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Australia must lead the world on nature restoration through ambitious interpretation of international law

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-03-22 20:49
Australia committed to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030 when we signed the global biodiversity framework. But what does that really mean? It’s open to interpretation. So let’s be ambitious. Justine Bell-James, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Thai govt seeks consultation on second climate change bill, with market provisions

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 20:34
The government of Thailand has put out the second draft of its climate change bill for consultation until mid-April even as it will be considered for cabinet approval not before June 2024, with provisions for several market-based mechanisms to drive emissions cuts.
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Japan updates carbon offset guidelines to align with international standards, selects latest JCM projects

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 19:49
Japan has updated its guidelines to provide more clarity on the quality of offsets, as the country seeks to align its domestic framework with international efforts to improve the integrity of the voluntary carbon market.
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'Paddington' bears spotted in Bolivian forest raise hopes for species' survival – video

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 19:27

A Bolivian conservation programme has identified at least 60 'Paddington' bears in areas where they had not been spotted before. The animal is the inspiration behind the beloved fictional character Paddington, who travels to London, is adopted by a family and eats lashings of marmalade. In 2017, Chester zoo’s Andean carnivore conservation programme installed trap cameras in Tarija forest areas, and in 2023 it spotted members of the thriving bear community playing and walking among the trees. According to Ximena Velez-Liendo, the programme's coordinator, the Andean bear is vulnerable to extinction. The expert said if threats to the species, such as the loss of habitat, retaliatory hunting and the effects of the climate crisis were not addressed by 2030, the region could lose almost 30% of the population

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ETS2 prices seen hitting €200 mark by 2030 –analysts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 19:14
Prices in the EU’s ETS for transport and heating fuels (ETS2) are expected to surpass those of the existing carbon market as early as 2029, and exceed €200/tonne of CO2 by 2030, according to projections unveiled on this week.
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South Korea moves to let securities firm launch OTC brokerage services in ETS

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 19:13
One of the largest Korean securities firms has been designated as an official broker for the country's national emissions market, as the government seeks to open up the market to more participants.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: a majestic crane, a clumsy owlet and sleepy seals

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 18:00

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

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Carbon market linkage may come at a price for Washington, analyst says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 17:54
Washington’s linkage with the broader WCI market could hinder the state’s climate goals if it does not recalibrate its existing programme mechanisms, an analyst told conference participants Wednesday.
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ARB eyes LCFS proposal changes, will discuss stringency, crop-based biofuels at next workshop

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 17:47
Staff of California regulator ARB detailed next steps regarding its proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) amendments and addressed programme scrutiny from industry and environmental groups.
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Radical pay-what-you-can restaurant faces eviction from mill it refurbished

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 17:00

The Long Table says it took thousands of hours of work to turn derelict site into a community space, but landlord has now sold it

A Gloucestershire restaurant with a radical business model, in that it feeds all comers regardless of their ability to pay, is losing its premises after the owner sold the property.

The community around The Long Table, featured in the Guardian earlier this month, has been left reeling after it was ordered to move out of the mill it occupies in Stroud – even as it sought to engage with the landlord to buy the building.

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Australia’s new environmental plantings method will only require ‘minor changes’, govt says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:51
The Australian government will only need to make 'minor changes' to the replacement environmental plantings method, and continues its work on the proposed integrated farm land management (IFLM) method, it confirmed Friday.
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California fuel sales fall again in December, diesel declines as emissions fall on year

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:34
California gasoline sales and emissions trailed 2022 levels for the fourth month in a row in December, while diesel reversed course and also declined and total transportation emissions fell overall on the year, state data published Thursday showed.
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Solar eclipse spectacle set to grip North America again

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:09
How lucky is that? The US will witness its second total solar eclipse in seven years on 8 April.
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Eclipse spectacle set to grip North America again

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:09
How lucky is that? The US will witness its second total solar eclipse in seven years on 8 April.
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Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 15:26

The fish do not actually ring the doorbell – you do!

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Bill to ban trophy hunting imports back in Commons

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 15:08
But the parliamentary move has been condemned as counter-productive by several African countries.
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Grey-headed flying-fox population is stable – 10 years of monitoring reveals this threatened species is doing well

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-03-22 14:41
Ten years of data from Australia’s comprehensive national flying-fox monitoring program reveals the grey-headed flying fox (fruit bat) population is stable. It’s good news for this threatened species. Eric Vanderduys, Research Projects Officer, CSIRO Adam McKeown, Experimental Scientist in Ecology, CSIRO Chris R. Pavey, Principal Scientist in Ecology, CSIRO John Martin, Adjunct associate and ecological research scientist, University of Sydney Peter Caley, Senior Research Scientist in quantitative ecology, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Indonesia Business Council publishes wish-list for country’s carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 13:28
Encouraging the government to calculate GHG emissions limits and grant funding to industrial players are key priorities Indonesia’s peak business group wants to help nurture its carbon market, according to recommendations published this week.
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