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The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) could open the door to greenwashing with its revised Scope 3 claim framework, despite its intention to lure corporates onto the mitigation ladder, an NGO has warned.

The African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) has launched an initiative seeking to channel $10 million towards nature-based solutions over the next three years in collaboration with the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) among others.

Carbon Pulse rounds up developments in Latin American and Caribbean carbon markets for the week ending Sep. 1, which saw several carbon pricing announcements propelled by support from development banks and intergovernmental alliances.

Power plants around the world are emitting more CO2 in anticipation of stricter climate policies that could render fossil fuel reserves worthless, according to a new report.

Two Australian agtech firms have announced a strategic alliance to look into developing environmental crediting programmes aimed at promoting sustainable farming practices.

The CO2 contained in construction materials – such as cement, bricks, and tiles – will be considered as “permanently chemically bound” for centuries and qualify as non-emitted under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), according to new rules adopted over the summer.

Wind and solar investment improved in first half, but battery storage was again the breakout star.

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Turkish businesses are "not ready" to comply with the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to a carbon startup founder who warned some companies could go bankrupt if they don't plan ahead.

The German government said Monday that it will not need to order hard-coal plant closures from 2027 related to the tender process, with enough capacity already set to be taken offline due to market-driven forces, or already-implemented ban orders, in line with a legislated phaseout timeline.

EU carbon allowance prices were modestly weaker at midday on Monday as selling activity continued, while the EU began auctioning slightly more allowances each day after the amended schedule for the remainder of the year took effect and European energy markets corrected lower after sharp rises at the end of last week.

Scientists in Australia have developed a biodiversity monitoring method tailored to small landholders seeking to access the voluntary biodiversity credit market.

China has listed the first batch of voluntary carbon projects under the national offset programme for public consultation, moving one step closer to the issuance of new credits.

The Australian government on Monday launched a one-month consultation on some of the technicalities of its Nature Repair Market (NRM) scheme, including rules around project registration, biodiversity certificates, and the register.

Mandatory reports should be published on how taxpayer’s money is spent on environmental stewardship, says campaigner

Landowners in England have been paid more than £9bn of taxpayer’s money in the past 30 years for environmental benefits, despite the decline in nature that has taken place during that time, data reveals.

Nature campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole, who unearthed the data for his new book The Lie of The Land, said large landowners should be forced to publish regular reports showing how they are stewarding their land for nature and carbon.

The Lie of the Land is published on 12 September by HarperCollins.

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An Australian biodiversity credit provider has partnered with a carbon credit supplier for what they describe as a new environmental impact offering which combines traditional nature-based credits with one square metre of 20-year biodiversity protection.

Eight Japanese companies have partnered with the government of Hamamatsu City to generate Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)-certified credits using the Improved Forest Management (IFM) methodology, according to a press release.

A major gas supplier in Japan has agreed to invest up to $25 million in an international climate fund that seeks to create a pipeline of nature-based carbon credits.

Scientists are trying to establish whether global heating caused the deaths of the rare river dolphins last year, before temperatures start to rise again

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Set near photographer Benjamin Youd’s home in Sussex, River Story looks at the changing seasons and humans’ relationship with water

• River Story is exhibiting at ONCA Gallery in Brighton, 5 to 14 September

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The most powerful battery in Australia, and biggest single power unit ever to be connected to the country's main grid, has completed the first stage of its connection and commissioning process.

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