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E-commerce platform invests millions in Brazilian voluntary carbon reforestation project

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 23:00
A Canadian e-commerce platform is investing $3.37 million in a reforestation activity in Brazil designed to support biodiversity and generate voluntary credits, in what represents a rare forest carbon investment for the company, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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Full tradability not crucial for functioning environmental markets, Mirova says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 22:50
The quality of each biodiversity or carbon project is more important than every initiative being tradable for the market to work, similar to trading bottles of wine, French asset manager Mirova has said.
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Lawmakers urge govt to hold UK aviation to account over emissions

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 22:19
The UK government has said it will not rule out measures designed to reduce demand for flights if its current strategy for curbing aviation emissions falls short, in a response to a report by lawmakers scrutinising the country's decarbonisation plans for the sector.
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FEATURE: Low-carbon cement makers fatalistic over free EU ETS allocation rules

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 22:16
While industry frontrunners are developing ways of reducing the emissions-heavy clinker content of cement, critics say the EU’s free ETS allocation rules were designed for established production methods that effectively delay climate action.
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Advisor tells Indonesia to drop corresponding adjustments for voluntary carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 21:57
Indonesia should not focus on applying corresponding adjustments to carbon credits sold abroad in order to better make use of the voluntary market to meet its Paris Agreement commitments, according to a think tank advising the Southeast Asian nation.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 21:44
European carbon prices traded in a very narrow range on Wednesday morning as participants waited for the publication of verified emissions data for 2023, while a one-day delay to the weekly Commitment of Traders data and the fortnightly pause in the EUA auction calendar added to the lack of drivers for the market.
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White House wants Moon to have its own time zone

BBC - Wed, 2024-04-03 21:23
The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.
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White House wants Moon to have its own time zone

BBC - Wed, 2024-04-03 21:23
The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.
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White House wants Moon to have its own time zone

BBC - Wed, 2024-04-03 21:23
The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.
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US carbon removal firm delivers first batch of CO2 removal credits from Indian project

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 21:16
A US-based carbon removal company has delivered its first CO2 removal credits from a project in India, the company announced on social media platform LinkedIn.
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Consumption reduction widely overlooked as a strategy for protecting biodiversity, study says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 20:38
The scientific community has overlooked the potential impact of reducing consumption and resource use on biodiversity preservation policies in recent years, a paper has said.
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French biodiversity footprint provider raises $10 mln

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 20:29
Biodiversity footprint provider Iceberg Data Lab has raised $10 million at the first close of its Series A funding round, bringing the total raised to over $15 mln.
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Laos may release draft carbon trading regulations by June -media

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 20:28
The Lao government is working on a decree to regulate the sale of forestry carbon credits to international buyers, with an initial draft likely to be ready around summer, local media reported Wednesday.
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China releases draft emissions guidelines for cement as ETS expansion nears, steel may come later

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 19:38
China has accelerated the work of adding cement to its national emissions trading scheme with the release of CO2 accounting guidelines, while it may take longer to include steelmakers amid data quality concerns.
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Early warning system to track Asian hornets unveiled by UK researchers

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 19:14

Monitoring station detects predatory species using artificial intelligence and sends alert so nests can be traced

An early warning system designed to track and trace predatory Asian hornets using artificial intelligence has been unveiled by experts from a British university.

Researchers from the University of Exeter have invented a system that draws hornets to a monitoring station. They land on a sponge cloth impregnated with food and an overhead camera captures images.

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Australia puts out shadow carbon price guidance for electricity market starting at A$66/t

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 17:11
Australia’s energy regulator has released draft guidance on its ‘value of emissions reduction’ (VER), which will act as a shadow carbon price to help guide regulatory policy decisions related to the National Electricity Market (NEM).
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A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it | Adam Morton

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 16:15

While Toyota falls in line on vehicle emission standards, an expert takes a dim view of ‘solar sunshot’ and the carbon offsets that aren’t

The news cycle moves fast. There was a cascade of climate news as the country slowed down for Easter last week.

Here’s some of what you might have seen, what you might have missed, and a look at what it means.

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Women photographers celebrate Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 16:00

Ninety female wildlife and landscape photographers from around the world are marking primatologist Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday with a print sale of environmental pictures. The Jane Goodall Institute and the nonprofit Vital Impacts have collaborated on The Nature of Hope: 90 Years of Jane Goodall’s Impact, a 90-day sale with 60% of the proceeds going to the institute

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A fire ant and a feral horse walk into a bar ... | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 15:56

Welcome to the Invasive Species Conference!

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator expects ACCU issuance to reach 20 mln in 2024

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 15:48
The Clean Energy Regulator issued 17.2 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in 2023, and expects this figure to rise to a record 20 mln in 2024, it said in its latest quarterly report, published Wednesday.
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