The COP28 climate talks have been flooded with announcements hyping controversial carbon credits before rules for them have been hammered out, with environmental groups fearing "greenwashing" on a massive scale.
Environment
Dec 4, 2023
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By 2050, humanity must durably remove four times as much CO2 from the air as today to cap global warming below the crucial target of two degrees Celsius, researchers said Tuesday.
Environment
Jun 4, 2024
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Researchers have found that California's forest carbon buffer pool, designed to ensure the durability of the state's multi-billion-dollar carbon offset program, is severely undercapitalized. The results show that, within ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2022
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Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations
Environment
Mar 2, 2018
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Climate finance for the African continent got a boost at the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), with the launch of the African Carbon Markets Initiative. This aims to make climate finance available for African ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2023
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The EU extended a freeze Thursday on trading in carbon credits ordered after hackers broke into national trading registries and stole and then sold millions of euros worth of polluting rights.
Internet
Jan 27, 2011
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Olympics organisers have pledged to prioritise sustainability at the Tokyo Games in an attempt to demonstrate how countries such as Japan—a top carbon emitter—can work towards a greener future.
Environment
Jul 14, 2021
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French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of "carbon neutral liquid natural gas". Natural gas is, of course, a fossil fuel and so can't itself be carbon neutral. Instead, emissions ...
Environment
Jan 14, 2021
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The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that the Government of Madagascar has approved carbon sales with Microsoft and its carbon offset partner, The CarbonNeutral Company, and Zoo Zurich. The carbon credit sales ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2014
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Maintaining a water level between 20 and 30 centimeters below the local water table will boost southern peatlands' carbon storage and reduce the amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane they release back ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2023
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