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On first day of predicted intense Atlantic hurricane season, Nature Conservancy urges action and warns against misinformation

Misinformation spread by climate deniers such as Florida’s extremist Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, increases the “vulnerability” of communities in the path of severe weather events, scientists are warning.

The message comes on Saturday, the first day of what experts fear could be one of the most intense and dangerous Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, threatening a summer of natural disasters across the US.

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Approach replaces sugar with mashed pulp and husk of cocoa pod and uses less land and water

Healthier and more sustainable chocolate could hit store shelves after Swiss scientists and chocolatiers developed a recipe that swaps sugar for waste plant matter.

By mashing up the pulp and husk of a cocoa pod instead of just taking the beans, scientists have made a sweet and fibrous gel that could replace the sugar in chocolate, according to a report published in Nature Food.

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Toronto-based offset project financier Carbon Streaming Corporation late on Friday announced significant changes to its board of directors and senior management, ousting its current CEO following large financial losses stemming from a doomed Indonesian investment.

Candidates in Mexico's presidential election - to be held this Sunday - have presented differing approaches to ramping up the country's climate ambitions.

Speculators reduced their net length in V24 California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs), while both managed money and emitters widened their net short position in Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) holdings, according to weekly data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Analysts at a major investment bank are bullish on California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs), but added that clarity on California's intentions to address credit surplus in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is needed for prices to reverse course from their year-to-date lows.

A Caribbean small island developing state (SIDS) has proposed "investing" natural capital in a "development bank" to monetise it, including through carbon credits, although it has a chequered history of delivering on green policy and is plagued by allegations of land grabs and environmental violations.

California regulator ARB illustrated a large reduction in free allowances to electricity distribution units (EDUs), while discussing expanded mandatary emissions reporting that could add new sources of compliance in the joint ETS scheme at a public rulemaking workshop on Friday, but once again refrained from divulging eagerly awaited annual budget cut details, keeping prices in the secondary market in check.

European carbon prices could “take a breather” after rallying 50% from their recent low, analysts at a major investment bank said this week, though they maintained their bullish long-term view.

A rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.

After chaotic scenes in Dubai at COP28, observers have called for calm on Article 6 talks taking place during a crunch UN intersessional climate summit in Bonn this week, with the technicalities of how to organise sovereign carbon trading rules expected to come into focus.

The Turkish energy exchange launched a new platform to mediate the purchase and sale of voluntary carbon credits, with the first transaction taking place last week.

An analysis of 22 rulings by national courts backs the case for stronger rules to protect consumers against misleading environmental claims by companies, as legislators examine the EU's proposed Green Claims Directive.

Corporates are keen to report voluntary carbon credit retirements, but only half the market reveals the names and details of the projects behind the carbon credits they use, research finds.

Steel production company ArcelorMittal will be handed over €1.27 billion in subsidies to decarbonise its production at two plants in Germany, the country's government announced on Thursday.

Canada must advance its study on CO2 removal (CDR) technologies to support its climate goals, a report published by the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) revealed.

Companies should ramp up their efforts in monitoring and reporting their biodiversity impacts rather than wait for a regulatory framework to be established, the EU lead negotiator for the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) has said.

Scotland must urgently ramp up public investments in nature protection, a group of NGO has said, expressing concerns over the impact of biodiversity credits following the government's plans to support the development of the voluntary market in the country.

European carbon prices spent another morning wedded to TTF natural gas, tracking marginally higher at midday, with a strong auction result also feeding in support, while UKAs continued to rally, jumping over 6% to squeeze the spread between the two markets to a 13-month low.

Canada needs to close the policy gaps in its approach to biodiversity offsets and stormwater credits, such as third-party investor involvement, a conservation investment-focused network said in a paper this week.