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UK govt agency finds most ecosystems at higher risk  

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 21:14
Almost all the UK’s ecosystem assets are at high or medium-high risk, requiring public and private investment, the government’s nature department said in a report published on Wednesday.
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INTERVIEW: The key ingredients for selling cookstove credits at $35/t

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 21:00
Realism, ratings, and relationships are the key ingredients to attract investment in the voluntary carbon market, the buyer of cookstove credits at $35 per tonne told Carbon Pulse this week.
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Climate Impact Partners, Deloitte launch programme to fund UK seagrass restoration

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 20:06
Voluntary carbon market experts Climate Impact Partners and Deloitte launched on Wednesday a programme to unlock financing towards seagrass recovery in the UK, as part of a wider seagrass carbon code currently under development in the country.
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INTERVIEW: India can be massive carbon removals supplier, but lacks local demand

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 20:04
India has great potential to be a leader in the global supply of carbon removals credits, but the country is also facing a total lack of domestic demand for such credits, a carbon removals accelerator told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of a carbon summit this week.
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Renewables ramp up beyond policy plans but won’t hit COP28 target, IEA says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 19:57
Renewable energy growth will be swift and large but still fall short of the commitment made at COP28 to triple penetration by the end of the decade even as it outpaces nations’ current ambitions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday in a renewables report.
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Google DeepMind co-founder shares Nobel Chemistry Prize

BBC - Wed, 2024-10-09 19:50
The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden.
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Shanghai unveils local voluntary methodology for salt marsh restoration

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 19:38
Shanghai has introduced a voluntary methodology for salt marsh restoration to create carbon credits under a regional offsetting programme.
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Anger at UK’s ‘bonkers’ plan to reach net zero by importing fuel from North Korea

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-10-09 19:37

Government criticised over list of potential countries for sourcing biomass, which also includes Afghanistan

A plan by the British government to burn biomass imported from countries including North Korea and Afghanistan has been described as “bonkers”, with critics saying it undermines the credibility of the UK’s climate strategy.

A bioenergy resource model, published in late summer, calculates that only a big expansion in the import of energy crops and wood from a surprising list of nations would satisfy the UK’s plan to meet net zero.

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BRIEFING: Australia’s draft plan of attack on feral cats a good step forward, but implementation and cash will be key  

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-10-09 17:26
Australia is finalising an updated battle strategy for its war on feral cats, one of the biggest drivers of native mammal extinctions on the continent, but experts say how the plan is implemented and the funding behind it will be the key to victory.
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Hurricanes like Helene twice as likely to happen due to global heating, data finds

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-10-09 16:00

Analysis shows Gulf’s heat that worsened Helene 200-500 times more likely because of human-caused global heating

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, fueled by a record-hot Gulf of Mexico, a new analysis has shown how the Gulf’s heat that worsened last month’s Hurricane Helene was 200 to 500 times more likely because of human-caused global heating.

Helene, one of the deadliest storms in US history, gathered pace over the Gulf before crashing ashore with 140mph winds.

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Wildlife photographer of the year 2024 winners – in pictures

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-10-09 16:00

Selected from a record-breaking 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories, the winners of the Natural History Museum’s prestigious wildlife photographer of the year competition have been announced, with an exhibition opening on Friday 11 October. The Canadian marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross was awarded wildlife photographer of the year 2024 for his image of tadpoles, The Swarm of Life, captured while snorkelling through lily pads in Cedar Lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-10-09 15:00

IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030

China is expected to account for almost 60% of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.

The IEA’s highly influential renewable energy report found that over the next six years renewable energy projects will roll out at three times the pace of the previous six years, led by the clean energy programmes of China and India.

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How do you stop elephant herds from trashing crops and trees? Target sensitive nostrils with a ‘scent fence’

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-10-09 13:12
African savannah elephant numbers are surging. But for farmers in elephant territory, that can spell disaster. To solve human-elephant conflict, we might need to use smell. Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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