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Microsoft has signed a pre-purchase agreement with a Swiss carbon project developer for 95,000 voluntary carbon removal (CDR) credits from a biochar facility in Mexico, following shortly after Shell struck a similar deal.

Growing enthusiasm for nuclear energy was put on display at the first-ever Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels on Thursday, but a new generation of nuclear power plants will not be possible without access to large amounts of finance, leaders stressed, while also acknowledging the industry's image problem.

A Dutch civil rights campaigner group has placed the avoided deforestation voluntary carbon sector on red alert with a pledge to soon publish a ‘wider investigation’ on offsetting and human rights, which builds on its covert probe that uncovered sexual offences by senior staff at a Kenyan project.

A Brazilian environmental assets startup has released its methodology for measuring biodiversity impacts in farms and ranches, paving the way for issuing biodiversity credits.

Drax has agreed to purchase 1,000 tonnes of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) removals credits from a Norwegian supplier for €400 per tonne.

The fossil's bug-eyed appearance reminded researchers of the famous Muppet.

The UK has opened a public consultation Thursday on proposals for the design and administration of its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), including on how carbon pricing will be integrated within the new mechanism.

Any call to go directly from coal to nuclear is effectively a call to delay decarbonisation of our electricity system by 20 years

The battle lines have been drawn over Australia’s energy future.

With the nation signed up to net zero emissions by 2050, the Albanese Labor government is committed to renewables. The Coalition wants nuclear.

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Spanish energy firm Iberdrola will direct around one-third of a €41 billion investment plan to the US, as it looks to capitalise on subsidies for clean energy solutions.

Nature tech start-ups saw an 18% increase in venture capital (VC) investments in 2023 compared to the previous year, with significant growth in early-stage involvement, especially in the MRV and biodiversity credits category.

The UN climate secretariat and International Energy Agency (IEA) are partnering to track and report on the global energy transition and help countries strengthen their Paris Agreement pledges, the two institutions announced on Thursday.

Sustainable finance support for farmers in England needs to expand further, beyond its welcome early structure, to address other areas of the food system, a panel of experts said Thursday.

Welney landlord fears business may not survive impact of increasingly lengthy spells of flooding on customer numbers

Dennis Birch estimates his pub loses about £3,000 a week when the road into the village of Welney is closed because of flooding – and this winter, it was closed for a record-breaking 89 days.

Now labelled “the most flooded road in Britain”, Birch said he questions whether the 18th-century Lamb and Flag can survive the impact the flooding has on the number of customers coming through his door.

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A cookstove manufacturer and project developer has attracted $18 million from a carbon investor and a private equity group to fund the production and distribution of cookstoves across Africa that will generate voluntary credits.

European carbon prices fell back to their lowest levels of the week so far on Thursday morning as buying interest continued to wane while falling TTF natural gas also weighed on the EUA market.

A French climate tech startup has raised has raised $52 mln in Series B funding as it seeks to grow a service to help small- and medium-sized businesses track their carbon emissions.

Cement emissions globally, barring from developed regions and China, will remain very high and might even double by the end of the century, a study conducted by a US-based research group revealed Thursday.

UN aviation body ICAO has decided to keep several voluntary carbon standards, including Verra and Gold Standard, under 'conditional' approval for Phase 1 of CORSIA, meaning their issuances have not yet been given the green light for the current stage of the international aviation offsetting scheme.

The UK can position itself at the forefront of the carbon capture and storage transition as it draws upon its significant offshore storage potential and develops the related supply chains and skillsets for global export, said a representative of a government-funded innovation programme.

Forest conservation and reforestation have a solid scientific basis for voluntary carbon crediting, according to a peer-reviewed study published Thursday, though several other nature-based solutions (NBS) are less certain to effectively mitigate emissions.