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India’s Green Credit programme that was announced in this week’s budget could potentially receive support from multilateral agencies, enabling the initiative to act as an additional environmental policy tool to existing schemes aimed at meeting the country’s net zero goals, according to an Indian market participant on Friday.

Allowances in China’s national emissions trading scheme remained unchanged over the past week with few permits changing hands, as a prominent economist has called for policy reforms to help boost demand in the market.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including snow monkeys, beavers and a selfie-crazy bear

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Beijing has a lot of work to do to facilitate the international trade in Chinese carbon credits, despite emissions reductions generated from the country's national CCER offset programme, having been deemed eligible in CORSIA's pilot phase, according to analysts.

Campaigners urge leading poultry producer Avara Foods to fund reparations for pollution from its chicken farm suppliers

Avara Foods, a leading supplier of chicken to Tesco, is being urged by campaigners to pay reparations to help clean up the River Wye.

The Wye, a river running from mid-Wales to the Severn estuary, has been affected by increasing algal blooms. These are partly caused by poultry farms spreading more manure than the land can absorb, say scientists, leading to excess phosphorus leaching into waterways.

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UK-headquartered Northern Trust Asset Management has launched the World Natural Capital Paris-Aligned Index Strategy, an investment tool that integrates climate and natural capital considerations to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Local authorities say policing government’s new standards on smoke pollution is beyond their means

Local authorities lack the resources for the crackdown on highly polluting wood burners promised by the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, they say.

Wood-burning in urban areas is an increasing source of harmful air pollution, as people install stoves for aesthetic reasons or to save money on gas.

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Butterfly Conservation report reveals 42% decline in distribution of 58 native species since 1976

Butterfly species have vanished from nearly half of the places where they once flew in the UK since 1976, according to a study.

The distribution of 58 native species has fallen by 42% as butterflies disappear from cities, fields and woods. Those that are only found in particular habitats, such as wetlands or chalk grassland, have fared even worse, declining in distribution by 68%.

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An Australian official on Friday laid out the steps the government is taking to implement the recommendations of the recent review into the country’s carbon market, but said it would take some time to see them fully realised.

Data suggests male northern quolls rest less than females and spend much more time on the move, leading to their death after a single breeding season. As Guardian Australia's science report Donna Lu explains, Australian scientists have been researching why male quolls finish the mating season looking 'terrible', with some ending up in an 'early grave'. After equipping the endangered native animals with miniature backpacks and tracking them for seven weeks during the breeding season, researchers observed the males were spending very little time resting and were constantly on the move, all in the dogged pursuit to mate

• Dying for sex: endangered male quolls may be mating themselves to death instead of sleeping, scientists say
• Snakes have clitorises: scientists overcome ‘a massive taboo around female genitalia’
• Release of 10 quolls boosts ‘insurance’ population of endangered marsupial

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Monopoly electricity network companies have won limited rights to own and operate community batteries in one-off waiver to ring fencing rules.

The post Networks win rights to access “community” battery scheme in controversial call by regulator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Array Technologies will set up manufacturing facilities on Australian soil as part of VRET conditions to supply a new Victorian solar farm.

The post Solar tracker giant sets up manufacturing facility in Australia to supply local projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new initiative aims to drive onshore lithium battery innovation by challenging 11 start-ups to deliver ground-breaking new technologies or ancillary services.

The post Eleven Aussie battery start-ups tapped for “hyper-acceleration” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia defied the critics with the first Tesla big battery, now it plans to do the same with the world's biggest green hydrogen power plant.

The post The radical plan to build world’s biggest green electrolyser and hydrogen power plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sam Crafter dealt with technology skeptics when he led the task force for the Tesla Big Battery. Now he's doing it again as head of South Australia's hydrogen office.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Does a green hydrogen power plant stack up? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Japan has agreed to co-fund the development of a second third-country project under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), that aims to utilise green hydrogen produced in New Zealand.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices erased an entire week's worth of declines on Thursday as traders wondered if fund flows had turned positive, while analysts provided insight behind the stagnant Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) market and upcoming inaugural auction.

We know about “agrivoltaics”, where land under and around solar panels is used to grow crops and graze livestock. But what about “conservoltaics”?

The post How solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The UK is at risk of slumping behind international rivals on green growth after bold policy moves by the US and EU over the past year, with Britain already potentially lagging in key elements of policy including a lack of clarity over carbon leakage and pricing reform.