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Four Japanese companies have been selected to help advance a digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system for the country's carbon offset programme.

Most of the carbon absorbed by land over the past three decades has ended up in non-living reservoirs rather than in growing trees and plants, according to a study that challenges previous models of Earth’s carbon cycle.

Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins

If humanity has an epitaph, it might read something like this: “Knackered by the things we missed.” It is true that several existential threats are widely known and widely discussed. But some of the greatest dangers we face appear on almost no one’s radar.

How often have you thought about this one: spreading sewage sludge on farmland? I would guess very few would include it in their top civilisational hazards. Despite the best efforts of a handful of us, it trundles on, unknown to most. Surprising as it may seem, new research suggests that it could help call time on us.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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

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Saudi oil major Aramco has launched Saudi Arabia’s first CO2 direct air capture (DAC) test unit, with a capacity to remove 12 tonnes of CO2 per year, it has announced.

The New Zealand Unit (NZU) spot price fell by 2.5% on Friday in the wake of this week’s declined auction, as the government updated free allocation settings to one of its biggest emitters.

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Proposed hydropower dams will likely cut a small swathe through several active and proposed REDD+ projects in Cambodia, but its operator says it is too early to say how the work will impact carbon credit issuance.

Australia’s only silicon manufacturer has been awarded funding from the Albanese Labor government, to help decarbonise its operations.

The post Australia’s only silicon producer wins federal funds to cut emissions, boost solar supply chain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has opened a second round of funding to support industrial decarbonisation valued at A$70 million ($44 mln).

Taiwan's environment ministry on Thursday approved a methodology that aims to create carbon sinks through soil management activities, expanding the number of domestically developed nature-based offset methodologies to five.

Kangaroos and wallabies are the only hopping species heavier than 5kg, and the small musky rat-kangaroo might help us learn why

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Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo cousins hop instead of walk.

Kangaroos and closely related wallabies are the only large animals to hop upright on two legs, researchers from Australia’s Flinders University said Thursday, but why remains a mystery.

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Quinbrook's David Scaysbrook says the falling cost of solar and battery storage represents a tipping point for the energy industry. Plus: Big battery tender, gas and hydrogen news.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The tipping point in solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets.

The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets.

The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.

The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.

The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.

Climate change will disrupt our lives more and more until the world reaches net zero – not even Australian Rules football is safe.

The post Footy faces cyclones and record heat – it’s just a taste of what’s to come from climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renew Economy has appointed a new editor, a COO, expanded its team and added new features.

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