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MRV research funding should prioritise biomass sinking, enhanced rock weathering -study
An October study attempts to shed light on how research and innovation funding for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) should be prioritised for CO2 removal (CDR) projects.
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ESA unveils enhanced forest biomass maps to improve global carbon tracking, aid climate goals
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released new global maps tracking above-ground forest biomass, calling it “a stable and open data source” for monitoring carbon stocks.
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Australian tech company launches carbon credit platform at Melbourne conference
A new platform to add transparency to carbon credit purchases in Australia was launched Tuesday at the Climate Market Institute’s (CMI) Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit in Melbourne.
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Graph of the Day: The massive wind and solar pipeline the LNP may abandon
The post Graph of the Day: The massive wind and solar pipeline the LNP may abandon appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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ART programme publishes another Brazilian state’s J-REDD concept
The Secretariat of the ART carbon credit standard announced Monday it has published another Brazilian state's concept under its TREES jurisdictional certification programme.
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Data sufficient to get started on reducing nature impacts, guide states
Companies in the mining, property, and industrial sectors should have enough data at hand to take the first step to address their impacts on nature and biodiversity loss, according to a new guide for these industries published Tuesday.
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COP16: Air New Zealand first to pay into nature token pilot
National carrier Air New Zealand has become the first to pay into a nature-positive co-financing pilot that seeks to channel funds to community restoration initiatives on cyclone-ravaged Maori land.
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COP16: Environmental consultancy releases global biodiversity metric
A Denmark-headquartered environmental consultancy on Monday released an open-access metric for measuring the biodiversity value of habitats on sites around the world, with potential applications in corporate disclosures as well as the emerging biodiversity credit market, the company told Carbon Pulse.
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Why building more big dams is a costly gamble for our future water security and the environment
Australia now has more than enough evidence that proposals to build big dams consistently underestimate both the construction costs and the harm they do.
John Kandulu, Research Fellow, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
Richard Kingsford, Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
Sarah Ann Wheeler, Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
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Net zero by 2050 still unlikely, despite some decoupling of emissions and growth -study
A scenario in which all greenhouse gas emissions released by human activities are counterbalanced by carbon removals is still not in sight, according to new research.
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COP16: NA100 companies at early stage of tackling nature impacts
Most of the Nature Action 100’s (NA100) focus companies are in the early stages of addressing their nature-related impacts, but further action is needed across Indigenous Peoples’ rights, governance, and disclosure, the group has said.
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New CO2 storage facility in Greece to boost Southern Europe’s CCS ambitions
A carbon storage facility in the Greek city of Prinos received the EU green light on Monday, raising the country's profile as a CO2 storage hub as well as Southern Europe's CCS ambitions.
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Analysts cast doubt on Scottish CCS project’s claimed emission cuts
The lifetime emissions of a project to add carbon capture technology to a gas-fired power plant in Scotland could be three to five times higher than reported by the developer, according to estimates by a climate think tank.
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VCM Report: Buyers mopping up renewable and REDD credits on the cheap
Low ball bids dominated the voluntary carbon market last week, eyeing up the pressure on sellers amid the glut of avoidance credits.
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COP16: Almost 4 of every 10 tree species threatened, major assessment finds
Almost 40% of tree species covered by the first Global Tree Assessment released Monday were found to be at risk of extinction, with species at risk in 192 countries worldwide.
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Emissions from the wealthiest 1% would exhaust global carbon budget in five months if matched worldwide -report
If everyone emitted carbon at the same rate as the world’s wealthiest 1%, the global carbon budget would be exhausted in under five months, according to a recent report.
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EU states can impose national carbon pricing mechanisms alongside ETS2 -lawyer
EU member states will be legally permitted to introduce or maintain their own national carbon pricing mechanisms alongside the bloc’s soon-to-be-launched emissions trading system for buildings and road transport (EU ETS2).
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Scientists warn heat is making more of the planet unlivable, offer key insights
Scientists have warned that rising temperatures are making the planet increasingly uninhabitable and pushing the Amazon to the brink of large-scale collapse, offering 10 climate insights and possible ways forward, in a report published on Monday.
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Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction
Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.
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Hedgehogs ‘near threatened’ on red list after 30% decline over past decade
The mammals were once common across Europe but urban development has pushed them towards extinction
Hedgehogs are now listed as “near threatened” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list after a decline in numbers of at least 30% over the past decade across much of their range.
While hedgehogs were once common across Europe, and were until now listed as of “least concern” on the red list, they are being pushed towards extinction by urban development, intensive farming and roads, which have fragmented their habitat.
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