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Statewide budget cuts in California raised concerns about the state’s ability to fulfill its environmental justice obligations at a joining meeting between regulator ARB and its advisory body on Thursday.

The flourishing of Article 6 trade may be hampered by countries failing to submit new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) climate targets on time, according to a carbon credit rating agency.

Germany could remove millions of tonnes of CO2 annually through ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) methods, although challenges remain regarding measurement and environmental risks, according to a new report.

Developers must now offset damage to nature by achieving a 10% biodiversity net gain – but is buying up pockets of land and rewilding them the answer?

To most people driving through the waterlogged fields of West Sussex, a patch of muddy land dotted with scrubby trees would not warrant a second glance. But this former farmland is being given a new lease of life as part of a government scheme to boost wildlife.

Ardingly habitat bank is one of the pilot sites for the biodiversity net gain (BNG) scheme. Under legislation that came into force in February 2024, new roads, houses and other building projects must achieve a 10% net gain in biodiversity if nature is damaged on a site. So if a forest is bulldozed to make way for a block of flats, the developer must recreate a similar habitat, plus 10%.

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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to reach net zero emissions, but projects need to be driven by climate policies to prevent the technology from being used as an excuse to keep fossil fuels alive, experts said.

China's emissions from greenhouse gases used in cooling and refrigeration have skyrocketed since 2005, and now equal emissions from more than 500 natural gas-fired power plants in a single year, according to a new research.

Conservation and restoration strategies worldwide largely overlook the risk of biodiversity leakage, which could undermine global efforts to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, according to a paper released on Thursday.

European carbon prices found late-morning strength as they bounced back off support levels in the wake of a strong auction, having eased lower for much of Friday under pressure from falling TTF gas prices, with technical indicators said to now point to the downside for EUAs in the near term.

A Southeast Asian developer is setting up the first two of many biochar production facilities in Gujarat, India that it expects to generate a total of 1 million carbon removals credits by 2030, the company told Carbon Pulse.

Europe’s truck manufacturers have stepped forward to defend the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme for road transport and heating fuels (ETS2), saying a carbon price is the “cornerstone” of the transition to clean mobility, while acknowledging that social concerns also need to be addressed.

Exclusive: Firms outnumber green groups at environmental talks, with related events sponsored by fossil fuel companies

Aviation industry delegates outnumbered those from green groups by 10 to one at the previous conference of the UN’s committee on aviation environmental protection (CAEP), an analysis has found.

Other recent meetings held by CAEP’s parent body, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), were sponsored by large fossil fuel companies and airlines, including Saudi Aramco and Etihad. Critics accuse the ICAO of having been captured by the industry, resulting in slow efforts to tackle the climate crisis by reducing the carbon emissions from aircraft.

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Two Australian environmental startups have teamed up to scale artificial intelligence (AI) and environmental DNA-powered biodiversity monitoring, aiming at supporting nature markets and reporting frameworks, they said in a joint release on Friday.

No, it isn’t a leftwing plot, it’s a proposal I authored for the Conservatives in 2021. And it could be brilliantly transformative for England

Last week saw the launch of what could be – if done right – the most important political policy in a generation. You may not have heard about the new land use framework, but if you did hear something, chances are it wasn’t good. “National suicide!” declared the shadow farming minister, Robbie Moore, who described the policy for good measure as “food lunacy”.

I should confess that I am the original author of this lunacy. It was one of the key recommendations of the 2021 National Food Strategy – an independent review I was commissioned to write by the then Tory government. The purpose of the land use framework was – is – sane enough. It is intended to inform and streamline planning decisions and steer other government incentives, to ensure that areas of land are used in ways they are naturally well suited to.

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China continued to see muted trading activity in its national emissions market over the past week amid lacklustre compliance demand, while the national voluntary market remained stagnant without injection of new supply.

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

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Malaysia has the potential to decarbonise its lagging and relatively small steel industry, but government support will be needed as the sector is experiencing a downturn that makes investment in green technology difficult. 

Global electricity demand is set to grow at close to an average of 4% annually through 2027, while CO2 emissions from power generation are expected to plateau, according to a report released Friday.

Research shows move to electric vehicles may not be enough to enable pollution from cars to be eradicated

Microscopic particles emitted from brake pads can be more toxic than those emitted in diesel vehicle exhaust, a study has found.

This research shows that even with a move to electric vehicles, pollution from cars may not be able to be eradicated.

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Parts of the Midwest have seen temperatures 15-30C below the climate average, while Australia temperatures hit almost 50C

Disruptive weather has continued to affect the US this week, with a mixture of winter hazards, heavy rainfall and extreme temperatures across the country. Extreme cold warnings have affected more than 90 million people, with parts of the midwest seeing temperatures about 15-30C below the climate average.

Temperatures fell to about -35C earlier this week across states including Montana and North Dakota, with maximum daytime temperatures reaching -15C.

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The volume of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) exiting and being delivered during the fourth pilot window is far lower than previously predicted, according to results published by the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) Friday, with more than half being rescheduled.