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The European Commission denied reports that its 2040 target proposal could be delayed into the second quarter, rectifying statements from its vice-president Teresa Ribera who suggested in an interview that the initiative would be postponed.

On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck.

Investors built their V26 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length while cutting V25s, and producers pulled back their RGGI Allowance (RGA) exposure, according to latest weekly data released Friday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Three of the largest political groups in the European Parliament have pledged to uphold the integrity of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) by limiting legislative changes to the scope proposed by the European Commission last month.

California invested $100 mln of cap-and-trade revenues to identify and track methane emissions data, project proponents announced Friday.

Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) and Ministry of Development and Family Farming (MDA), as well as its national development bank (BNDES), on Friday launched three public calls for proposals to restore a critical deforestation area.

Ghana has received 70 projects for review in pursuit of eventual authorisation or endorsement, including 45 applications for Article 6 projects with sovereign nations, according to a report published Friday by the country’s Carbon Markets Office (CMO).

Increasing run-ins between anglers and the ocean’s apex predators reflects a growing unease among beachgoers. But is widespread fear justified?

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Moreton Bay charter boat deckhand Bryce Daly is starting to feel unsafe swimming the waters he’s grown up fishing.

“You’ve always got a shark in the back of your mind,” the 32-year-old Jimboomba man says.

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A full repeal of clean energy tax credits by Congress combined with a reversal of regulations governing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would increase energy prices for both households across the US and manufacturers, according to a new analysis.

It’s time for Canada’s carbon removal (CDR) industry to take its turn in the limelight, according to the policy director of one of the country's leading policy advocacy groups.

The California-Quebec jointed WCI auction in May will offer a lower volume of allowances in the second quarterly sale of 2025 than it did in the first, according to a Friday notice from California regulator ARB.

The US CO2 removal (CDR) industry is facing challenges as political support decreases, investors grow cautious, and federal funding becomes uncertain, according to a recent article by an ex-DOE employee.

A new prize recognises the power of storytelling to address the biggest issue of our time

No novelist should ignore the climate emergency, Paul Murray, author of the bestselling novel The Bee Sting, told the Observer last year: “It is the unavoidable background for being alive in the 21st century.” In recognition of the vital role of literature in responding to the Anthropocene moment, this week the inaugural shortlist was announced for the Climate Fiction prize.

The five novels include Orbital by Samantha Harvey, set during one day on the International Space Station and the winner of last year’s Booker prize; time-travelling romcom The Ministry of Time from debut novelist Kaliane Bradley; eco-thriller Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen; And So I Roar, about a young girl in Nigeria, by Abi Daré; and a story of migrants in an abandoned city in Téa Obreht’s The Morningside. All the shortlisted authors are women.

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The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) took a strong step towards cleaning up the cookstoves sector, according to the experts behind a critical research paper that claimed a large share of projects had been heavily over-credited in the past.

Political announcements on the possibility of negotiations between the UK and Europe over linking their carbon markets have triggered significant price volatility in UKAs in the last two weeks, but analysts have cast doubt over the likelihood of meaningful talks leading to an agreement in the near term.

Future prices under the EU's emissions trading system (ETS2) targeting heating and road transport fuels will largely depend on how quickly five European countries can decarbonise, with road transport playing a key role, a think tank has found.

A large Brazilian bank announced on Thursday it has raised R$1.4 billion ($250 million) with a bond aimed at funding biodiversity conservation and social programmes across the country.

The signatories of the ASEAN Common Carbon Framework (ACCF) met this week to discuss the modalities of a common carbon market for the region, expecting to launch a pilot by Q4 2025.

Brazil must engage non-carbon market instruments and more traditional finance flows to conserve and restore its forests, the chair of a Brazilian private social investment foundation has said.

The status of Australia's environment slightly improved last year, though habitat destruction, invasive species, and the ongoing climate crisis continue to threaten native ecosystems, according to an annual report released this week.