Centralised renewables planning cuts biodiversity conflicts in China, but shifts risks to drylands -study
China’s renewable energy expansion could produce sharply different biodiversity impacts depending on whether projects are planned nationally or at the provincial level, with neither approach capable of avoiding all ecological trade-offs, according to new research.
Read MoreMachine learning-guided composting could turn global organic waste sector into carbon sink -researchers
Optimising composting practices using machine learning could transform the global organic waste sector from a net greenhouse gas emitter into a carbon sink while conserving nutrients for agriculture, according to a new study.
Read MoreClimate infrastructure provider, CDR financier ink one of India’s largest biochar offtake deals
An India‑based climate infrastructure company has signed a multi‑year agreement with a carbon removal (CDR) financier to deliver 180,000 tonnes of biochar removals, in what the partners say is one of the largest long‑term offtake deals of its kind from the South Asian country.
Read MoreNZ climate minister at odds with ministry over ETS setting updates, documents show
Cabinet documents published Thursday showed a rift between New Zealand’s climate minister and his ministry over how often the country’s ETS price controls and settings should be updated.
Read MoreLACS26: INTERVIEW – Verra sees Misiones approval as slingshot for new wave of jurisdictional REDD+ programmes
Several governments across Latin America and the Caribbean are studying how to replicate Argentina’s Misiones programme after it became the first jurisdictional REDD+ initiative approved under Verra’s Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework, the standard’s regional representative told Carbon Pulse.Â
Read MoreDATA DIVE: NZ ETS forest applications stagnate
The number of applications for new forests to enter the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has continued to plateau, with the latest data showing just nine applications were received in May.
Read MoreLACS26: Chile authorises landfill Article 6 project, nears Japan and Singapore bilateral agreements
Chile has issued a Letter of Authorisation (LoA) for a biogas landfill mitigation project, with the government also looking to operationalise two other bilateral agreements and preparing to assess a new batch of projects next month, a senior government official said this week at the Latin American Climate Summit (LACS).
Read MoreNew Zealand confirms lower annual forestry ETS charges, new service charges
The New Zealand government has given the nod to lowering ETS annual charges for foresters, as well as introducing several new service fees, it announced Wednesday.
Read MoreChina emissions plateau holds, despite 2% Q1 increase amid ‘wasted’ renewables
China’s emissions plateau continues, though CO2 output rose by 2% in the first quarter of 2026 as the country struggled to integrate new wind and solar capacity, a new analysis has found.
Read MoreOcean finance has risen sharply but remains far below levels needed for climate and conservation goals -analysis
Ocean finance has grown over the past decade, but funding remains concentrated outside some of the sectors most directly tied to decarbonisation and climate resilience, according to a new analysis.
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