those used during the Covid-19 pandemic to test for the virus, Cardeñosa was able to identify the species behind the fin as sandbar shark, an endangered species found in tropical and warm-temperate waters.

Now, Cardeñosa and other scientists from Florida International University, alongside law enforcement officials from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), plan to deploy the tests at ports across the country in order to crack down on seafood fraud and fish trafficking.

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European carbon prices plunged in line with the global markets rout as markets continued to respond to the US announcement of widespread tariffs, heading for their biggest weekly loss in more than a year as China responded with import levies of its own.

Inexpensive and widely available materials can effectively remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, scientists from Northwestern University have claimed in what might be a significant breakthrough for carbon capture technology.

The EU and Central Asia signed a new Strategic Partnership on Friday, including €10 bln worth of investments in areas like critical raw materials, batteries and green hydrogen, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced at a bilateral summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Swiss multinational Holcim is calling for “100% testing” of cement imports at key European ports of entry, to make sure the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is fully watertight.

The durable carbon removal (CDR) market surged to fresh highs in the first quarter of the year after the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) opened the door for the sector to be used by companies to meet climate targets, finds a new report.

A global conservation organisation and a London-headquartered brokerage and consulting firm have launched a new insurance policy incorporating nature-based solutions (NbS) to address the wildfire crisis in California.

A Zurich-based carbon removal (CDR) financier on Wednesday announced it will purchase 25,000 carbon credits from biochar facilities in West Africa.

A flat-rate greenhouse gas levy for shipping has been removed from the latest negotiation text at a meeting of the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) in favour of a tiered compliance system focused on GHG fuel intensity that would effectively introduce a credit trading system.

Verified emissions reported under the EU ETS fell by 5.3% year-over-year in 2024, preliminary data released by the European Commission on Friday showed, when comparing greenhouse gas output on a like-for-like basis.

Global carbon emissions from the aluminium industry will rise by nearly 50% by mid-century unless it adopts cleaner energy sources, an energy agency warned Friday.

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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The European Commission will publish its proposal for a 2040 climate target “before summer”, the EU’s climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said on Thursday.

The Norwegian government will propose a 2035 GHG emissions reduction target of 70-75% below 1990 levels, but without specifying how much of that will be made domestically, the nation’s climate and environment minister has said.

The speed at which ocean-based climate projects are being developed and expanded to address the impact of climate change is outpacing the ability to govern them, presenting risks to marine ecosystems, a study published this week has found.

The project in Uganda has captured the disastrous effects of the climate crisis on a vital source of water that is central to the lives and sacred beliefs of the local Bakonzo community

• Photographs by Project Pressure

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Papua New Guinea has begun the process to unwind its moratorium on new REDD+ projects in the country, the government announced.

Campaign network calls on government to prioritise smaller cars and introduce higher charges for SUV owners

More than 1m cars too big to fit in parking spaces are being sold in the UK each year, and numbers are growing, research has found.

A trend for cars bigger than the average urban parking space means new vehicles are outgrowing towns and cities.

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