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A Canadian-based voluntary carbon credit aggregator has replaced its CEO amid a leadership reshuffle, while parting ways with a handful of senior staff to cut costs.

Exclusive: Labor facing calls from 15 crossbenchers, as well as party insiders, to transition to plantation timber as part of reform to environmental laws

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A group of 15 crossbench MPs and senators has written to the federal environment minister calling on the Albanese government to end native forest logging, as pressure also grows within Labor for it to do so.

All seven teal independents, including Monique Ryan and Allegra Spender, the Greens, MP Andrew Wilkie and influential crossbench senator David Pocock have all called on Tanya Plibersek to end native forest logging in New South Wales and Tasmania as part of upcoming environmental law reform.

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A large aircraft manufacturer has entered into an agreement with a US startup to purchase 62,000 tonnes of ocean-based carbon removals as well as also source from the firm 2,100 tonnes of "carbon negative" hydrogen, the companies announced Wednesday.

A platform was launched on Wednesday to help verify and track Scope 3 GHG reductions, aiming to make it easier for companies to make claims related to their projects or other interventions that help clean up their value chain emissions.

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Malaysia’s national oil company Petronas on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a government-owned forest fund to develop nature-based projects in order to help meet its target of reaching net zero emissions by mid-century.

A London-based fintech startup focused on sustainable investing has shut down after failing to secure further funding.

A carbon credit rating agency is taking a more active role in the design of projects to help the activities achieve a good ratings grade in a pilot scheme with a new registry. 

A commodities broker and digital marketplace have announced a new collaboration on carbon credits that will see the use of the emerging 'two-way bridge' form of transacting units between parties via the blockchain.

The Saudi-based company established to drive growth in voluntary carbon credits in the MENA region will auction 2 million units mainly derived from African projects in a sale to be held in Nairobi next month, as other African sellers are seen turning to auctions to help boost transparency.

While the Tories’ dire record on green issues gets worse by the day, Keir Starmer’s pledges show an impressive commitment

It’s been a long time coming, but at last it seems that voters who give a damn about the climate emergency will have a real choice at the next general election. While the Tories have fiddled, Labour has been putting together a pretty impressive pro-climate portfolio.

The latest pledge to ban all new domestic oil and gas developments and cut off borrowing for fossil fuel-related projects sits in diametric opposition to Tory plans to suck as much oil and gas as possible out of the North Sea. And Labour’s goody bag of climate measures contains plenty more that environmentally informed voters can cheer.

Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL and author of Hothouse Earth: an Inhabitant’s Guide

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UK researchers are developing peas that don't taste like peas as an environmentally friendly alternative to soya.

European carbon prices endured a volatile morning Wednesday, as an early drop to a new four-month low was followed by a spike after data showed investment funds had built their largest-ever net short position last week.

Hong Kong could see emerging opportunities from the expected relaunch of China's national voluntary carbon programme, though regulatory ambiguity and lack of demand remain challenges for the city's fledgling emissions market, experts have said.

Inventory shows Australia has burned through 27% of emissions budget under Paris climate accord in 25% of allotted time

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Australia’s carbon emissions edged lower in 2022 with reductions from the electricity sector partly countered by increases in pollution from transport and agriculture.

The country’s emissions last year totalled 463.9m tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (Mt CO2-e), down 0.4% or 2m tonnes from the previous year. Preliminary estimates for the year to 31 March 2023 indicated emissions totalled 464Mt CO2-e, or 0.2% lower on a rolling 12-month tally, the national greenhouse gas inventory shows.

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A startup carbon project and data tech developer is back making a profit after scaling back activity and furloughing or laying off large swathes of staff, Carbon Pulse has learned, however the process reflects issues about how companies in the voluntary carbon market are funded and promote themselves to the broader community.

A climate disclosure non-profit has added several large financial institutions to its campaign to request over 1,600 high-impact corporates to begin disclosing their emissions output and footprint on the environment.

Analysis from an Indonesian think-tank has found that nine of the country’s proposed coal-fired power stations could be cancelled with minimal repercussions for supply or grid stability and affordability, while avoiding nearly 300 MtCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions.

The proposed legislation would require changes to farming methods in Europe to tackle the climate crisis and restore nature, ensuring affordable food for all

For 10,000 years, human civilisation has grown and thrived because of Earth’s remarkable regenerative capacity that sustains climate stability and rich biological diversity. Now human activity has severely undermined this resilience.

Our patterns of economic growth, development, production and consumption are pushing the planet’s life-support systems beyond their natural boundaries. Last week, members of the European parliament’s agriculture and fisheries committees voted to continue this destruction, rejecting European Commission proposals for a nature restoration law. The vote flies in the face of science, and the claims by some MEPs to be defending farmers and food security are flawed.

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A Japanese shipping giant has announced the establishment of a new subsidiary in the US to expand its investment in venture capital funds and startups developing decarbonising technologies in the energy sector.