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EU Parliament vote reignites debate on role of carbon removals
Brazil government invites sectors to set own emissions goals under Paris pledge
LCFS Market: California prices sink towards $100 as bear market continues
Compliance markets alone to double global use of carbon credits, says bank
VCM initiative delays publication of Core Carbon Principles to Q4
Global heating is cutting sleep across the world, study finds
Data shows people finding it harder to sleep, especially women and older people, with serious health impacts
Rising temperatures driven by the climate crisis are cutting the sleep of people across the world, the largest study to date has found.
Good sleep is critical to health and wellbeing. But global heating is increasing night-time temperatures, even faster than in the day, making it harder to sleep. The analysis revealed that the average global citizen is already losing 44 hours of sleep a year, leading to 11 nights with less than seven hours’ sleep, a standard benchmark of sufficient sleep.
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Ancient forest found at bottom of huge sinkhole in China
Scientists believe site in Guangxi with trees up to 40 metres tall may contain undiscovered species
An ancient forest has been found at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in China, with trees up to 40 metres (130ft) tall.
Scientists believe it could contain undiscovered plant and animal species.
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Glowworms bred in captivity to be released in southern England
More than 500 larvae will be released in Hampshire and Cornwall as part of a four-year project to revive the declining species
They once lit up summer nights, people read by their luminescence and they’ve been celebrated by everyone from William Shakespeare to Crowfoot, a 19th-century North American chief.
But glowworms have had their lights dimmed by a cult of tidiness in the countryside, the loss of wild meadows and light pollution.
Continue reading...Hard-right Tories push to delay environmental land management scheme
Scheme to pay farmers for nature stewardship is seen by some as one of the few positive Brexit dividends
The government’s plans to pay farmers for their stewardship of nature could be delayed or scrapped, it is feared, as hard-right Conservative MPs join the campaign against the environmental land management scheme (Elms).
The rollout of Elms, seen by some as one of the few positive Brexit dividends, is due to begin this year, with more standards beginning incrementally between 2023 and 2025.
Continue reading...‘Sleeping through extinction’: China urged to end delays to Cop15 summit
Covid lockdowns in host country frustrate scientists as no date in sight for key UN conservation conference after two years of delays
China has been urged to name a date for a key UN nature summit this year, amid growing frustration with Beijing and concerns among experts that we are “sleeping through this cataclysmic climate extinction”.
After two years of delays, governments had been scheduled to meet in Kunming, China, for Cop15 in late April to negotiate this decade’s targets to halt and reverse the rampant destruction of ecosystems and wildlife crucial to human civilisation. It had been hoped the summit would be a “Paris moment” for biodiversity, with China holding the presidency for a major UN environmental agreement for the first time.
Continue reading...Malaysia’s Sarawak state passes landmark bill to buck trend on forest carbon for VCM
CN Markets: Low volumes and unchanged prices as China’s carbon market sorely lacks momentum
Abbott enriched shareholders as faulty plant needed repairs, records show
Economists condemn ‘rot’ in system after manufacturer issued billions in stock buybacks despite problems at Michigan factory
A deadly bacteria outbreak in baby formula and an ongoing formula shortage stem from issues some economists characterize as “rot” in the nation’s economic system: prioritization of shareholder wealth and consolidation.
The embattled baby formula producer Abbott used windfall profits to enrich investors instead of replacing failing equipment that was likely injecting the dangerous bacteria into its infant nutritional products, financial records and whistleblower documents show.
Continue reading...GFC approves $300 mln to new climate projects, adopts private sector strategy
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including an injured bird, hungry jackals and a rescued dolphin
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Too much wind and solar? Or just too much Angus Taylor?
Australia's energy minister kept saying there is too much wind and solar. Now the industry agrees there is too much Angus Taylor, and the Coalition has to go.
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‘Ella’s law’ bill seeks to establish right to clean air in UK
Jenny Jones says bill, named after girl who died of asthma, treats pollution as matter of social justice
A new clean air law is starting out in parliament after the Green party peer Jenny Jones won first place in the House of Lords ballot for private members’ bills.
Named Ella’s law, as a tribute to nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah who died from asthma induced by air pollution, the bill would establish a right to clean air and set up a commission to oversee government actions and progress. It would also join policies on indoor and outdoor air pollution with actions to combat our climate emergency, and include annual reviews of the latest science.
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