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Farmers says climate change is biggest threat, renewables the best solution
Seven out of 10 farmers interviewed had already invested in emissions reduction efforts, by installing solar panels and batteries, electrifying farm equipment or planting trees.
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COP28: Carbon credits to take central role in energy transition through new initiatives
COP28: Countries reject key Article 6 texts in a major setback for markets under the Paris Agreement
US data marketplace signs African forest protection lease worth +100 mln carbon credits
Policy Advisor, Prairies Region, Nature United – Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Alberta
Duke of Northumberland loses fight to build on green space in west London
Development plans to pave over allotments in Isleworth rejected on grounds it would harm heritage assets
Local campaigners fighting to preserve a 1.2-hectare space in west London that is under threat from one of Britain’s oldest aristocratic families have landed a victory in a long-running saga to turn the green space into flats.
Development plans to pave over much of the Park Road allotments in Isleworth were rejected by the Planning Inspectorate on Tuesday, on the grounds that it would harm protected local open space and heritage assets – and would be detrimental to allotment provision in an area where demand outstripped supply.
Continue reading...COP28: Norway pledges $50 mln for Brazil Amazon Fund
Biodiversity Pulse: Tuesday December 12, 2023
We rely heavily on groundwater – but pumping too much threatens thousands of underground species
Russia’s Sibur looks to sell 18,000 carbon credits on GCC registry
UK announces next wave of plans for marine net gain
EU’s largest arable farm signs up to soil carbon project
Why ‘implementation’ matters in the global fight against the climate crisis
Developing countries argue they don’t lack ambition when it comes to phasing out fossil fuels – it’s all about the means
Why do some developing countries appear to be resisting a fossil fuel phase-out? The answer is fundamentally about implementation – how countries struggling to eradicate poverty and provide basic services (including energy) for their people fund the transition away from fossil fuels.
The “means of implementation” has become a sticking point at the talks, with developing countries united in demanding that developed countries honour their legally binding obligations under the Paris agreement. Developing countries that have contributed so little to the climate crisis but are suffering the worst impacts argue that a phase-out must be centred around equity, which means it must be “fast, fair, funded and forever”.
Continue reading...One in four billionaire Cop28 delegates made fortunes from polluting industries
Exclusive: analysis by Oxfam raises concerns about influence wielded by ultra-rich mega-emitters at summit
At least a quarter of the billionaires registered as delegates at Cop28 made their fortunes from highly polluting industries such as petrochemicals, mining and beef production, a new analysis has shown.
The findings, revealed to the Guardian in an exclusive analysis of the 34 billionaires who are signed up to the UN summit, raise concerns about the influence wielded by ultra-rich, mega-emitters on the world’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Together the 34 are worth about $495.5bn.
Continue reading...The NZ aviation industry is making bold climate claims – and risking anti-greenwashing litigation
COP28: FEATURE – Voluntary carbon stakeholders hope jurisdictional REDD+ can command higher prices, appease governments
COP28: INTERVIEW – Paris Agreement market mechanisms will not resolve climate crisis, says Sri Lankan negotiator
EU votes to adopt critical raw materials act as part of its green deal
Killer kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at risk
The first study to quantify what our felines eat on a global scale finds they have a significant impact on wildlife
Cats may be adored human companions, but they are also highly effective killers, according to a study that shows they eat more than 2,000 species globally – including hundreds that are of conservation concern.
Since domestication 9,000 years ago, house cats have spread to all continents except Antarctica. In the paper, published in Nature Communications, researchers describe them as “amongst the most problematic invasive species in the world”.
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