UK farming gets act together on measuring carbon with launch of baselining pilot

Published 00:01 on December 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:36 on December 13, 2024  / /  EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

The first steps to create a nationwide map of the environmental impact of UK agriculture are underway with the launch of carbon audits across 170 farms.

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BRIEFING: GB Energy risks being jack of all trades, master of none

Published 16:45 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:45 on December 11, 2024  / /  EMEA

The UK’s publicly-owned Great British Energy entity needs to narrow down its role in helping the country decarbonise, to avoid spinning too many plates and losing public support if it fails to produce compelling outcomes, industry experts said on Wednesday.

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UK bank lends to BNG projects in first private sector loan to scale nature impact

Published 00:01 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:15 on December 12, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

A UK sustainability-focused bank has delivered its first private sector loan based on a biodiversity net gain (BNG) unit model, in a potential blueprint to create nature-based solutions at scale.

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Industrial biochar project in Namibia hits the ground boasting long-term carbon removal

Published 14:40 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:40 on December 10, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

A new project for industrial biochar carbon removal has been launched in Namibia via a partnership between a German non-profit and the local subsidiary of a biochar developer.

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INTERVIEW: Carbon removal coupled with desalination brings multiple benefits, says startup

Published 12:35 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:35 on December 10, 2024  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

A startup with an electrochemical method of removing CO2 from water claims it can simultaneously reduce the energy requirement and cost of desalination, with potential for significant mitigation were it to scale up.

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Energy professionals sceptical UK will hit climate targets

Published 00:01 on December 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:33 on December 3, 2024  / /  EMEA, UK ETS

Most energy professionals in the UK believe the country will fail to hit its climate targets, casting doubt over the government’s flagship policy to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030, a survey has found.

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EU-UK should align on carbon pricing, CCS to build thriving clean tech hub -report

Published 12:34 on December 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:43 on December 3, 2024  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

The EU and UK should explore linking their emissions trading systems and cooperate on cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS) under efforts to form a resilient clean tech hub on the global stage, an industry body said on Tuesday.

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Majority of large asset managers fail to use influence to drive climate policy -report

Published 00:01 on December 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:26 on November 27, 2024  / /  International, Voluntary

Most of the world’s largest insurers and pension funds — representing over $17 trillion in assets — fail to use their significant influence to advocate for climate policy in line with science-based pathways to net zero, according to new analysis by a non-profit.

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INTERVIEW: Powder to clean up harmful algae promises to quickly remove carbon

Published 11:48 on December 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:57 on December 2, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A tech startup working to rid harmful algae growth from lakes and reservoirs believes it can remove carbon, avoid methane emissions, and restore biodiversity in a relatively simple way that can be funded by voluntary credits, the first of which are due to be sold from a project in Utah.

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INTERVIEW: Startup to help decarbonise UK gas grid by injecting carbon-negative biomethane

Published 17:37 on November 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:45 on December 2, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

A climate tech startup is partnering with a British utility to explore decarbonising the gas grid through injecting carbon-negative biomethane, looking to support the UK’s objective of achieving net zero.

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