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Improving the integrity of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) should open the door for offsets to be widely used in compliance markets, particularly for blue carbon and marine environments, a webinar heard Tuesday.

Carbon pricing systems are only slightly more efficient than clean energy standards and subsidies in reducing emissions, and also lead to the overpricing of electricity, a recent working paper suggests.

The EU's 2030 renewable power goal could be just hot air unless deployment of wind and solar capacity is doubled by mid-decade, analysts said in report published Wednesday that found the installation of multiple gigawatts is being delayed by bureaucracy.

Signs at Scottish beaches suggest feeding the seagulls can contribute to water pollution.

Australia's massive pipeline for new coal and gas projects will cause more emissions than avoided by Labor's climate policies. This is very bad.

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Members states under UN aviation body ICAO are making progress towards establishing a long-term net zero target for global air travel this fall, although several major emitting nations are still expressing reservations with the idea.

Almost half of the rehabilitated possums in our study were killed by foxes shortly after release. Keeping wildlife wild during rescue is hard – but necessary. Holly Cope, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Catherine Herbert, Associate professor, University of Sydney Clare McArthur, Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Sydney Valentina Mella, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The recent State of the Environment report assessed nature’s impact to Australians’ wellbeing for the first time. Here’s what it found. John Turnbull, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Emma Johnston, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Compliance payments or offset requirements under the Canadian Clean Electricity Regulations (CER) will not take effect until the next decade, as CO2 pricing and other climate policies will continue to apply until then, according to a framework document published Tuesday.

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Moscow says it now wants to build its own station, ending more than 20 years of cooperation with the US.

Local hosepipe bans considered as Environment Agency officials prepare to declare drought in August

People in England are being urged to curb their use of water as the country faces its driest conditions since 1976.

Officials are preparing to declare a drought in August if dry conditions continue, after months of very low rainfall in the UK.

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The voluntary carbon offset ETF from KraneShares will start following a new index for VER futures next week, suggesting the fund may need to alter its existing holdings.

One of the researchers said he hoped the studies would correct the false theory that it came from a lab.

The UK is witnessing extreme temperatures, prompting public outcry. Yet new proposals to counter this are coming up short

Last week, temperatures crested at 40C (104F) in England, bringing the climate crisis to the fore and spurring a fresh wave of dismay. How is it, despite a steady drumbeat of extreme weather events, a rising tide of public outcry, and growing consensus across the political spectrum, that the world remains so profoundly far from the outer limits of the climate targets considered “safe”?

The answer is increasingly located not in climate denial, but in a proliferation of non-solutions advocated by policymakers and business interests with varying degrees of earnestness and good intention, under the umbrella of “green capitalism”. These are proposals sold as urgent, pragmatic tools for cutting emissions or reversing ecosystem loss, but which in fact deliver neither.

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Africa’s largest project originator in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) has concluded a forward sales agreement with a European trading group for the first time as part of plans to double its spot sales deals this year to 10 mln credits, it announced Tuesday.

Natural History Museum scientists seek to unlock mysteries of deep sea but some fear activity will disturb diversity of the depths

Humanity has managed to explore most of the world’s surface, cataloguing almost every species in existence, but the deep sea still remains a mystery.

However, soon, we may understand more about the depths of the ocean than ever before as scientists have managed to unearth good specimens of species unknown to science using robot technology.

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Exploration of the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a 5,000-metre abyssal plain that extends between Hawaii and Mexico, has brought to light megafauna previously unknown to science

• Photographs courtesy of DeepCCZ expedition/Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation & NOAA

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EUAs made gradual gains throughout Tuesday morning amid active participation from buyers looking to cover short positions after the market appeared to reach a floor, while energy prices made solid advances as EU nations reached a deal on cutting gas demand by 15% over the coming winter.

Indian steelmaker Tata will target net zero emissions by 2045, the company announced in the release of its latest financial results on Tuesday, though offered little detail on how it plans to achieve the goal.