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Brussels is taking a measured stance on carbon farming, preferring to build on existing voluntary initiatives rather than impose a complex new system of capturing carbon on the EU's 9 million farms, EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen told Carbon Pulse on Wednesday.

If the US were to leave CORSIA there could be major ramifications for the EU ETS, carbon analysts said Wednesday.

Site in Cumbria can now return to routine inspections but concerns remain over cybersecurity

The UK nuclear industry regulator has taken Sellafield, the world’s largest store of plutonium, out of special measures for its physical security – but said concerns remained over its cybersecurity.

Guarding arrangements at the vast nuclear waste dump in Cumbria have improved enough to allow for routine inspections from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), rather than requiring “enhanced regulatory oversight”.

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Decades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023

Melting glaciers have caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century alone, a decades-long study has revealed.

The research shows the world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023, causing an 18mm (0.7in) rise in global sea levels.

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The most effective strategy to scale up nature-based solutions (NbS) in urban areas is the mainstreaming of projects into all the World Bank's support programmes, according to an official.

Delivering grid balancing services by aggregating household energy demand is easier and cheaper than switching fossil fuel power plants on and off, according to a software company operating with a large European utility.

The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.

The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.

The report promises better pay and protections for farmers, but environmentalists say it will not help restore nature or assure food security

European farmers will face fewer rules and less foreign competition, a new vision for agriculture promises, as environmental campaigners warn that key green proposals have been ignored.

The EU’s new farming strategy will overhaul the sector with targeted financial support, stricter import standards and a shift from “conditions to incentives” in the green strings attached to its vast subsidy scheme, according to the report published on Wednesday.

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The Greens in the European Parliament have urged the EU Commission to take a bolder approach to industrial policy in its upcoming initiative for a Clean Industrial Deal, warning that watering down the proposal would harm Europe's economy, energy security, and global competitiveness.

The European Commission aims to present draft legislation at the end of June to formalise certification methodologies for measuring CO2 sequestration from permanent carbon removals (CDR) – including one potentially dedicated to biochar, Carbon Pulse has learned.

A European biomethane producer has selected a carbon crediting platform to certify its carbon removal (CDR) credits for its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) projects, the companies announced on Wednesday.

Central banks should address the impacts of biodiversity loss alongside climate-related factors in monetary policy, as nature degradation has the potential to affect price stability in the long term, according to a policy brief released this week.

A carbon finance company specialising in de-risking forward carbon credit investments is shutting down, blaming the “broken” voluntary carbon market.

A shortage of green financing is curtailing Indonesia’s plan to decarbonise its manufacturing sector, which accounts for 28% of the country’s total emissions, according to research published Wednesday.

Poorer countries want rapid emission cuts and more financial help in face of US leader’s stance on global heating

Developing countries are calling on the rich world to defy the US president, Donald Trump, and bridge the global chasm over climate action, before the goal of limiting global temperatures to safe levels is irretrievably lost.

Diplomats from the developing world are rallying to support Brazil, which will host a crucial climate summit in November, after last year’s talks in Azerbaijan ended in disappointment and acrimony.

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An English consultancy with a newly launched biodiversity net gain (BNG) broker service has announced a soil testing partnership to back up nature claims.

European carbon prices extended their decline in Wednesday morning, falling for the sixth time in seven days and reaching a five-week low, even as Europe's benchmark natural gas market posted a modest rally, and after weekly positioning data showed investment funds cut their net long positions for the first time in eight weeks as of Feb. 14.

A Switzerland-based carbon insurance startup announced it has teamed up with a German climate tech firm to provide in-kind insurance for its carbon credit projects.

Climeworks has signed two new agreements with a tech giant and alcohol distillery to remove over 6,000 tonnes of CO2 combined, the Swiss carbon removal (CDR) provider announced on Wednesday.