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JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has raised $1.5 billion for the Campbell Global's Forest & Climate Solutions Fund II, surpassing its original fundraising target.

European carbon prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day, nearing the recent six-month low before steadying, as the turmoil in financial and commodity markets continued following US President Donald Trump's increase in tariffs on China to 104%, while energy markets also continued to weaken.

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found.

With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with water scarcity.

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The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the IFRS Foundation have announced a formal commitment to deepening their work towards enabling nature-related disclosures.

The US is threatening "reciprocal measures" against states that agree to impose a carbon tax on shipping emissions, throwing into disarray crucial UN talks underway in London this week.

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) on Wednesday issued a call for expressions of interest (EoI) from project developers in Cote d’Ivoire and Nepal to build a pipeline of mitigation activities that could generate carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Decades of efforts in ecosystem restoration have significantly improved China's capacity to absorb CO2 through soil, according to a recent paper.

Carbon project proponents have broadly welcomed Papua New Guinea’s move to begin lifting the suspension of its moratorium on new voluntary REDD+ projects, though it is still unclear exactly when it will happen.

High-rated voluntary carbon credits commanded a record-high price premium in March, averaging 62% higher than the lowest scored units, according to a data update from a rating agency.

A UK oil and gas company has completed the country's first test of injecting CO2 into a carbon capture and storage site under the North Sea, it announced on Wednesday.

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is likely to see a substantial rise in prices in the early 2030s as excess supply clears, before embarking on a steep upward growth curve to 2040, according to analysts that have identified untapped demand potential among industrials and emerging economies.

New Zealand is increasingly turning to wood pellets to reduce emissions and shift away from coal, driven by regulations and company climate commitments, according to experts and industry.

The New Zealand commissioner for the environment has called for forestry to be removed from the emissions trading scheme, reiterating previous concerns about the potential wave of exotic afforestation current settings could create.

Reserving gas for domestic use on Australia’s east coast as the Coalition proposes is a good idea, though surprisingly left-leaning. But why is the benefit so small? Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Heads of 32 charities warn proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss

The heads of 32 UK nature organisations have written to the government warning that the planning bill “throws environmental protection to the wind”.

The planning and infrastructure bill, which is at committee stage in parliament, aims to streamline regulations for developers so they can speed up their projects.

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A group of companies have agreed to fast-track the development of a new, clean steel furnace that will be fired with green hydrogen and fed by high-grade iron ore from one of the world’s newest and largest mines.

The Greens broadly failed to make the most of its greater presence in parliament this term. Here’s what it should do differently. Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs) plummeted almost 25% and 13% in after-hours trade as US President Donald Trump's latest executive orders (EO) signed on Tuesday directed the Attorney General (AG) to take action against state climate policies along with plans to reignite the domestic coal industry.

Northeast Atlantic mackerel populations depleted, and Good Fish Guide says shoppers should look for other options

Mackerel stocks are nearing a “breaking point”, experts have said as the fish is downgraded as a sustainable option.

People should be eating herring instead, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said, because mackerel continues to be overfished by countries including Norway and the UK.

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Solar farms aren’t just about generating electricity and cutting emissions – they can also be a game-changer for farmers rural economies.

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