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Senior Associate, EU Climate Policy (2-year FTC), Principles for Responsible Investment – Various EU Locations
Cruise operator Norwegian to purchase 3 mln VERs through 2023
NA Markets: CCAs press higher to new record, RGGI inches down despite compliance buying
Surging US-listed carbon ETF sees resilient investor inflows despite price drop, as UK ETS eyed for inclusion
Forest carbon finance surges within three years, but more needed -report
US scheme used by Australian farmers reveals the dangers of trading soil carbon to tackle climate change
New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
ANALYSIS: Removal-based credits, governance body proving contentious in offset taskforce consultation
US Senate sends voluntary agriculture carbon market bill to House
‘Too many loopholes’: NSW inquiry to scrutinise use of environmental offsets
Parliamentary probe follows Guardian Australia investigation that revealed serious concerns about the system
New South Wales’ use of environmental offsets to compensate for habitat destruction caused by major developments will be examined by a parliamentary inquiry.
The state upper house probe follows a Guardian Australia investigation that revealed serious concerns about the system, including instances where promised offsets never eventuated.
Continue reading...EU carbon price to spur shipping efficiency, but won’t alter fuel mix -draft
Policy Officer, CAN Europe – Europe
Netherlands publishes free EU carbon allowance list, expects to disburse in August
Euro Markets: EUAs extend 5-week peak as fuels push higher
Astronomers work out when the first stars shone
EU lawmakers give final approval to climate ‘law of laws’
‘War in the woods’: hundreds of anti-logging protesters arrested in Canada
Activists seeking to halt cutting of ancient trees have chained themselves to trunks in remote woodland
Police in western Canada have arrested more than 270 people as a conflict over old growth logging in British Columbia’s ancient rainforests continues to grow.
At the protest blockades in the remote woodland, hundreds of activists have been chaining themselves to giant tripods made from the trunks of felled trees, suspending themselves in trees for days or more at a time, and even securing their arms inside devices called “sleeping dragons” cemented into the roadway.
Continue reading...Australia and 11 other countries lobby Unesco over Great Barrier Reef decision-making
Letter sent to director general over what Scott Morrison calls ‘absolutely appalling’ process of recommending reef for in-danger list
Twelve international ambassadors to Unesco, including Australia’s, have written to the UN body to “share collective concerns” about its decision making, ahead of a crucial meeting that could see the Great Barrier Reef placed on a “world heritage in danger” list.
A former Australian government world heritage official said the letter, sent to Unesco’s director general, Audrey Azoulay, on Wednesday, should be seen as part of the country’s promised lobbying effort as it desperately tries to avoid the reef being included on the list.
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