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Quebec retired more of California’s allowances and offsets over an eight-year period in results released on Wednesday of a new accounting mechanism to track compliance instrument transfers between jurisdictions under the WCI-linked carbon market.

Seen as a symbol of Christmas in Australia, the beetles seem to have gone missing in recent years.

Sweeping federal legislation, which must be approved this week to avoid a shutdown of the US government, includes a provision to support the agriculture industry’s participation in voluntary carbon markets (VCM).

Ghana is fast developing global leadership as a seller of carbon credits under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 international trade provision by establishing levies on such exports, having already developed key relationships with several buyer nations and big-hitting trading houses.

The federal government of Canada on Wednesday announced plans to enhance regulated annual zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) sales targets for all new light-duty vehicles, with interim milestones towards achieving 100% ZEV sales by 2035.

The US arm of a German certification giant has acquired a North American greenhouse gas auditing firm.

Australia must recognise the complex risks associated with cascading natural disasters, and draw on the knowledge and experience of all citizens. Robert Glasser, Honorary Professor, Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Mark Crosweller, Associate Professor in the Practice of National Security Leadership, Australian National University Mark Howden, Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The good news is the world’s coal use has peaked – and will soon rapidly decline. Australia is leading the way, and the rest of the world must soon follow. Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Anna Nadolny, Research Officer, 100% Renewable Energy Group, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The ownership of carbon credits in a huge jurisdictional forestry conservation project in Guyana involving oil major Hess is being disputed by an activist group for Indigenous people following a successful case about land rights in the country.

Locals forced to rely on emergency bottled water as pipes leak and burst after recent rapid thaw

Tens of thousands of households in parts of south-east England face the prospect of a Christmas without running water as suppliers struggle with burst pipes after a rapid thaw from last week’s freezing temperatures.

South East Water admitted that it could not guarantee all customers in Kent and East Sussex that water would be restored by the Christmas weekend, after a threefold increase in leaks.

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Several EU countries are pushing for a higher share of renewable energy sources (RES) than the goal just adopted as a position by all member states in Council, increasing the prospects of a jump in ambition in final negotiations with the European Parliament in the new year that could dampen carbon prices.

Text setting out an EU decision on how many carbon allowances it will auction from the market stability reserve as part of its REPowerEU strategy suggests that legislators have developed a view on what is an appropriate price for carbon, market sources said on Wednesday.

The Way of Water is a movie for our times – a rallying cry to make us cherish and protect the oceans that are so vital to life on Earth

The original Avatar was more than a movie. It was an event.

It was reportedly pulled from some theatres by the Chinese government for fear it could incite land revolts; slammed by the Christian right for its “anti-Americanism”; used eagerly by anti-extractivism and anti-colonialism protesters; elicited depression among those who left cinemas to face the impoverished Earth of our cityscapes; and I personally heard that it led some viewers to sell their 4x4s, leave the army and much, much more. This was no ordinary film.

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The holidays as we know them can be bad for us and the planet. Here are some ideas to make your winter celebrations joyful

Christmas may look like it’s beyond redemption. Very few people in the UK are genuinely celebrating the birth into abject poverty of a refugee boy who they believe was God become human. And as for Saint Nick and the invitation to deceive young children, that’s equally dubious. Adults don’t usually lie to children – it’s not kind.

The whole day/week/month/two months is hopelessly lost in consumer capitalism. It’s all anticipated with dread by many of us who don’t have the perfect family, the perfect living conditions and the money to spare, or aren’t able to look away from both the obscene overconsumption and the poverty crisis. So how can we start to redeem the season? I have a few ideas.

Isabel Losada is the author of The Joyful Environmentalist: How to Practise without Preaching

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Three Verra-certified forestry conservation projects in Kenya could be over-credited, a rating agency has warned following a review that nonetheless slightly improved grades for two of them while reaffirming the previous rating of a third that at one stage attracted backing from Hollywood actors.

EUAs gave up Tuesday's gains in very quiet trading on Wednesday morning, with traders reluctant to pinpoint any key drivers as the holiday season kicked into higher gear, while European energy markets continued to lose ground amid a combination of warmer weather and healthy supplies.

Spain-headquartered fashion group Inditex, which owns clothing brands such as Zara, has committed to at least €10 million in funding to a number of WWF biodiversity and ecosystem restoration projects over the next three years.

India expects its planned carbon market to be fully operational in 2026 and intends to set up a market stabilisation fund to ensure prices don’t fall below a certain level, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a government presentation shared with stakeholders.

Sherif Osman, an Egyptian-American citizen, was detained in Dubai where he was visiting family

The United Arab Emirates is preparing to deport an Egyptian-American citizen detained in Dubai who called for protests during the Cop27 climate conference in Egypt, sparking fears about the treatment of civil society during next year’s Cop28 in the Emirates.

Sherif Osman, a former Egyptian army officer who has lived in the United States for decades, was detained at a restaurant in Dubai, where he had travelled with his fiancee to see family.

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A Europe-headquartered energy company has revealed that it provided the greatest proportion of carbon credits for the first MENA voluntary carbon market auction hosted by Saudi Arabia's public investment fund (PIF) in October, selling almost 500,000 tonnes to the organisers.