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Discover Climate LIVE K12 Sessions for 2026-27

**Academic engagement on wildfire dynamics and biodiversity highlights critical ecological vulnerabilities affecting baseline permanence under LULUCF frameworks.**

New Resource: Model State and Local Laws to Manage Data Center Impacts

**Unchecked data center proliferation directly accelerates localized land-use conversion and thermal hydrological stress, impairing ecological buffers and terrestrial carbon sequestration.**

HKEX Launches “Green Equity” Designation Program

HKEX’s Green Equity designation establishes transparent capital allocation channels directly incentivizing corporate investments in LULUCF and Blue Carbon ecological systems.

World on Track for 2.8 Degrees Celsius of Warming

Current climate policies put the world on a course for 2.8 degrees C of warming this century, a gross breach of international climate targets, according to a new U.N. report. Read more on E360 →

Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills

A surge in wholesale costs driven by expensive gas is responsible for nearly 90% of the rise in UK household… The post Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Applying the Right to an Effective Remedy in Malaysian Climate Litigation

Malaysia has seen minimal climate litigation to date. Indeed, only in December 2025 was the first climate litigation case in Malaysia filed, challenging a decision by several ministries claiming they lacked jurisdiction to investigate climate-washing. The lack of cases means that Malaysian courts have not had sufficient opportunity to fully canvass polluters’ remedial obligations. Nevertheless, […]

Ara Partners Raises $2.5 Billion for Inaugural Conventional Energy Optimization Fund

Energy and industrial transition-focused private equity investor Ara Partners announced that it has raised $2.5 […]

Hyundai, Peak Energy Launch Platform to Expand Renewable Energy in Automotive Supply Chain

Singapore-based renewable energy developer Peak Energy and Hyundai Motor Securities announced the launch of HMS-Peak […]

Latest Asean energy outlook ditches carbon neutrality pathway, projects higher emissions by 2050

Asean’s official energy outlook, endorsed by its energy ministers on 8 October, reveals a gap between the region’s energy plans and its members’ net-zero pledges, and allows new coal plants to be built even in its lowest-emissions scenario.

Canada Reconsiders Oil & Gas “Abatement” Category in Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

The Canadian Taxonomy and Transition Planning Council announced the release of final Methodology Report for Canada’s […]

UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’

A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN… The post UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Climate change could worsen toxic mine waste pollution along coasts: study

**Compounding climate-driven coastal hazards significantly heighten the risk of mine tailings failures, threatening the ecological integrity and permanence of adjacent Blue Carbon ecosystems.**

‘Mana hutan kami?’ The Malaysian youths turning climate anxiety into legal action

**Youth-led anti-deforestation litigation in Malaysia highlights systemic vulnerability in tropical biomes and forces heightened legal scrutiny over national LULUCF accounting.**

Google, McKinsey Sign 320,000 Ton Carbon Removal Deals from Brazil Nature Restoration Project

**Large-scale agroforestry deployment in Brazil bridges agricultural productivity with biodiverse habitat restoration, securing long-term terrestrial carbon sinks.**

Q&A: Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’

**The procedural deadlock over the IPCC AR7 timeline imperils the scientific baselines necessary to monitor critical ecosystem tipping points and dynamically value long-term carbon sinks.**

La Rose Heads to Trial: Key Issues in Canadian Climate Change Adjudication

**Judicial scrutiny over sovereign climate inaction amplifies legal liability around deteriorating carbon sinks, directly challenging baseline permanence assumptions under Canadian LULUCF accounting.**

Sixteen Years After Deepwater Horizon, Deep Sea Life Shows Few Signs of Recovery

**Persistent benthic degradation 16 years post-disaster underscores the extreme fragility and multi-decadal recovery timelines of marine and Blue Carbon ecosystems.**

Water insecurity an ‘invisible barrier’ to AI and chip industry growth, say specialists

Taiwan’s water-intensive industries are exploring AI-assisted treatment as rising costs, workforce shortages and extreme weather heighten supply risks, according to speakers at the Taiwan International Water Week.

Targeting high-value uses to unlock the mitigation potential of clean hydrogen

Increased southward swings of the South Indian convergence zone under greenhouse warming

Giant Canyon on Mars Is Still Tectonically Active Today

**Active planetary tectonism underscores deep-time structural volatility, serving as a geophysical stress-test analogue for long-term terrestrial mineral carbonation and permanence standards under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles.**

El Niño Brings Exotic Sea Life to the California Coast

**El Niño-driven marine thermal anomalies directly disrupt temperate marine ecosystems and destabilize coastal Blue Carbon reservoirs.**

Charting Climate Litigation in Asia: Emerging Cases, Strategies, and Frontiers

**Emerging climate litigation across Asia introduces critical legal precedents directly impacting the protection and permanence of regional LULUCF and Blue Carbon sinks.**

Rare diseases are an overlooked dimension in climate–health adaptation

COP17: Which countries have released new pledges to tackle nature loss?

**National pledges to halt nature loss establish critical ecological baselines, though tangible sequestration depends on enforcing stringent conservation protocols across terrestrial and marine landscapes.**

Biodiversity and the Conferences of the Parties

**The convergence of CBD and UNFCCC frameworks formally elevates biodiversity co-benefits into mandatory baselines under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles rather than optional market premiums.**

Astrid Schomaker on biodiversity in a triple COP year

**The harmonization of biodiversity objectives during this triple-COP super-year enforces a paradigm shift toward high-integrity ecological restoration over monoculture offsets, directly testing ICVCM permanence and additionality thresholds.**

COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets

**The global review of 2030 nature targets will significantly elevate ecological integrity thresholds for nature-based interventions, demanding robust biodiversity safeguards alongside carbon sequestration.**

Arctic Wildlife Research Suffers as Geopolitical Competition Grows

**The defunding of Arctic ecological monitoring critically blinds global models to localized trophic collapse and permafrost degradation during a period of unprecedented cryospheric warming.**

Finding My Wild: A Summit for Pride and the Planet

**Community-driven wilderness conservation catalyzes resilient LULUCF restoration and bolsters montane biodiversity corridors.**

Microplastics Are Chemically Active, and Could Cause Biological Harm

**Emerging evidence of microplastic chemical reactivity introduces acute ecotoxicity risks that undermine aquatic biodiversity and the long-term sequestration integrity of marine and coastal carbon sinks.**

Scientists Are Teaching Birds to Sing Lost Songs

**Active biocultural intervention strategies directly safeguard critical trophic interactions and avian genetics, reinforcing ecosystem resilience within vulnerable forest biomes.**

Critical Minerals, New Energy Sources and the Race for Resilience

**Accelerating critical mineral extraction for the energy transition creates severe friction between upstream ecological disruption and global emissions abatement imperatives.**

Two Courts, One Conclusion: EPA Unlawfully Terminated Solar for All

**The judicial reinstatement of the $7 billion Solar for All program prevents structural emissions lock-in while avoiding LULUCF land-clearing pressures by prioritizing distributed rooftop and brownfield infrastructure.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for September, 2026: +0.61 deg. C

The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for September, 2026 was +0.61 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, down from the August, 2026 value of +0.68 deg. C. The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through September 2026) remains at +0.16 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over land, +0.13 […]

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for August, 2026: +0.68 deg. C

**Rapidly compounding tropospheric thermal anomalies driven by El Niño intensify non-permanence risks across global carbon sinks.**

Record Low Lake Mead: “Millennium Drought” or Inevitable Result of Demand Exceeding Supply?

**Depleting water levels at Lake Mead destabilize regional hydrology and threaten surrounding desert carbon sinks and aquatic ecosystems.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for July, 2026: +0.48 deg. C

**Persistent atmospheric warming trends (+0.48°C anomaly) exacerbate ecological stress, directly threatening the permanence of nature-based carbon sequestration.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for June, 2026: +0.46 deg. C

**The persistent +0.16°C per decade global warming trend directly threatens the permanence and stability of LULUCF and Blue Carbon sequestration sinks.**

Off-grid gold mine achieves 75 per cent wind and solar share – even in the middle of winter

The sun wasn't shining brightly in the middle of winter, but its four wind turbines helped this off-grid gold mine achieve 75 pct renewable share over the quarter. The post Off-grid gold mine achieves 75 per cent wind and solar share – even in the middle of winter appeared first on Renew Economy.

Donut Lab battery retains 93% energy at -22°F without heating or insulation

A battery module developed by Finnish technology company Donut Lab retained approximately 93 percent of...

First Nations deal edges PV projects, including Australia’s first gigawatt-scale solar farm, closer to construction

30-year agreements with traditional owners sealed for three solar and battery projects in Queensland, including the first gigawatt-scale PV project in Australia. The post First Nations deal edges PV projects, including Australia’s first gigawatt-scale solar farm, closer to construction appeared first on Renew Economy.

IETA calls for ‘safe harbour’ laws to protect companies from greenwashing claims

Governments should offer ‘safe harbour’ to companies using high-quality carbon credits to protect them from greenwashing claims, industry body IETA has urged.

Canada needs to build new pathways for removals, low-carbon products -panellists

Canada needs to evolve beyond a simple, single price on carbon emissions and look to creating markets and demand for its emerging low-carbon products, panellists said at a Toronto climate event on Wednesday.

US electric VTOL wins landmark FAA clearance, completes 39-mile flight in 20 minutes

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted US aerospace and defense company BETA Technologies a...

Coordinated fossil fuel production cuts mean less pain for all -report

Coordinating the phaseout of fossil fuel production could lessen the impact and associated costs for both rich and poorer countries, leading to a fairer transition away from planet-heating products, a new report has found.

Record amount of generation and storage lines up to connect to Australia’s main grid – half of it big batteries

Australia has more new renewable energy generation and storage projects lining up to connect to the NEM than it has current generating capacity, new data has shown. The post Record amount of generation and storage lines up to connect to Australia’s main grid – half of it big batteries appeared first on Renew Economy.

BRIEFING: Canada can pursue resource development and climate leadership, but fragmented carbon markets threaten investment

As Canada responds to shifting economic realities, the country can pursue leadership in both decarbonisation and natural resource development, but fragmented carbon markets and policy uncertainty risk undermining investment in emissions-reduction projects, attendees heard at an event in Toronto on Wednesday.

Panama establishes new national carbon market framework, paves way for international credit transfers

Panama has established a national carbon market framework introducing carbon credit registries, a future domestic emissions offsetting mechanism, and provisions for international carbon credit transfers under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and CORSIA, according to a decree published last week.