When it comes to addressing climate change, reducing carbon emissions is — understandably — the highest-profile tool available to governments, corporations and individuals. But it’s not the only tool out there; there’s also direct air capture, which removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

InsideHook

JPMorgan Announces Ambitious Carbon Removal Investment

Carbon removal industry representatives have challenged a document a United Nations scientific body released this week that casts doubt on the nascent technology's usefulness in efforts to limit global warming.

Reuters

Carbon removal industry challenges findings of skeptical UN body

LLNL and the Clean Air Task Force have released a new report “Sharing the Benefits: How the Economics of Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in California Can Serve Communities, the Economy, and the Climate,” that examines the costs of carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and geologic storage in California.



CleanTechnica

New Report: Carbon Capture & Storage Serves California Communities, Environment, & Economy

The progress of China’s carbon trading market has been disappointing, with volume and turnover lagging Europe’s market, Zhang Jinbai of Towngas Smart Energy says


South China Morning Post

China must set a clear timetable to expand carbon market to achieve climate goal as progress has been disappointing, expert says

Tensions over carbon dioxide capture pipelines continue to rise in Iowa as regulators prepare to hold hearings in the fall over the first of three projects to seek a permit.



The Gazette

Smart Carbon Network says it wants to cut through emotion of CO2 pipelines

With decarbonisation being seen as one of the biggest challenges facing the energy industry today, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has outlined that the recently offered carbon storage licences signify the country could bury 30 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030 and become a renowned mover and shaker in decarbonisation technology.



Offshore Energy

Carbon capture seen as ‘key tool’ in fight against greenhouse gas emissions

An influential climate panel tasked with guiding the creation of a new global carbon market has sparked widespread concern in the nascent carbon removal industry, after it cast doubt on whether it would be counted as a carbon offset.



Axios

Key UN climate panel casts doubt on future of carbon removal tech

Last week, the state of Washington passed its capital budget, part of which is funding for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). 



Carbon Herald

Washington State Passes Carbon Removal Funding In Capital Budget

Human activity—mostly the burning of fossil fuels—has raised Earth’s atmospheric carbon content by 50 percent, from 280 parts per million (ppm) to 420 ppm. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, we’ve released approximately 950 billion metric tons of carbon into the air.

Resilience

Capturing Carbon With Machines Is a Failure — So Why Are We Subsidizing It?

In a ground-breaking study, Lund University researchers have revealed the astonishing ability of microorganisms in soil to adapt to climate change


Open Access Government

Nature’s climate solution: Carbon storage in soil is shown to slow global warming

A United Nations panel is casting doubt on the promise of using machines to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and sea in order to fight climate change.



E&E News

U.N. slams carbon removal as unproven and risky

The country aims to register projects generating the offsets on a carbon registry at its dollar-denominated Victoria Falls Stock Exchange, according to a pamphlet from the organizers of a state-backed conference, the Africa Voluntary Carbon Markets Forum, scheduled from July 3-9 in the resort of Victoria Falls

Bloomberg

Zimbabwe Bids to Be Africa’s Carbon Credit Trading Center

In the ground below a tall New York City apartment building, several machines collect carbon dioxide (CO2) from large gas-powered boilers. The boilers help heat the building but also release CO2 into the atmosphere.

Tall Buildings in New York Using Carbon Capture Technology

Reducing the intensity of forest management increases carbon sequestration in forests. However, even if forest management were removed altogether, the mitigation potential of this strategy is limited.



News European Parliament

Forests can store less carbon than previously believed

The United States has 27 years to reach its net-zero emissions goal. And among other initiatives to move towards that goal, the Biden administration is offering incentives for carbon capture and storage.


NPR 

With The Expansion of CO2 Pipelines Come Safety Fears

The energy sector wants the Government to urgently introduce regulations enabling carbon capture and storage in New Zealand, as a way to cut CO2 emissions

Newsroom

Polarising carbon capture tech back on NZ radar

Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight at a conference convened by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy



US News

'Leap of Faith:' Alaska Pursues Carbon Offset Market While Embracing Oil

JPMorgan Chase announced that it has agreed to spend more than $200 million on a combination of carbon removal technologies.


CNBC

JPMorgan agrees to purchase $200 million worth of carbon removal

“Today we see the birth of a new species,” declared Julio Friedmann, gazing across the bleak landscape.

BusinessDesk

Can carbon removal become a trillion-dollar business?

An improved savannah fire management method for earning carbon credits is a priority for federal Labor, along with the release of once-secret data to restore public confidence.



South Coast Register

'Crunch time' for integrity of Australian carbon market

Environmental Sustainability | Carbon

Reasons include a stronger supply of oil and weaker-than-expected demand, energy experts say. Some people are saving hundreds of dollars on fuel.

The New York Times

Gasoline Prices, a Source of Pain Last Year, Have Come Way Down

Investment in solar power is expected to overtake oil for the first time this year as clean energy spending outpaces that for fossil fuels, the IEA said in a report Thursday.

Tech Xplore

Solar investment outshines oil: IEA

Jordan, the second most water-scarce country in the world, is adapting to the consequences of an ever-changing climate.



Al Jazeera

Jordan’s Bedouins take on the struggles of climate change

Most oil majors are stepping up investment in green energy amid rising activist pressure but without abandoning fossil fuels, putting at risk reaching carbon neutrality in 2050.

Energy majors go slow on green transition despite pressure

The National Adaptation Strategy will help the health care sector anticipate and respond to the health risks of climate change.



Government of Canada

Government of Canada invests $42.9 million to support individuals and the health sector to adapt to our changing climate

Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits are worth hundreds of billions in GDP and new jobs to red and purple states.

Forbes

Dear Congress: Don’t Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits Worth Hundreds Of Billions To Red And Purple States

“Policies and farming practices have changed through the years and changes today focusing on creating wet grassland habitat on peat soils are encouraged to support biodiversity and climate mitigation plans.”



AgriLand

Bogland biodiversity and how it can help mitigate climate change

The effect of climate change on society is broad and profound. Studies have shown that low-income countries face the greatest number of deaths due to disasters, with 33% of those deaths occurring in countries with the lowest human development indices

The Lancet 

Trauma care in the face of climate change in Pakistan

International Energy Agency says investment will hit $1.7tn this year, well ahead of fossil fuels

The Guardian

Invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’

The tiger conservation efforts in Asia have been so successful that they had an unintended -- and equally beneficial -- consequence of preventing further some greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere, a new study finds.



ABC News

How tiger conservation in India may be helping to mitigate climate change

Ocean creatures soak up huge amounts of humanity’s carbon mess. Should we value them like financial assets?

Wired

The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World

A Rand Corp. study maps out the various ways climate change will impact the military's personnel, equipment, facilities, supply chain and ability to engage with allies and partners.


NBC News

Military must focus on short- and long-term challenges of climate change, report finds

Over the years, climate change has caused an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. It has also been bringing about gradual changes in landscapes and ecosystems such as desertification, drought, and sea level rise that are detrimental, and in some cases existential threats, to certain countries.



Egyptian Streets

Making Nations Pay for Climate Change: 6 Questions on the Loss and Damage Fund

Investigation finds energy giant’s efforts to offset its huge emissions rely on schemes with little impact

‘Worthless’: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm, research says

Rising seas and the ongoing threat of hurricanes and storm surges have forced the Caribbean nation to become a laboratory for climate adaptation.

In the Bahamas, a Constant Race to Adapt to Climate Change

Behind its rural facade, La Almunia de Doña Godina is doing its part to use technology to address climate change.

Finding Climate Solutions in a Spanish Village With Technology

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was held from May 15th to 19th to discuss the climate change crisis in Asia and the Pacific Islands. The theme of UNESCAP this year was “Accelerating climate action in Asia and the Pacific for sustainable development,” according to the United Nations’ website. 

The Financial Repercussions Of Combating Climate Change In The Pacific

Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward the United States territory of Guam. It is pushing a wall of water in front of it, and packs winds powerful enough to snap power poles and uproot trees.



Climate change makes Super Typhoon Mawar more dangerous

Network Rail’s latest five-year plan for the railway in England and Wales will see it invest heavily in earthworks as it more than doubles its funding for tackling the impacts of climate change compared to its previous plan.



Ground Engineering

Network Rail’s new £44bn CP7 plan to focus on climate change impacts

Blending physical risk modelling with social, financial and regulatory information will be the difference between prepared real estate investors, and those failing to adapt to climate threats.



Schroders

Climate change and cities: adapting real estate investment decisions

World Biodiversity Day reminds us that the profound crises we confront are just different sides of the same coin

Scientific American 

One Planet, Two Crises: Tackling Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Fight for Our Future

With Earth on the precipice, as the devastating impacts of climate change loom ominously, it has become an urgent imperative to respond to this rapidly transforming world.

Arab News

Finding tailored solutions to climate change, conflict in Mideast are urgent challenges for COP28

Economic data expert Gaya Herrington says overconsumption has brought the world to a dangerous tipping point, but there’s still time to act.

The Planet Can’t Sustain Rapid Growth Much Longer

From the Serpentine Galleries to the Sainsbury Centre, in the UK and beyond, institutions have hired designated directors to head up matters environmental

The Art Newspaper

Curators in the climate crisis: who are the new museum hires turning art institutions green?

Environmental Sustainability | Climate Change

Devon cattle stand in for extinct aurochs in project aimed at protecting precious species such as sand lizards



U.K: Dorset ‘super reserve’ recreates ancient savannah habitat to boost biodiversity

On Monday, the second high-level round of negotiations on the way to achieving a global treaty against plastic pollution starts in Paris. Commissioner Sinkevičius will represent the Commission at the high-level meeting organised by the United Nations



European Commission

EU calls for agreement on global rules to end plastic pollution

Scotland's environment agency has issued its first alert level warning of this year about water scarcity.



U.K: Water scarcity alert issued for parts of the Highlands

In a recent study published in the Environment International Journal, researchers discussed the relationship between long-term exposure to air pollution and its impact on cardiometabolic health markers.



News Medical 

Does long-term exposure to air pollution impact cardiometabolic health markers?

Experts said the decision would sharply undercut the agency’s authority to protect millions of acres of wetlands under the Clean Water Act, leaving them subject to pollution without penalty.



Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution

While the endangered status of some species in China is improving, “the overall trend of biodiversity decline has not been reversed,” according to Xinhua. 



China Dialogue

Biodiversity decline not yet halted

The Port of Oakland wants to widen its basins, bringing more megaships — and more pollution — to an already overburdened community.

Earthjustice

How a Bay Area Community is Fighting Port Pollution

Campaign group says plastics are incompatible with circular economy as countries prepare for treaty talks



Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns

The cultivation of oil palm is here to stay. However, a five-year study indicates that creating islands of native trees within oil-palm monocultures increases biodiversity and ecosystem functioning without notably lowering crop yields.


Nature

Tree islands boost biodiversity in oil-palm plantations

Air pollution is a growing problem of public health concern, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showing that 99% of the global population breathes air that contains high levels of pollutants, with low-income and middle-income countries suffering from a disproportionate level of exposure.

Clinical Trial Arena

The troubling health impacts of air pollution

Surfers, paddleboarders and swimmers in the United Kingdom paddled out to fight water pollution last weekend.

The Inertia

Surfers Protest Water Pollution Across United Kingdom

In Slovenia, as in Europe, dry grasslands are under threat from the twin dangers of the intensification of farmland and, conversely, agricultural abandonment and overgrowth

UNESCO

Slovenia: conserving biodiversity and promoting natural science education in the dry grasslands

The White House has announced a key deal with Arizona, California and Nevada to conserve large amounts of water from the drought-afflicted Colorado River.



Colorado River states announce breakthrough water sharing deal

The city limits toxic air pollutants like lead and formaldehyde. A policy revision expands the list, but critics say it doesn't go far enough.



WHYY

Philadelphia changed how it regulates toxic air pollution. Here are 3 things to know

“On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on our relationship with humanity’s life-support system, from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the energy that fuels us and the medicines that heal us, our lives are wholly dependent on healthy ecosystems,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said.



United Nations

Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

Despite all our technological advances we are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ecosystems



22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity

The combined coastline of G20 territories is 45 percent of the world’s. Harnessing the power of the Blue Economy, therefore, is vital given oceans’ crucial role in sustainable development goals.

Tech Native

Generating Finance for Blue Economy Transition

Human activities have caused more than half of the world's largest lakes to shrink dramatically over the last 30 years, according to a new study published in the journal Science


More than half of the world's largest lakes are shrinking. Here's why that matters

Environmental Sustainability | Nature

A new report published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is a clear signal that ‘greenwashing’ remains one of its top enforcement priorities.

Pinsent Masons

Australia continues crackdown on ‘greenwashing’ activity

Companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a way to present an environmentally responsible image and therefore gain legitimacy in the eyes of their stakeholders. But some companies don’t actually live up to their claims.



The Conversation

Greenwashing: energy companies make false claims about sustainability – they should be held to account

As many countries around the world try and reach the ambitious goal set at COP26 of reaching Net Zero by 2050, just how is the banking sector adapting to the challenge?

Euronews

Investing in the Green Revolution

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), representing the global shipping industry, is urging governments at the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) to take decisive action towards achieving a net zero carbon emissions future.

gCaptain

International Chamber of Shipping Urges Governments to Set Course for Net Zero Future

Despite intensifying ESG backlash, most Americans continue to favor companies taking action to promote the greater good, new research from Allison+Partners shows.

PRovoke Media

Most Americans Still Support Corporate ESG

The European Commission ("Commission") is relentless in its fight against Greenwashing and the misrepresentation of sustainability impacts or benefits of a company’s products or actions.

JD Supra

ESG liability and litigation risks with a focus on Germany

The proposed rules for the “Green Claims Directive” would require firms to substantiate their green claims with scientific evidence.


Frontline

How the EU plans to redress ‘greenwashing’

As the commonwealth moves forward with its ambitious mandate to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it’s essential that we have a real plan for implementing a real solution

CommonWealth Magazine

We must pursue a real plan for net-zero emissions by 2050

The UK has announced a £20bn package for carbon-capture projects, but not everyone is convinced it will be enough to deliver the country’s net-zero targets

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