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INTERVIEW: Mongolia government, Nature Conservancy launch $198 mln conservation finance scheme

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-22 19:53
A partnership led by the government of Mongolia and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has raised $198 million in commitments towards conservation and sustainable communities, with similar initiatives in up to 20 other countries in the pipeline.
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Japanese engineering consultancy to explore early-stage nature-based projects

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-22 19:34
A Tokyo-listed engineering consultancy has teamed up with a climate tech firm to secure credits from nature-based solutions (NbS) around the world through early investments.
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Private companies lag on net zero commitments, report says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-22 19:28
Public companies are well ahead of their private counterparts when it comes to setting emissions reduction targets and net zero pledges, with a far larger proportion of the latter yet to make any, according to a report released Monday.
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Government under pressure to set up green levy on UK imports

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-04-22 19:17

Overseas firms sending key goods to UK would have to show they were paying for emissions or face CBAM

Ministers are under growing pressure to firm up plans for a green levy on imports to the UK before the general election campaign.

The government is consulting on plans to introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) from 2027. Under the system, overseas companies wishing to export key goods to the UK would have to show they were paying for their carbon emissions, or face a levy equivalent to the price paid for carbon by UK manufacturers.

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Preventing space contamination rises up the agenda

BBC - Mon, 2024-04-22 17:45
Agencies and scientists from around the world head to the UK to share space-exploration techniques.
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Preventing space contamination rises up the agenda

BBC - Mon, 2024-04-22 17:45
Agencies and scientists from around the world head to the UK to share space-exploration techniques.
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Japan to allow international carbon removal projects in domestic GX League

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-22 17:42
The government of Japan has opened the door to the use of international credits in its domestic carbon market, adding four types of eligible carbon removal projects to the GX-ETS.
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What is Earth Day and what has it achieved?

BBC - Mon, 2024-04-22 17:23
The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment.
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More than coral: the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-04-22 15:46
Bleached coral draws our attention, but marine heat does damage to many unseen parts of these ecosystems. John Turnbull, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Emma Johnston, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney Graeme Clark, Senior Research Fellow, Marine Biology, University of Sydney Steph Gardner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Climate tech, greener industry play key role in European venture capital recovery

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-22 15:00
Deals in climate tech and industrial decarbonisation played a key role in driving the recovery of European venture capital in Q1 2024, as investors seek opportunities to tackle the climate crisis, according to an analyst report.
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New Zealand plans to put big developments before the environment. That’s dangerous | Nicola Wheen and Andrew Geddis

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-04-22 13:11

Proposed ‘fast-track’ law could see conservation concerns ignored and projects once rejected for environmental reasons given the green light

New Zealand’s parliament is considering a law that would allow major development projects to bypass environmental approvals – and that should be a cause for extreme alarm.

The proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill emerged from the coalition agreements that enabled a centre-right government to form after last year’s election.

Nicola Wheen and Andrew Geddis are professors of law at the University of Otago.

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Europe’s ‘State of the Climate’ report sees global warming impacts getting worse

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-22 12:01
Europe was severely impacted by climate change last year, according to data released today by the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organisation, and things seem only to be getting worse.
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