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SBTN launches first science-based targets for seafood value chains

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-04-20 00:14
The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched a corporate pilot to develop the first scientific targets for seafood value chain impacts, ahead of the full roll out in mid-2025.
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Social Carbon consults on upgrades to voluntary standard as it seeks to align with ICVCM

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 23:37
Social Carbon has opened a consultation on proposed updates to its standard for crediting voluntary projects, as well as the requirements for validation, monitoring, and verification, as it seeks to align with the ICVCM.
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Tech firms launch fund for projects aligned with global biodiversity targets

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 23:35
A fund for investing in projects that contribute to reaching global biodiversity targets has been launched by an environmental impact platform and a payments network.
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UK Peatland Code likely to stack biodiversity credits with carbon from 2025

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 22:56
Peatland could generate voluntary biodiversity credits for sale in combination with carbon credits in the UK next year under Peatland Code proposals launched this week.
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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator writes to Safeguard entities over ACCU compliance concerns -source

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 22:32
The Clean Energy Regulator has written to entities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism raising concerns that they are not implementing strategies fast enough to meet their compliance obligations ahead of the February surrender deadline, a source has told Carbon Pulse. 
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Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 21:39

Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines

Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines.

The study measured levels of PFAS released from the bubbles that burst when waves crash, spraying aerosols into the air. It found sea spray levels were hundreds of thousands times higher than levels in the water.

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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 21:39
European carbon prices started the day sharply higher on Friday morning as traders reacted to the overnight attack by Israel on Iranian facilities, before falling back as markets appeared to price in a de-escalation of tensions in the region.
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UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 21:00

Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics

A flagship UN report on livestock emissions is facing calls for retraction from two key experts it cited who say that the paper “seriously distorted” their work.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) misused their research to underestimate the potential of reduced meat intake to cut agricultural emissions, according to a letter sent to the FAO by the two academics, which the Guardian has seen.

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German biochar firm enters US partnership to coin voluntary carbon credits from wastewater sludge

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:58
A German climate technology firm has entered a partnership in the US to create biochar carbon removals from wastewater sludge disposal.
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India seeks exemption from UK’s CBAM -media

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:51
India is seeking an exemption from Britain's planned carbon adjustment border tax (CBAM) as part of negotiations aiming to finalise a free trade deal with the UK, according to an exclusive in the Guardian newspaper.
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International panel launches second consultation on biodiversity credits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:25
The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) has launched its second consultation on the emerging biodiversity market, seeking to gather views on possible basic models.
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CN Markets: CEA price hits all-time high again on regulatory optimism, but liquidity dwindles

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:15
China’s national carbon market saw allowance prices reach a fresh high again over the past week but with lower trading volumes, as observers expect tighter allocation of permits in the upcoming market plan.
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Environmental consultancy releases metric to measure biodiversity in the Americas

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 19:37
A Danish environmental consultancy has released an open-access metric to measure the biodiversity value of sites in the Americas, seeking to inform restoration projects as well as supporting corporate disclosures on nature-related impacts and dependencies.
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New Zealand pledges climate finance for Southeast Asia, looks at Article 6 tie with the Philippines

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 19:14
New Zealand has committed NZ$41 million ($25 mln) in climate finance to Southeast Asia via the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), it said Friday, while entering into early talks with the Philippines over potential cooperation on Article 6.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: a hungry jackal, a cat with webbed feet and a cheeky badger

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Korean water utility secures early carbon project deals in Central Asia

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 16:41
A state-owned water supplier in South Korea has secured partnerships with two Central Asian countries as it seeks to explore the potential of emissions reduction projects using renewable energy in the region.
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GenZero, VCMI partner to carve out role for technical innovation in “high integrity” carbon ecosystem

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 16:35
Temasek subsidiary GenZero has partnered with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to substantiate the use case for technical products such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) certificates and understand their potential role in high integrity carbon market infrastructure.
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Japanese, Indian firms sign deal on green ammonia collaboration

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 16:06
A major Japanese energy company has signed an initial agreement with India's biggest renewable energy firm on ammonia supply, the second such deal in recent months for a fuel deemed by the Indian government as eligible for export under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
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