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Only half of global carbon revenues directed to climate and nature -report
India to ensure benefit for every stakeholder before rolling out carbon market policy -official
DATA DIVE: Booming energy company activity lifts voluntary carbon credit retirements in 2024
Canadian financial hub sets up research centre to develop biodiversity credits, green bonds
Euro Markets: Midday Update
EU ministers call for decarbonising soon-to-be ETS-covered heating and cooling sectors
Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance
Fossil-fuel dependent country hopes to provide bridge between wealthy global north and poor south at November gathering
Oil is inescapable in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The smell of it greets the visitor on arrival and from the shores of the Caspian Sea on which the city is built the tankers are eternally visible. Flares from refineries near the centre light up the night sky, and you do not have to travel far to see fields of “nodding donkeys”, small piston pump oil wells about 6 metres (20ft) tall, that look almost festive in their bright red and green livery.
It will be an interesting setting for the gathering of the 29th UN climate conference of the parties, which will take place at the Olympic Stadium in November.
Continue reading...CN Markets: CEAs flat, as trading volume falls to 14-month low
Looking for lichen: Church of England launches search for life on gravestones
Church asks people to record species found in local graveyards, which can provide good habitat for complex life form
The still calm of graveyards invites visitors to think about the dead, but now the Church of England is asking people across the country to look for surprising signs of life within them.
Graves are a haven for lichen, with more than 700 of the 2,000 British species having been recorded in English churchyards and cemeteries so far. According to surveys by the church, many sites have well more than 100 species on the stonework, trees and in the grassland.
Continue reading...High levels of weedkiller found in more than half sperm samples, study finds
Glyphosate found in samples from French infertility clinic raising questions about controversial chemical’s impact on fertility
More than 55% of sperm samples from a French infertility clinic contained high levels of glyphosate, the world’s most common weedkiller, raising further questions about the chemical’s impact on reproductive health and overall safety, a new study found.
The new research also found evidence of impacts on DNA and a correlation between glyphosate levels and oxidative stress on seminal plasma, suggesting significant impacts on fertility and reproductive health.
Continue reading...Biochar company raises $5 mln in funding for Southeast Asia operations
China renewable energy expansion continues to outpace thermal generation in April
PNG NGOs write to govt demanding consultation on carbon market regulation
Pakistan eyes cement, waste sectors to generate credits under Article 6
FEATURE: Seismic studies the new frontier for CCS earnings
Verra on track to launch nature framework late this year, will pursue stewardship credits
NZ Market: NZU price sinks as govt ETS consultation poorly received by the market
Week in wildlife – in pictures: amorous frogs, battling stallions and an overaffectionate jaguar
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...How this 1960s Sydney home became carbon negative and now displaces other people’s fossil fuels
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