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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 21:32
European carbon was marginally lower at midday as the market headed towards its least volatile week since December, with prices held in a tight range by traders eyeing next Wednesday's expiry of the June options contracts, while energy also moved in narrow ranges.
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Wildlife experts urge action on pesticides as UK insect populations plummet

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-14 21:00

Campaigners say next government must reduce use and toxicity of pesticides before it is too late

The UK’s insect populations are declining at alarming rates and the next government must put in place plans to monitor and reduce the use and toxicity of pesticides before it is too late, wildlife experts say.

In recent years, concerns have been raised over earthworm populations, which have fallen by a third in the past 25 years. A citizen science project that monitors flying insects in the UK, meanwhile, found a 60% decline between 2004 and 2021. The overall trajectory, as government monitoring figures show, has been downwards since the 1970s.

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Canada releases 2030 nature strategy

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 20:18
The Canadian government has released a 2030 Nature Strategy for reversing biodiversity loss, in line with the goals of the COP15 final agreement, proposing ramping up natural capital accounting.
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CN Markets: CEA price remains stable, current compliance period may see lasting oversupply

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 19:53
China’s national carbon market saw allowance prices remain rangebound over the past week, with analysts expecting a lingering oversupply in the market during the current compliance period.
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INTERVIEW: Octopus Investments takes mixed approach to natural capital strategy

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 19:38
A British investor launching a natural capital strategy is aiming for a strong risk-return profile by balancing investments in nascent markets like biodiversity with more assured sectors like renewable energy and afforestation.
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ANALYSIS: Australian NGOs urge govt to form clean energy partnerships with fossil fuel trading partners, but real-world challenges abound

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 18:20
NGOs this week have said Australia should find ways to establish partnerships with its fossil fuel trading partners to build regional cooperation towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but while it has potential, experts have raised a litany of challenges that could stifle such ambitions. 
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Singapore set to give carbon tax rate cut for refiners -reports

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 17:41
Singapore is ramping up its carbon tax from this year, but is planning major rebates for refineries and petrochemicals until the end of 2025 amid increased international competition, according to Reuters.
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Japanese climate tech company raises $26 mln, forms multi-sector carbon alliances

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 17:03
A Tokyo-based climate technology announced Friday it has raised 4.2 billion yen ($26 mln) in Series C funding while setting up alliances - including on carbon credits - across several sectors to accelerate the decarbonisation process.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: a comedy seal, a cricket-loving owl and hairy pigs on Exmoor

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-14 17:00

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

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Cold enthusiasts and dampness stans it is your time to shine. Here are some handy tips for surviving winter | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-14 16:17

Find an empty investment property and move into it

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Regulator approves 21 projects for J-Credit scheme

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 15:56
Japan’s domestic J-Credit scheme has received a boost as the system administrator has approved the registration of 21 projects capable of generating just over 1.1 million units.
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New Zealand cancels controversial annual ETS forestry charges for this year

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 15:20
The New Zealand government has scrapped this year’s annual service charges for forestry under the emissions trading scheme.
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Children near Amsterdam airport use inhalers more, study finds

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-14 15:00

Results show increase in symptoms such as wheeziness in presence of high aviation-related ultrafine particles

As the public hearings for London Gatwick airport’s northern runway resume, researchers from the Netherlands have found greater inhaler use in children living near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

Stand close to a large airport and, if the wind is in the wrong direction, each cubic centimetre of air that you breathe will contain tens of thousands of ultrafine particles (UFP).

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Korean investors still cautious on the voluntary carbon market amid insufficient policy guidance

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 13:47
Investors in South Korea remain cautious about making a foray into the international voluntary carbon market, given the absence of government guidance and slow trades of domestic emissions permits, an event heard this week.
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High number of ACCU projects claiming for the first time, regulator data shows

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 13:42
Applications from projects looking to receive Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) totalled 4.3 million units at the end of the Q1, with many claiming for the first time, according to data published by the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) Friday.
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US federal court rules Oregon county case against fossil fuel companies can proceed within the state

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-14 11:49
A US federal district court sided with an Oregon county’s motion to hear its case against fossil fuel companies in a state court.
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