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A global forestry company has launched an open source platform aimed at enhancing the management of forest restoration projects.

Biodiversity funding hit $25.8 billion globally in 2022, the highest level since 2015, although the increase was largely driven by loans provided by multilateral institutions rather than grants, according to the OECD.

A Japanese company has received approval in principle (AiP) for two new designs of liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carriers, a type of vessel integral to the nation’s plans for wholesale export of its emissions to other jurisdictions for sequestration and permanent management.

EU carbon prices fell for the fourth time in the last five days despite a second strong build in speculative short positions, which prompted some participants to predict a short squeeze, while energy markets continued to see-saw in response to conflicting pressures of bearish demand, healthy storage levels, and continuing concerns over longer-term supply.

New UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules for oil, gas, and mining companies are inadequate on climate and are putting investors at risk, experts said during a webinar on Wednesday.

A group of around 20 voluntary carbon organisations have launched a communications push to promote  the use of credits towards corporate net zero goals, specifically targetting the CEOs of potential buyers.

One of the giants of the tech world has agreed to buy 1.3 million reforestation credits in Brazil, with the option to acquire an extra 2.6 mln units.

Radio waves from the satellites are "blinding" radio telescopes and hurting research, say scientists.

A US-based nature intelligence company announced Tuesday it has secured $1.2 million in seed funding to expand its platform aimed at supporting companies in assessing biodiversity-related risks.

A group of Japanese companies have teamed up to launch a joint business that can simplify the process of carbon credit generation under the domestic voluntary scheme and secure buyers in the early stages.

An Indonesian nature-based carbon project developer has taken in $2.1 million in seed funding from angel investors after a successful round led by one of the nation’s only venture capital funds.

A Queensland coal company covered by the Safeguard Mechanism has been granted funding from a state government initiative to cut carbon emissions from its operations.

China is not meeting its fair share contribution to climate change mitigation, even though record rates of renewable deployment are on the verge of meeting growing energy demand, according to analysis published this week.

Volatility in clean fuel credit prices this year is a reflection of client demand for credits and not a factor considered in ongoing rulemaking, the regulators of the US clean fuels programmes in Oregon and Washington told a conference on Tuesday.

Australia’s main environment laws have long been regarded as not fit for purpose. But efforts to strengthen environmental protection have met huge pushback. Justine Bell-James, Associate Professor in Environment and Property Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Mining giant Rio Tinto is partnering with an Australian carbon abatement business on a renewable diesel pilot project using a particular kind of seed oil for fuel switching to help decarbonise its operations. 

Goldwind says it is maintaining a stable population of eagles at its Cattle Hill wind farm after adding a 17th detection camera to the project, on a taller tower.

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Oxfam says ‘commonsense solution’ would reduce emissions and raise urgently needed climate finance

Fair taxes on superyachts and private jets in the UK could have brought in £2bn last year to provide vital funds for communities suffering the worst effects of climate breakdown, campaigners say.

Private jet use in the UK is soaring. It was home to the second highest number of private flights in Europe last year, behind only France, according to figures from the European Business Aviation Association.

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Conservation group calls on government to ban insect-killing neonicotinoid pesticides outright

A national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began.

An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were recorded by participants in this summer’s butterfly count, the lowest in the survey’s 14-year history.

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A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interest

Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy of underinvestment, neglect and corruption. However disappointing the new government’s compromises might be, we shouldn’t forget how overwhelming this task must feel.

So I’m sorry to expose yet another toxic stratum. It contains a series of stupendous failures in the governance of rural bodies, which, in the case I want to discuss, put human lives at risk.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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