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New report analyses deep origins of the fossil fuel industry's fight against climate action and renewables, and the key players in Australia.

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A Dutch research centre has partnered with a UK-based carbon removal company and a rewilding project developer to offset employees' travel emissions, in what companies define as a 'first-of-a-kind' purchase of carbon credits from a biodiversity-focused project.

Startups tackling energy transition and climate themes attracted almost 20% of the $29.3 billion in venture capital investment raised so far this year in Europe, up 12% year-on-year.

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) falls short in accounting for secondary effects, economists at the University of California said in a report Tuesday, as the recent boom in renewable diesel (RD) production has led to global agricultural land-use change not fully accounted for in the programme.

Carbon registry ACR said Monday that it has resumed project activities related to its Canadian ozone-depleting substances (ODS) methodology after its investigation found the framework remains additional in light of a recent federal offset protocol and other regulations.

When it comes to climate change in Australia, the fires of Knowledge are burning bright. This NAIDOC Week, it’s time Indigenous Knowledges are heard. Nina Lansbury, Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science and Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement), University of Technology Sydney Geoff Evans, Researcher, The University of Queensland Lillian Ireland, Researcher, The University of Queensland Tom Munro-Harrison, Artist, writer and academic, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) is pressing for the inclusion of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) under Minnesota’s carbon-free electricity requirements, which passed in spite of neighbour North Dakota's reservations last year.

Egypt’s voluntary carbon market (VCM), two years in the making, is poised to open once the country's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) approves trading rules by the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) and settlement rules by clearing house Taswyaat, both put out this week.

US-based researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking method for the ultrafast and chemical-free conversion of atmospheric CO2 into stable, ice-like hydrates – a breakthrough they say could revolutionise the carbon sequestration industry.

Amazon has become the latest big tech firm to underline a focus on carbon removals to meet future net zero targets, in an annual sustainability report published Wednesday.

The miombo woodlands in Mozambique store around twice as much carbon as predicted with conventional methods, researchers led by carbon data provider Sylvera have found using laser-based remote sensing.

The EU Commission has ringfenced €4.7 million to fund a project aimed at mobilising private investment in biodiversity conservation and restoration measures.

Vietnam has successfully submitted complete and programme-eligible REDD+ documentation to ART TREES, the standard’s secretariat announced Wednesday, paving the way for validation, verification, and eventual issuance of serialised jurisdictional carbon credits from the Southeast Asian country.

A voluntary carbon standard has announced a new subsurface biomass protocol for durable removals, which will now face a public consultation before credits are issued.

A US-based data intelligence company has launched a new platform to support decision-making on biodiversity conservation efforts across the country's Western states.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is inviting financial institutions to apply to take part in its pilot standard for net zero targets in the sector, it announced on Wednesday. 

The German government will not introduce a law to bring forward the country's coal exit date from 2038 to 2030, the country's economic minister, Robert Habeck, said on Tuesday, national media reported. 

Puro.earth, a registry and certification standard for durable carbon removal, will revise its enhanced rock weathering methodology taking into account initial projects’ feedback, it said Wednesday.

After decades of bags lining the streets, the mayor has proudly wheeled out a McKinsey-approved trash can

The revolution will not be televised. Unless it’s Mayor Eric Adams’s Trash Revolution, of course. In which case a press conference will be held, music blasted, and every camera crew in the five boroughs invited.

On Monday the mayor of New York, with Jessica Tisch, the sanitation commissioner, by his side, unveiled New York City’s first official trash bin. The mayor wheeled the new NYC Bin down Gracie Mansion’s driveway and, with his characteristic swagger, demonstrated how the innovative new technology works: you open the lid and you put the rubbish in. It’s highly intuitive technology.

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The use of low-carbon steel would help to reduce CO2 emissions in European car production by 6.9 million tonnes in 2030, adding little extra cost to the price of electric vehicles, according to research published on Wednesday.