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It can be hard to grasp the changes climate change is bringing. To see it in your own life, look at the shifting seasons. Edward Doddridge, Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The rise in open interest in the N-GEO future and a slight uptick in the spot N-GEO proved the bright spots for a voluntary carbon market that remained stuck in the doldrums last week amid a lack of year-end mitigation demand.

Move comes after lawyers and MPs raised concerns about charitable status of Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Charity Commission has confirmed that it is reviewing a complaint about the Global Warming Policy Foundation after lawyers and MPs formally raised concerns about its charitable status.

GWPF exists to question policy around the climate crisis, and was set up by former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, who has said that climate change is not a threat, but “happening very gently at a fraction of a degree per decade, which is something we can perfectly well live with”.

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The EU ETS reforms should replace free allocation with border measures more quickly and better take into account resource saving to boost the market's effectiveness, a recycling industry group has urged as the latest round of legislator negotiations looms.

Compliance offsets in Washington state’s cap-and-invest programme that kicks off in January will garner robust demand and competitive prices, but officials must incorporate lessons-learned and other changes to the California-modelled carbon market design in order to attract project developers from the voluntary market, experts told Carbon Pulse.

Just Stop Oil campaigners were held on remand after charges relating to M25 protests

More than 30 climate activists were behind bars in UK prisons while diplomats from around the world negotiated at the Cop27 UN climate talks in Egypt.

Most of the activists, all supporters of the Just Stop Oil campaign, were held on remand after being charged with causing a public nuisance, or conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, in relation to disruptive protests on the M25 motorway.

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EUAs got off to a robust start to the week on Monday, with prices climbing as much as 3.2% in the morning as demand appeared to be returning to screens, while energy prices were boosted by forecasts for cooler weather across northern Europe.

Efforts to achieve CO2 emissions and clean energy targets have made China the world leader in deploying renewable energy and nuclear power, but have not yet been sufficient to peak the country's CO2 emissions from fossil energy consumption, a report published on Monday found.

Exclusive: Most important antibiotics for human health still used in supply chains of major US food companies, risking spread of superbugs

Suppliers of beef to McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Walmart are sourcing meat from US farms that use antibiotics linked to the spread of dangerous superbugs, an investigation has found.

Unpublished US government records obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian show farms producing beef for meat packing firms Cargill, JBS, and Green Bay are risking public health by still using antibiotics classed as the “highest priority critically important” to human health (HP-CIAs).

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Taiwan should allocate more resources to explore the potential of blue carbon, an emerging field that could absorb roughly one-third of the additional offsets from carbon sinks pledged by the government, an NGO report has found.

On a beach in Senegal with so much rubbish that much of the sand is covered, one man is trying to raise awareness about the dangers of plastics

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A global developer of carbon credit projects has entered into a strategic partnership with a Melbourne-based firm to roll out offset projects in the Australian agribusiness sector.

Nasa's Orion capsule sets itself up to sweep past the Moon before entering into a larger orbit.

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Trials of the SharkGuard – which emits a pulse to repel sharks and rays from fishing gear – have produced eye-catching results

Marine scientists have designed a piece of technology that could drastically reduce shark bycatch by emitting short electrical pulses as a deterrent.

The small battery-powered device, known as SharkGuard, reduced the numbers of blue sharks accidentally caught by commercial fishing gear in a French longline tuna fishery in the Mediterranean by 91% and stingrays by 71%, according to a study in the peer-reviewed journal Current Biology.

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Rooftop solar overtakes both hydro and gas, but despite record levels of renewables the market price is still being set by fossil fuels.

The post Wind and solar delivered one third of grid demand in last month, but fossil fuels set the price appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Updated: Former ALP maverick and fossil fuel supporter Joel Fitzgibbon appointed to the board of a company invested in coal mining.

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Independent MP Andrew Wilkie alleges "fraud" and "scam" over quality reports that suggested Australian coal was cleaner than it was.

The post Wilkie calls out Australia “clean coal scam” that puts country’s reputation at stake appeared first on RenewEconomy.

What steps is the state government taking to bring Brisbane closer to being a smart city while managing rapid growth? And what differences can city residents expect to see for themselves? Davina Jackson, Visiting Scholar, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Singapore and Peru signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh to collaborate on carbon markets in alignment with Article 6 guidelines, both countries have announced.