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Nobel laureates denounce dropping of ‘fossil fuels’ from UN draft pact
Green gold: Russian mining company issued first voluntary carbon credits
SK Market: August auction undersubscribed ahead of compliance deadline, price growth potential seen limited
Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year
Exclusive: In 2024, 19 national temperature records have been set as weather extremes grow more frequent, climate historian says
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A record 19 national heat records have been broken since the start of this year, an influential climate historian has told the Guardian, as weather extremes grow more frequent and climate breakdown intensifies.
An additional 130 monthly national temperature records have also been broken, along with tens of thousands of local highs registered at monitoring stations from the Arctic to the South Pacific, according to Maximiliano Herrera, who keeps an archive of extreme events.
Continue reading...Academics launch independent standard for high-integrity biodiversity, carbon credits
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Ecologists warn deadly H5N1 bird flu could arrive in Australia via Antarctica as preparations ramp up
Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts say
The Australian government is ramping up preparations for a highly pathogenic and contagious strain of bird flu potentially reaching Australia via its Antarctic territory and Macquarie Island, warning it could devastate wildlife and be passed to people.
Government agencies led by the Australian Antarctic Division at a planning exercise in Hobart on Wednesday were told an influx of the virulent H5N1 Avian flu strain that has killed millions of seabirds, wild birds and poultry overseas was a case of “not if, but when”.
Continue reading...UAE asset management firm forms alliance to pursue JCM rice farming project in Indonesia
Biodiversity credits to receive significant portion of private finance, expert says
Korean financial firm to provide deposit services for upcoming ETS consignment trading platform
Thai consortium launches voluntary carbon trading platform for events
Britain experiencing a beaver baby boom as kits spotted across the country
Kits emerge for after-dark dips in Northumberland, London, Kent and the Cairngorms after reintroduction drive
A beaver baby boom is under way across Britain this summer in places where the species had been extinct for centuries.
From Ealing in London to the Cairngorms in Scotland, and from Canterbury in Kent to the Wallington Estate in Northumberland, new kits have emerged from their lodges for an after-dark dip in the water.
Continue reading...Japanese power company expands carbon credit deal with trading house
Activists warn of ‘extreme anger’ if ministers fail to reform water regulator
Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis
Anti-sewage campaigners have warned of “extreme anger” if the Labour government does not radically reform the water regulator.
Sources at the Environment Agency (EA) and in the Labour party have told the Guardian that while Labour had spent time considering reforms of the EA and Ofwat in order to fix the sewage crisis, some stricter options that had been proposed were now off the table.
Continue reading...Faster, fairer, cheaper: Regional network says renewables gap could be filled quickly, if the rules allowed
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Coalition says no to Future Made in Australia bill as Greens question fossil fuel funding
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Police remove climate protesters from Parliament House in Canberra – video
Climate protesters were removed from Parliament House by police on Wednesday morning. In a statement, the protesters said they felt 'betrayed by the Albanese government’s abandonment of major reform to our environment laws earlier this year, following pressure from coal and gas companies'
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