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New laws currently under debate in the legislature could cause uncertainty in ownership rights to carbon in Mexican wetlands voluntary carbon (VCM) projects, a legal expert told conference attendees on Tuesday.

New powers mean regulator can ban payouts under criteria of Ofwat’s choosing

Bonuses for water bosses in England could be banned this year for companies that spill sewage, break the law or mismanage their finances, Ofwat has announced.

The regulator has launched a consultation into draft criteria under which it would ban bonuses being paid to chief executives. Sources at Ofwat told the Guardian they are near-certain to ban some water CEO bonuses this year.

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Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands.

Global heating could exceed previous estimates as carbon cycle feedback loops intensify, according to a study published over the weekend.

Strengthening NDCs under the Paris Agreement could add 0.23% to global GDP by 2040 when compared to current policies, with even greater long-term benefits from avoided climate damages, according to unpublished research seen by Carbon Pulse.

A large carbon removal (CDR) buyers club has inked a deal worth $33 million to remove 78,707 tonnes of CO₂ between 2027 and 2030, it announced Tuesday.

The UK government is pushing for the quick adoption of a global levy on shipping emissions after announcing on Tuesday that domestic maritime emissions will be cut by at least 30% by 2030 and 80% by 2040, with the sector coming into the ETS from next year.

Switzerland has opened a consultation on Tuesday concerning proposed changes to keep its emissions trading system (ETS) aligned with that of the EU.

The UK financial services industry is well-equipped to drive the expansion of nature markets across biodiversity and carbon, a professional body said on Tuesday.

The European Commission has signed a new cooperation agreement with Europe's civil-military organisation, setting out new monitoring, reporting, and verification of aviation emissions outside of CO2, they announced on Tuesday.

With its carbon removals certification scheme agreed last year, the European Commission is seeking to promote biomass use with higher value-added than biofuels or bioenergy – both financially and from a climate perspective, a senior EU official has said.

Opposition says Labor’s national vehicle emission standard is ‘poorly designed’, despite data showing uptick in green vehicle sales

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Australia’s love-hate relationship with fuel-guzzling utes and SUVs is now a looming election issue, after the Coalition indicated it may rethink Labor’s vehicle emission standard.

On Tuesday the shadow transport minister, Bridget McKenzie, called Labor’s vehicle emission standard “poorly designed” and said the Coalition will have “more to say” about it when the opposition releases its own transport policy before the election.

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Bombylius major, the thieving, deceiving, fluffy flying narwhal-like insect, that is a harbinger of spring

• Hundreds of nominations for invertebrate of the year whittled down to 10

Everybody loves bees. But these bumbling pollinators are ten a penny. How about a pollinator who twerks? A pollinator with a bum-bag for storing sand? A pollinator that pretends it’s a bee but actually looks far cooler? A pollinator with a dark side?

All hail the dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major), a beautiful insect that’s been likened to a fluffy flying narwhal. An insect whose arrival in the skies of temperate Europe, North America and parts of Asia signifies that spring is here.

Between 24 March and 2 April, we will be profiling a shortlist of 10 of the invertebrates chosen by readers and selected by our wildlife writers from more than 2,500 nominations. The voting for our 2025 invertebrate of the year will run from midday on Wednesday 2 April until midday on Friday 4 April.

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A climate think tank has suggested a compensation scheme for European exporters of goods covered by the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) who will stop receiving free emission allowances under the bloc's carbon market.

The pulp industry may be responsible for burning up to 45 million cubic metres of wood sourced from forests and plantations across the EU each year, a report has said.

Europe's carbon market traded in a narrow range for a second successive day as traders prepared for Wednesday's expiry of the March options contract, with prices easing towards the lower of the two main strike prices while energy markets also eased off as participants waited for news on the latest round of US-Russian talks over a ceasefire deal in Ukraine.

Verra has suspended four validation and verification bodies (VVBs) that were involved in reviewing the 37 rice cultivation projects in China that the standard rejected last year after a whistleblower raised concerns about their integrity.

Bottom trawling in European waters imposes an annual cost of up to €10.8 billion on society, primarily due to CO2 emissions released from disturbed seafloor sediments, according to a pre-print study published this week.

A group of 16 investors has asked an equal number of clothing companies to commit to embedding nature-positive practices into their supply chains to reduce sustainability risks.  

An Indian agriculture technology startup has raised INR 830 million ($10 mln) from a UK investor to expand its carbon farming operations across the South Asian nation, it announced Tuesday.