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Major voluntary carbon registries must shake off their scepticism of blockchain technology to enable the market to scale, according to a new report.

The European Commission will put forward options in May to address the issue of “export leakage” for goods covered by the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), ahead of a formal legislative review due before the end of the year, an official has said.

Environmentalists call bid to skirt UN treaty ‘reckless’ amid fears that mining will cause irreversible loss of biodiversity

A Canadian deep-sea mining firm has revealed it has been negotiating with the Trump administration to bypass a UN treaty and potentially gain authorisation from the US to mine in international waters.

The revelation has stunned environmentalists, who condemned the move as “reckless” and a “slap in the face for multilateralism”.

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A UK forest carbon standard will launch a new version of its crediting code later this year, as part of its ongoing commitment to improvement, it said in an update on Friday.

A newly released map of the nature tech sector has flagged gaps in biodiversity data management as well as unresolved challenges in making advanced technologies accessible to local communities and land stewards.

For decades, carbon markets and climate policies have relied on the Global Warming Potential (GWP100) metric to measure the impact of greenhouse gases (GHGs), but a growing number of experts say this method is flawed - particularly in its treatment of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs).

Engaging with the voluntary carbon market is risky for farmers because it can force them to relinquish rights to the CO2 credits generated on their land, by allowing outside organisations to claim them as their own, according to a UK-based consultancy.

Applying basalt dust to forests can triple the carbon sequestration potential of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) compared to its use on croplands alone, according to a study released Friday.

European carbon prices edged slightly higher on Friday morning, boosted by technical buying after an early failure to make a significant break below Thursday's lows, while traders continued to discuss a French government proposal for a price corridor to encourage a more "stable" EUA price.

The chief executive of a large carbon financier is stepping down from the role amid a cash squeeze at the company.

Parts of the UK with clear skies will see the Moon take a 'bite' out of the Sun on Saturday morning.

British eel trader says move will destroy traditional elvering but campaigners welcome decision

Endangered eels caught in British estuaries will no longer be exported to Russia after the government banned the trade.

In a decision that Britain’s last remaining eel trader said would end centuries of traditional elvering, a request to dispatch millions of glass eels – young eels that develop into elvers – to a restocking project in Kaliningrad was refused by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

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Permit prices in China's national CO2 emissions market continued to drop over the past week, with analysts expecting what they see as the unambitious plan for the country's ETS expansion to weigh on market prices.

Ghana has partnered with a group of companies in an attempt to draw big institutional investors to the types of nature-based projects that they have so far avoided — with a series of projects that will generate millions of carbon and biodiversity credits, benefit local communities, and provide a return on investment. 

A think tank has partnered with British Embassy-backed Green Energy Transition Indonesia (GETI) to form a new green hydrogen community ahead of an expected hydrogen and ammonia roadmap to be released by the government later this year.

Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial

The stunning $667m verdict against Greenpeace last week is a direct attack on the climate movement, Indigenous peoples and the first amendment.

The North Dakota case is so deeply flawed – at its core, the trial was really about crushing dissent – that I believe there is a good chance it will be reversed on appeal and ultimately backfire against the Energy Transfer pipeline company.

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BioCarbon has launched a public consultation on a new water credit standard, setting out criteria for projects seeking to advance sustainable management and conservation of water resources.

With its Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation, the European Union is effectively trying to create a domestic voluntary market for removals to meet its UN climate goals, a senior EU official has said.

The Australian government on Friday circulated it’s so-called “plain-English” draft of the much-anticipated integrated farm land management (IFLM) method, seen by Carbon Pulse, with the document hinting at further delays to finishing it.

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

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