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India seeks exemption from UK’s CBAM -media

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:51
India is seeking an exemption from Britain's planned carbon adjustment border tax (CBAM) as part of negotiations aiming to finalise a free trade deal with the UK, according to an exclusive in the Guardian newspaper.
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International panel launches second consultation on biodiversity credits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:25
The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) has launched its second consultation on the emerging biodiversity market, seeking to gather views on possible basic models.
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CN Markets: CEA price hits all-time high again on regulatory optimism, but liquidity dwindles

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 20:15
China’s national carbon market saw allowance prices reach a fresh high again over the past week but with lower trading volumes, as observers expect tighter allocation of permits in the upcoming market plan.
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Environmental consultancy releases metric to measure biodiversity in the Americas

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 19:37
A Danish environmental consultancy has released an open-access metric to measure the biodiversity value of sites in the Americas, seeking to inform restoration projects as well as supporting corporate disclosures on nature-related impacts and dependencies.
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New Zealand pledges climate finance for Southeast Asia, looks at Article 6 tie with the Philippines

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 19:14
New Zealand has committed NZ$41 million ($25 mln) in climate finance to Southeast Asia via the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), it said Friday, while entering into early talks with the Philippines over potential cooperation on Article 6.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: a hungry jackal, a cat with webbed feet and a cheeky badger

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 17:00

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

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Korean water utility secures early carbon project deals in Central Asia

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 16:41
A state-owned water supplier in South Korea has secured partnerships with two Central Asian countries as it seeks to explore the potential of emissions reduction projects using renewable energy in the region.
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GenZero, VCMI partner to carve out role for technical innovation in “high integrity” carbon ecosystem

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 16:35
Temasek subsidiary GenZero has partnered with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to substantiate the use case for technical products such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) certificates and understand their potential role in high integrity carbon market infrastructure.
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Japanese, Indian firms sign deal on green ammonia collaboration

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 16:06
A major Japanese energy company has signed an initial agreement with India's biggest renewable energy firm on ammonia supply, the second such deal in recent months for a fuel deemed by the Indian government as eligible for export under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
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Letting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 15:00

Analysis of 60o gardens shows wilder lawns feed caterpillars and create breeding habitat

Good news for lazy gardeners: one labour-saving tweak could almost double the number of butterflies in your garden, according to a new scientific study – let the grass grow long.

In recent years nature lovers have been extolling the benefits of relaxed lawn maintenance with the growing popularity of the #NoMowMay campaign. Now an analysis of six years of butterfly sightings across 600 British gardens has provided the first scientific evidence that wilder lawns boost butterfly numbers.

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Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 15:00

Marcus Decker dared to protest on climate and was punished. Now he could be deported. Is that a humane democracy?

When the traditional ruling class was obliged to concede to demands for democracy, it gave away as little as possible. We could vote, but it ensured that crucial elements of the old system remained in place: the House of Lords, the first-past-the-post electoral system, prerogative powers and Henry VIII clauses, and above all a legal system massively and blatantly biased towards owners of property.

In combination, these elements ensured that the system remained predisposed to elite rule, even while it pretended the people were in charge. The portcullis excluding us from power has never been properly lifted since the Norman conquest. The relationship between rulers and ruled remains, in effect, a relationship between occupier and occupied.

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It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased inland in eastern Australia

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-04-19 14:34
Flash floods are getting more common, as warmer air can hold more moisture. But there are other changes leading to more inland flooding on the east coast. Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Lance M Leslie, Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Expert review of link between sovereign debt and climate launched at IMF Spring Meetings

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 14:01
An independent review of the link between sovereign debt and climate change is being launched by experts at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings on Saturday. 
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Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 14:00

Exclusive: 80% of Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of English ones, 60% in Scotland and 50% in Northern Ireland breaching regulations

The majority of UK dairy farms are breaking pollution rules, with vast amounts of cow manure being spilled into rivers.

When animal waste enters the river, it causes a buildup of the nutrients found in the effluent, such as nitrates and phosphates. These cause algal blooms, which deplete the waterway of oxygen and block sunlight, choking fish and other aquatic life.

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Colorado cap-and-trade bill passes House committee

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 13:25
A bill introduced by the Colorado House of Representative lawmakers to legislate a cap-and-trade system in the state on Thursday passed a committee amid polarising stakeholder sentiments.
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