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The investments required for Germany to reach its goal of net zero emissions by 2045 will be largely offset by reduced spending on fossil fuels and can be limited to 0.4-0.7% of current economic output between now and 2045, a study has found.

The spacecraft is carrying instruments to look for ice as part of Nasa's vision to return humans to the Moon.

Chemicals firm BASF, in collaboration with a Dutch malting company, announced Tuesday it has generated Europe’s first Verified Impact Units (VIUs), a type of carbon credit that verifies emission reductions from sustainable barley farming practices.

The first batch of electric cooking carbon credits have been issued using Gold Standard’s new Methodology for Metered and Measured Energy Cooking Devises.

An Indian carbon removals firm has secured a multimillion-dollar investment from a UK-based asset manager to scale projects in South Asia.

The UK economy is set for a $141 billion (£113 bln) hit by 2040 resulting from exposure to stranded fossil fuel assets, a report published on Thursday has found.

Exclusive: More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs set free in a high-altitude forest to bolster dwindling population

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More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs have been released in Victoria’s east as part of a record-breaking conservation breeding program.

Zoos Victoria’s reintroduction of 3,000 tiny froglets and 40 adult frogs into the high-altitude forests of the Baw Baw plateau, about 120km east of Melbourne, was the largest in its breeding program for the species.

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A UK-based developer has signed an offtake agreement with technology giant Microsoft to deliver 1.5 million Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) over the next 30 years from a large-scale afforestation project in India.

Singapore is set to begin the process of buying a tranche of Article 6 compliant carbon credits later this year as the city state moves forward with plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng said Thursday.

Airline voluntary carbon offset programmes are plagued by gaps in transparency, with many failing to provide clear project and certification details, a report released this week has found.

A Norwegian startup has raised €3.7 million in seed funding to advance its platform aimed at enabling European real estate companies to manage biodiversity- and climate-related risks.

Thailand introduced stricter rules for managing reserve credits in its voluntary carbon market this week, aiming to enhance the credibility of carbon offsets and mitigate risks of non-permanence with a mandatory 20% buffer requirement for forestry and agricultural projects - effectively acting as insurance against potential losses.

China's undersupplied offset market this week saw the injection of new credits, while allowance prices in the national emissions market remain rangebound amid continued bearish sentiment.

EU carbon prices resumed their downward momentum on Thursday morning as natural gas prices continued to fall, with EUAs dropping to a new year-to-date low amid slow but steady selling.

The problem with the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is that it doesn't make to polluter pay, because it hands out too many free allowances, according to research released on Thursday.

Blue Marine Foundation charity asks high court to declare quota decision unlawful amid concern over sustainability of fish stocks

At the start of 2024, Jerry Percy, who led the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association, dedicated to small boats, said he started to receive lots of calls from members. “They were calling my office to report that a lack of fish in the inshore grounds were putting their livelihoods in peril,” he said.

The fishers said they had noticed a depletion of species such as pollack, typically caught off Britain’s coasts.

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India needs $4.3 billion in government support to scale carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) for meeting its decarbonisation targets, but the country can significantly reduce its reliance on state coffers if it developed carbon markets in a better way, a report released Thursday has found.

An engineering consultancy has secured 10,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits from its commitment to invest in a nature restoration project in Lincolnshire, England.

Government-backed heat pump installations in the UK reached record levels for 2024.