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Cities seeking to create greener, more liveable neighbourhoods can revitalise disused spaces in various ways. Encouraging and supporting communities is key. Hugh Stanford, Researcher Associate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A study published Thursday suggests that co-practising enhanced rock weathering (ERW) near geologic carbon sequestration sites could serve as a prewarning system for CO2 leakage while also mitigating seepage.

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a best-practices-sharing group comprising 144 central banks, published on Wednesday its first report on the effects of short-term (2025-2030) climate policy scenarios over GDP, trade, unemployment, inflation, and other financial and economic outcomes.

A committee in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved Wednesday a proposal to allow the use of forestry-based carbon offsets against agricultural tax obligations.

Small genetic changes in enzyme that prevents bad breath in humans lead to sulphurous scent in some asarum

With a smell of rotting flesh the flowers of certain species of wild ginger are unlikely to be used in a wedding bouquet – although they are irresistible to carrion-loving flies. Now researchers say they have worked out how the sulphurous scent is produced.

Scientists say the odour is down to small changes in an enzyme that prevents bad breath in humans.

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A ‘brutal reality’ is coming to many project developers of durable carbon removal (CDR) because buyers are increasingly baulking at the high price of credits, a new survey has found.

A US hyperscale data centre developer is tapping natural gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS) to power its flagship project.

Indonesia could fetch higher prices and driver bigger emissions reductions by developing a more sophisticated carbon market framework, according to industry group IETA.

European carbon's recent price rally came to a halt on Thursday as selling activity gained in strength after the market hit a six-week high and bumped up against a technical resistance level, before falling back to end the session in line with another technical support, while UK Allowances also halted their bull run after climbing to a new 18-month high.

A new study says 99.999% of the world’s deep seafloor is still unseen by humans.

The carbon removals market will not scale without clear regulatory frameworks, targeted public support, and a mix of engineered and nature-based approaches, speakers told the Carbon Forward Turkiye conference in Izmir.

Former CDU and SPD members of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, have said they expect the new government to sign off on a Carbon Management Strategy before the summer, although some remain nervous about a renewed focus on carbon capture, utilisation, or storage (CCS/CCU).

A Web3 carbon startup has announced it will open source its digital infrastructure, also unveiling a new venture to help sustainability teams meet reporting and regulatory requirements.

Uganda will decarbonise while increasing oil and gas (O&G) production by leveraging international carbon markets, according to officials and panellists speaking in Kampala at the East Africa Carbon Markets Forum on Thursday.

A British biochar manufacturer is working with research institutions and a poultry business to improve poultry welfare, productivity, and cut emissions through the application of 'chickenchar' to bedding and manure, which will generate carbon removal credits.

Only a minuscule fraction of the deep seafloor has been visually observed over the past 70 years, with scientists defining the lack of knowledge "a critical problem" as interest in ocean mining grows.

US-based tech giant Google on Thursday announced carbon credit deals for the equivalent of 1 million tonnes of CO2e over the next century from a commercial cooling project in Indonesia and a landfill activity in Brazil.

The European Parliament voted to make gas markets more flexible on Thursday, the same day members voted to delay the start of more ambitious CO2 rules for new cars and vans.

India is emerging as a front-runner in the global race to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as enhanced rock weathering (ERW) startups working with smallholder farmers and plantation estates bet on the South Asian country’s basalt-rich geology and vast agricultural terrain to scale durable carbon removals.

National pledges to the Paris Agreement are often disconnected from national policy and investment plans because they are developed by consultants rather than integrated into government processes, a former EU minister told the Carbon Forward Turkiye conference on Thursday.