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RGGI compliance entities continued to accumulate CO2 allowances through the third quarter, according to a market report, but not enough to keep pace with the overall emission levels for the first nine months of the year across the 11-state market.

The number of carbon credits retired from projects that tackle deforestation and degradation (REDD) is on course to fall substantially year-on-year as market uncertainty regarding new integrity guidelines, negative media coverage, and a pessimistic economic outlook have driven corporate buyers, and in particular energy firms, away from the space even as demand in other sectors has held firm.

A combination of renewables and new processes provides opportunities for Australia to lead in transition to zero emissions in energy-gobbling alumina-making industry.

The post ARENA maps out path for Australia’s ‘hard-to-abate’ alumina makers to reach net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lyrebirds learn their songs from other lyrebirds. But when they’re raised in captivity, they learn our songs and sounds. Alex Maisey, Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If the engineered carbon removal industry is to show all the naysayers and propel towards gigatonne scale, it needs to double down on trust and transparency, writes Ted Christie-Miller of BeZero Carbon.

A large Adélie penguin population off Antarctica has fallen by 43% over the past decade.

A carbon credit ratings agency has reaffirmed its score for a lowly-rated REDD project in South America, upholding the rating six months after first flagging it for a potential change. 

Activists caused permanent harm to frame holding Peach Trees in Blossom at a London art gallery, judge finds

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been found guilty of causing criminal damage after glueing themselves to the frame of a Vincent van Gogh painting at a London art gallery.

Emily Brocklebank, 24, and Louis McKechnie, 22, caused just under £2,000 of damage at the Courtauld Gallery when they attached themselves to the 1889 work Peach Trees in Blossom, their trial heard on Tuesday.

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A shy albatross, a skydiving kestrel and a curious galah are among the shortlisted and winning photos in this year’s bird photography prize, chosen from more than 5,600 images. Funds raised by the competition support bird conservation programs

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EU negotiators have agreed a unified position on how shipping will be added to the EU ETS, seeking to add the sector's emissions gradually over 2024-26 rather than immediately as the Parliament had initially wanted, an MEP involved in the talks said on Tuesday.

EUAs recovered from an early dip after the daily auction cleared at its biggest premium in two weeks amid short covering, while energy prices rose for a third day as colder weather continued to buoy the markets.

Campaigners call for more access after analysis reveals public cannot access huge chunks of many parks

The majority of many of the national parks in England and Wales are shut off to walkers, analysis by campaigners has found, as they ask for larger areas to be opened to the public.

Research by the Campaign for National Parks shows that just 10% of the Pembrokeshire coast is open to the public. Only 36% of land is accessible in the Peak District, which was the first designated national park, and given the status in 1951 after protests over the right to freely roam in the countryside, most notably the Kinder trespass.

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A 98MW/196MWh Tesla Megapack battery has been brought online in England, to reduce curtailment at giant offshore wind farm.

The post Europe’s biggest big battery, a Tesla Megapack project, powers up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A list of the five most promising legal steps we can take to help fight climate change

The world has reached an acute point in the “highway to climate hell”. Talks at Cop27 barely achieved anything, despite the fact that almost one-third of Pakistan’s territory was submerged during unprecedented flooding; record heat over the summer killed nearly 25,000 in Europe; and almost 200,000 people in a major US city have not had clean water for months.

It’s all too easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless in the face of such widespread catastrophe. But we as citizens can do something right now. There are many interesting and entirely workable legal ideas percolating around the world from some very thoughtful people. Together, alongside increased citizen activism, these ideas can begin to provide a coherent and comprehensive legal framework for all of us to help save the planet.

Steven Donziger is a human rights lawyer and environmental justice advocate. He is also a Guardian US columnist

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An Australian government-commissioned report on four offset methodologies, currently subject to an independent review, has found each need to be overhauled to ensure their integrity in relation to additionality and permanence.

Swiss direct air capture (DAC) technology firm Climeworks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a US CO2 sequestration company to develop a DAC and storage hub in Louisiana that would permanently remove up to 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030, it has announced.

The country is highlighting China’s status as top polluter after being called out for climate inaction

The US, fresh from reversing its 30 years of opposition to a “loss and damage” fund for poorer countries suffering the worst impacts of the climate crisis, has signaled that its longstanding image as global climate villain should now be pinned on a new culprit: China.

Following years of tumult in which the US refused to provide anything resembling compensation for climate damages, followed by Donald Trump’s removal of America from the Paris climate agreement, there was a profound shift at the Cop27 UN talks in Egypt, with Joe Biden’s administration agreeing to the new loss and damage fund.

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Australia has been adamant that it wants to host COP31 in partnership with Pacific Island nations in 2026, but the country’s continuing fossil fuel subsidies and its aim to use carbon credits generated in the region to offset those developments could stymie partnership building efforts, a diplomatic expert has said.

Another major award goes solar team at University of New South Wales, this time for work led by Brett Hallam to make industrial panels more reliable and cheaper.

The post UNSW solar researcher wins prestigious PM’s prize for science appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia continues to have one of the highest rates of species decline among OECD countries. It needs to stand up and be counted at the Nature COP in Montreal.

The post Nature crisis and extinctions: Why Australia needs to stand up at the “Other COP” appeared first on RenewEconomy.