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David Antonioli at COP15 in 2009.

Head of Verra, top carbon credit certifier, to leave in June

John Cannon 25 May 2023
Nguy Thi Khanh.

Early release for imprisoned climate activist as Vietnam aims for net zero goals

Mongabay.com 24 May 2023

World Bank: Brazil faces $317 billion in annual losses to Amazon deforestation

Sarah Brown 19 May 2023
Cleaning a beach in the Dominican Republic.

Sargassum surges in Mexico: From nuisance to new green industry?

Sandra Weiss 17 May 2023
Lagae and biofuel.

As Exxon bows out, industry takes step toward sustainable algae biofuels

Carly Nairn 9 May 2023
The Bungule Women's Group, where women engage in entrepreneurial activities like producing arts and crafts.

Indigenous groups voice support for REDD+, despite flaws

John Cannon 9 May 2023
The Amazon River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Mouth of the Amazon oil exploration clashes with Lula’s climate promises

Sarah Brown 28 Apr 2023
Nevada lithium battery

Scramble for clean energy metals confronted by activist calls to respect Indigenous rights

Sarah Sax 21 Apr 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, bringing devastating floods and powerful winds

After historic storm in New Zealand, Māori leaders call for disaster relief and rights

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2023
Promotional image of the project. Courtesy of Nathalie Lum, Chair of CABEF 2023 CAPS

CAPS, new gas megaproject, aims to power Central Africa, but at what cost, critics ask

Elodie Toto 11 Apr 2023
Jatropha curcas trees in Hawai‘i.

Jatropha: The biofuel that bombed seeks a path to redemption

Sean Mowbray 6 Apr 2023
Coal on a barge near Tanjung Redeb, East Kalimantan.

U.S. firm quits Indonesian gasification project in major blow to coal ambitions

Nithin Coca 4 Apr 2023
Logged trees for biomass in Bischofsheim, Germany.

EU woody biomass final policy continues threatening forests and climate: Critics

Justin Catanoso 3 Apr 2023
Clouds reflected in a lake in the Amazon Rainforest.

Newly published carbon market standards aim to increase integrity, confidence

John Cannon 30 Mar 2023
A cobalt mine in central Africa.

Will clean-energy minerals provoke a shift in how mining is done in Africa?

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Mar 2023
Dutch windmills in Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad.

Sea level rise looms, even for the best-prepared country on Earth

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Mar 2023
Harvested sugarcane in Karnataka, India.

A liquid biofuels primer: Carbon-cutting hopes vs. real-world impacts

Sean Mowbray 20 Mar 2023
A wood pellet mill in North Carolina.

Japan, EU & UK biomass emissions standards fall short and are full of loopholes, critics say

Annelise Giseburt 14 Mar 2023
A logging truck through deforested lands.

Make it local: Deforestation link to less Amazon rainfall tips activism shift

Sarah Brown 14 Mar 2023
The Kargi people, a remote nomadic settlement in Kenya. Image by Ian Macharia via Unsplash.

Cultural heritage is an essential resource for climate change science too, reports say

Ian Morse 14 Mar 2023
A coffee farmer carries saplings.

Companies eye ‘carbon insetting’ as winning climate solution, but critics are wary

Ian Morse 13 Mar 2023
Gas-fueled power plant in Riau, Indonesia. Image courtesy of PLN.

Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2023
Community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration program in Indonesia.

Young Indonesian climate leaders demand safe future in new book

Warief Djajanto Basorie 6 Mar 2023
Aerial image of a reforestation program in the DRC.

Carbon market intermediaries act with little transparency, according to report

John Cannon 24 Feb 2023
Traditional fishing boats on a Lombok beach.

On Lombok, rising sea levels force fishers into different jobs

Falahi Mubarok 20 Feb 2023
Ismail in Mount Gede, Indonesia, cutting dead twigs to be used as firewood.

Updated guide gives practical advice for buyers of tropical forest carbon credits

John Cannon 9 Feb 2023
The Pesalat Reforestation Project

Carbon markets entice, but confuse, corporations: Report

John Cannon 31 Jan 2023
A protected old-growth forest in Sequoia National Park. Image by Joan Maloof/Old-Growth Forest Network.

U.S. mature forests are critical carbon repositories, but at risk: Study

John Cannon 27 Jan 2023

The EU banned Russian wood pellet imports; South Korea took them all

Justin Catanoso 24 Jan 2023
Mangrove restoration.

Biodiversity, human rights safeguards crucial to nature-based solutions: Critics

Sahana Ghosh 18 Jan 2023
A man fishing in a lake.

From declining deforestation to quitting coal, Indonesia marks a pivotal 2022

Isabel Esterman 30 Dec 2022
A whale shark swimming with remoras.

2022’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Aaron Roan, Callie Leiphardt, Douglas McCauley, Neil Nathan, Rachel Rhodes 29 Dec 2022

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