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The overarching frameworks for carbon removals should be as inclusive as possible, even if governments choose to prioritise methods suited to their national circumstances, while different funding streams are needed to match different technology readiness levels (TRL), said experts on a webinar Thursday.

The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) and EU ETS combo could unlock European CCUS projects -- if public authorities step up to help derisk the value chain, for example through government guarantees.

Councillor has reportedly suggested using pills to control gulls, but experts say it may not be ethical or practical

Their brazen chip-snatching, swooping and aggressive squawking has earned seagulls a reputation as the scourge of seaside towns, terrorising unsuspecting tourists and enraging residents alike.

And as the marauding birds have ventured inland and established urban colonies, towns have deployed spikes, netting and even birds of prey as deterrents. Now Worcester city councillors appear to be contemplating a new escalation in the battle: bird contraceptives.

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Landmark policy announcements across markets including Singapore, India, and other countries have ensured a “big year” for Asian voluntary carbon markets, according to attendees at the IETA Asia Climate Summit, which took place this week in New Delhi.

Carbon project developer and biodiversity crediting entrant South Pole on Friday announced the launch of a restoration-focused ‘habitat bank’ in partnership with Colombian non-profit Salvamontes at COP16 in Cali.

An Oklahoma-based project developer has been issued nearly 1.9 million carbon credits for an orphan oil and gas wells plugging project in the US state.

A final agreement on the EU’s proposed Green Claims Directive is likely to be pushed back to next year, according to several European Parliament sources, a decision which voluntary carbon market participants say could extend current uncertainty in the market.

The board of the world’s largest dedicated climate fund, the Green Climate Fund, approved more than $1 billion in fresh funding at a meeting this week, it announced Friday.

A further 86 organisations have committed to report on their biodiversity impacts and dependencies under the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), bringing the total to 502 adopters with $6.5 trillion in market capitalisation.

A global standard for biodiversity uplift has registered a first three restoration projects under its methodology.

Nearly halfway through its transitional phase, Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has become a major driver of carbon market policy across Asia, attendees at an industry conference in New Delhi heard this week.

Danish steelmakers and other heavy industries exposed to international competition will benefit from a lower CO2 emissions tax regime under government plans to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage that received the green light from EU regulators on Friday.

Prices in China’s national emissions market hit a fresh all-time high over the past week amid stable trading volumes, buoyed by growing compliance demand. 

European carbon allowances were modestly weaker at midday on Friday, consolidating the gains made over the previous two sessions as traders speculated that the recent rally from the €60.00 level may have signalled the bottom of the market for the rest of the year, while UKAs extended Thursday's loss as government reform proposals revealed no new adjustments to the British market.

A Washington DC-headquartered clean cooking initiative has updated its cookstove methodology following a public comment period, the organisation announced on its website Wednesday.

The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has published new emissions intensity data (EID) for facilities covered under the reformed Safeguard Mechanism in the lead up to the next compliance deadline in March, a move which experts said would help provide a guide on how many below baseline credits facilities are likely to generate. 

Researchers criticised and gaslighted after sharing fears with Guardian say acknowledging feelings is critical to their work

Climate scientists who were mocked and gaslighted after speaking up about their fears for the future have said acknowledging strong emotions is vital to their work.

The researchers said these feelings should not be suppressed in an attempt to reach supposed objectivity. Seeing climate experts’ fears and opinions about the climate crisis as irrelevant suggests science is separate from society and ultimately weakens it, they said.

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Subtle temperature difference between ‘ocean skin’ and water beneath found to drive more CO2 absorption

A sliver of cool surface water less than 2mm deep helps oceans absorb carbon dioxide, a British-led team of scientists has established after months of voyages across the Atlantic painstakingly measuring gas and temperature levels.

The subtle difference in temperature between the “ocean skin” and the layer of water beneath it creates an interface that leads to more CO2 being taken in, the scientists observed.

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Japan has given the green light to the registration of 18 projects under the J-Credit scheme, which are capable of generating nearly 1.2 million carbon credits over their lifetimes.

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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