BRIEFING: UK to hold producers responsible for packaging lifecycle under forthcoming regulation
The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme set to launch next year in the UK will require packaging producers to report how much they produce, and pay associated fees, though it is unclear how high those costs could go, say industry experts.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: French biodiversity credit scheme hard to scale without EU incentives
France’s newly launched biodiversity credit scheme is unlikely to scale unless the EU takes actions to incentivise corporate voluntary purchases across the bloc, consultancy CDC Biodiversite told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreEU countries back one-year delay to anti-deforestation law, reject Parliament’s amendments
The Council of EU member states on Wednesday approved a proposal to delay the bloc’s controversial anti-deforestation law by one year but did not endorse the European Parliament’s proposed amendments, triggering angry reactions from conservative lawmakers who called the move “irresponsible”.
Read MoreGreen Climate Fund backs African landscape-level regenerative agriculture facility
Climate Asset Management is set to develop a strategy for accelerating regenerative agricultural practices at landscape scale in Sub-Saharan Africa, with advice from Pollination, following a grant from the UN Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Read MoreCOP29: Global organisations call on countries to raise ambition on nature under climate finance deal
A group of 68 global NGOs, business coalitions, companies, and Indigenous Peoples organisations has called for COP29 parties to recognise nature’s role in addressing the climate crisis within negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG).
Read MoreUK-backed nature fund “unaffected” by Federated Hermes withdrawal
The government-backed UK Nature Impact Fund remains optimistic about its future, with an associated accelerator programme hoping to announce new funding, following the withdrawal of partner investment manager Federated Hermes.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Experts ask Washington to streamline reforestation protocol baselines
Forest offset project experts last week asked the Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) to prioritise streamlining its reforestation protocol, as it is already economically unfeasible.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Waiting for the biodiversity market to take shape
The plethora of biodiversity crediting standards that have emerged over the past couple of years will be narrowed down to just a few once the market takes off – whenever that may be.
Read MoreUK digital bank buys 25 acres of woodland as part of 2035 climate positive pledge
A Durham-based fintech has purchased 25 acres (10.1 hectares) of new woodland in Northeast England as part of a commitment to become climate positive by 2035, the company announced on Tuesday.
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