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Labor government has undermined case to co-host 2026 UN climate summit with island nations, Dr Maina Talia declares

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Tuvalu’s climate minister says Australia’s decision to approve three coalmine expansions calls into question its claim to be a “member of the Pacific family”, and undermines the Australian case to co-host the 2026 UN climate summit with island nations.

Dr Maina Talia said last week’s mine approvals that analysts say could generate more than 1.3bn tonnes of carbon dioxide across their lifetime once the coal is shipped and burned overseas was “a direct threat to our collective future”.

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Singapore and Ghana on Monday issued their first call for projects under their Article 6 partnership, having set out the procedures for the authorisation of carbon offset projects meant to channel financing towards emissions reduction or removals in the African country.

Researchers at a Swiss university have made an important advance in the use of a hydrogen-based process for the chemical recycling of plastics, which could ultimately enable the conversion of plastic waste into fuels.

A total of 55 companies have signed the 'Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry Commitments', which aim to establish new standards to scale carbon removal in a bid to keep temperature warming to Paris Agreement goals.

Metallurgical coal demand is not decreasing in the short or medium term despite calls for steelmakers and the iron ore miners who supply them to cut emissions using new technology.

Jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD) starred at Climate Week NYC, and Carbon Pulse has analysed new data about Q2 retirements toward Colombia’s carbon tax, in the week ending Sep. 29.

Calls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leader

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Senior Conservatives are considering pushing for a lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England to become party policy.

At the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, MPs are reflecting on the crushing blow they were dealt at this year’s general election and coming up with policies and ideas to rebuild the party so it can win in 2029. A leadership election is taking place and candidates are laying out their ideas to MPs.

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Many of the national biodiversity plans that have been submitted in time for COP16 do not go far enough, WWF said on Monday following the launch of a tracker tool.

The Malaysian Ministry of National Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) on Monday announced an updated climate change policy, which includes a new framework for the country’s transition towards a low-carbon economy.

Industrial emission levels in the EU are plunging to new lows in 2024 as weak output has continued to reduce demand for EUAs in a major way more than two years after the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

European carbon allowance prices began the week on a lacklustre note, giving up a large portion of Friday afternoon's gains even as natural gas posted a fourth day of gains and the annual permit compliance cycle came to an end.

The European Commission launched a public consultation Friday on the methodology to calculate the greenhouse gas savings obtained from low-carbon fuels such as hydrogen, taking into account a range of factors such as the carbon intensity of a country’s electricity grid.

A German non-profit and a Swiss foundation have purchased the first batch of nature units generated from a conservation project in Malawi.

A Tokyo-based microalgae solution provider has teamed up with an Australian company to promote seaweed-added feed additives, in the hope of decarbonising Japan's livestock sector.

The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.

Local communities are getting behind what is expected to be Queensland’s first Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), following over 1,000 in-depth conversations centred on delivering better local outcomes.

The post Local communities back state’s first renewable energy zone to offer future beyond coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy providers to aim for their highest share of renewables to meet green expectations suitable for a town that is the gateway to a world heritage site.

The post Exmouth, gateway to Ningaloo, to go 80 per cent renewables with help of solar and battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The decision comes after a ProPublica and Guardian investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a huge cancer risk

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The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer.

In a recent court filing, the federal agency said it “has substantial concerns” that the approval order “may have been made in error”. The EPA gave a Chevron refinery in Mississippi the green light to make the chemicals in 2022 under a “climate-friendly” initiative intended to boost alternatives to petroleum, as ProPublica and the Guardian reported last year.

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Azerbaijan has officially submitted a bid to host the COP17 UN biodiversity summit, as the country prepares for the COP29 climate conference in Baku later this year, the government announced on Monday.

The decarbonisation progress of China's steel industry in the coming few years will likely hinge on recent regulatory developments, including the expansion of the national carbon market, according to experts.