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Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-05-17 06:17
The majority of 25 surveyed developments around New Zealand lacked healthy, ecologically meaningful vegetation. Applying biodiversity targets for medium-density housing could turn this around. Yolanda van Heezik, Professor of Ecology, University of Otago Christopher K. Woolley, Post-doctoral Researcher in Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jacqueline Theis, PhD Candidate (Ecology), University of Otago Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-05-17 06:11
Without a green energy transition Australia won’t meet its emissions reductions promises. But despite punching above its weight for years, the electricity sector isn’t transforming quickly enough. Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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LCFS Market: Credit prices plunge lower as renewable feedstock tariff hopes sink, stakeholders renew calls for programme stringency

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 05:04
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices plunged to new all-time lows this week as federal tariff announcements that excluded renewable diesel (RD) feedstocks further pressured an already flooded credit market, market participants said, while the ARB fields further calls for higher programme stringency.
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Swallow, swift and house martin populations have nearly halved, finds UK bird survey

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-05-17 02:46

Reduction in insect numbers contributes to drop, and there are declines across more than a third of bird species surveyed

Swallows, swifts and house martins were once a common sight over UK towns and cities, dextrously catching insects on the wing. But these spring and summer visitors are becoming increasingly rare, according to the definitive survey of the country’s birds.

Populations of these insect-eating birds have dropped by 40% or more in the past decade, according to the latest Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) report.

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India mulls adding cookstoves to list of eligible Article 6.2 activities

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 02:34
The Indian government is considering the inclusion of solar cookstoves as part of a list of activities eligible to generate carbon credits that can be sold abroad under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, an official told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of a conference on Thursday.
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FEATURE: Denmark’s move to set up carbon removals fund creates emissions accounting headache for Brussels

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 02:22
Denmark’s world first carbon removals fund could emerge as a model for other countries to follow but it also highlights ambiguities around how the voluntary carbon markets will coexist with national climate targets, particularly in the EU context.
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Slow burn development of low-carbon tech leaves oil demand ramping higher until 2030, finds report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 01:38
Low-carbon technologies are developing too slowly to curtail global oil demand growth in the next five to seven years, according to research, a trend that may hamper progress towards meeting international emissions targets.
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EU countries cut gas under REPowerEU, but risk missing new target -analysts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 01:11
EU gas reductions are on track with objectives, two years into the bloc's plan to end reliance on Russian fossil fuels before 2030, although the new target for 2024-25 leaves room for a step backwards, analysts said.
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Solar-powered humanitarian project in Uganda to yield carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 01:05
A Kenya- and US-based social impact enterprise will obtain carbon credits through a programme to provide subsidised solar home systems to refugee communities in Uganda.
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Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-05-17 00:28

Russian constitutional court is considering claim, which activists hope will raise awareness about emissions

A group of activists are fighting for the right to scrutinise Russia’s climate policies, and in particular its enormous methane emissions, in court.

Russia’s constitutional court is considering a claim brought by 18 individuals and the NGO Ecodefense that insufficient action by the Russian state to cut national greenhouse gas emissions is violating their rights to life, health and a healthy environment.

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Australian carbon industry veteran appointed chair of GreenCollar

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-17 00:01
Australia’s largest carbon project developer has appointed a company board member and industry stalwart as its chair, it announced Friday.
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Andalusian startup to evaluate the carbon sink potential of olive trees -media

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 22:39
A startup in the autonomous Spanish region of Andalusia has obtained EU funding to assess the carbon sequestration potential of traditional olive groves in hopes of engaging carbon markets, as interest grows in carbon farming, according to Spanish media.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 21:19
EU carbon allowance prices rallied steadily throughout the morning on Thursday as the Dec-24 EUA contract climbed back into its recent trading range, boosted by a recovery in natural gas prices amid forecasts for lower renewables output.
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Trading platform lists 10,000 Terrasos biodiversity credits

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 19:09
A US-based environmental trading platform has announced the listing of 10,000 biodiversity credits generated by Colombian developer Terrasos.
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China needs clarity on carbon asset attributes to support carbon finance -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 18:53
Financial institutions in China need more clarity around the legal and financial attributes of carbon assets to unlock the potential of carbon finance in the country, according to researchers.
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Austria to replace national CO2 pricing scheme with EU ETS2

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 18:13
The Austrian Parliament voted in favour of replacing its national carbon pricing scheme for fossil fuels – covering the heating and transport sector – with the EU’s upcoming ETS2, which is due to come into effect as of 2027.
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INTERVIEW: UK public bank to invest in green sectors deemed too risky for private finance

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 18:07
The state-owned UK Infrastructure Bank is looking to put money where private investors are not yet willing to go, in an effort to solve the problems standing in the way of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. 
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Vietnam state oil company plans CCS carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 16:39
Vietnam’s state oiler PetroVietnam is looking to earn carbon credits for carbon capture and storage (CCS) work that would largely utilise its existing assets in addition to its tree planting efforts of recent years.
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Australian carbon project developer partners with investment firm to finance environmental plantings work

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-05-16 16:12
An Australian carbon project developer has acquired land funded by an investment firm in exchange for the proceeds of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated and sold from the property, they announced Thursday.
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