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Sudden cut in pollution in 2020 meant less shade from sun and was ‘substantial’ factor in record surface temperatures in 2023, study finds

The slashing of pollution from shipping in 2020 led to a big “termination shock” that is estimated have pushed the rate of global heating to double the long-term average, according to research.

Until 2020, global shipping used dirty, high-sulphur fuels that produced air pollution. The pollution particles blocked sunlight and helped form more clouds, thereby curbing global heating. But new regulations at the start of 2020 slashed the sulphur content of fuels by more than 80%.

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The Nationals MP is against RM Williams owner Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s renewables projects – so why wear Ariats?

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Earlier today, as I was reverse Google image searching a picture of Barnaby Joyce’s feet, I wondered if I was perhaps taking this too seriously.

The National party MP has been attending parliament without his habitual RM Williams boots in protest against the owner of the classic Australian fashion brand, Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, whose company Squadron Energy is building wind and solar developments across New South Wales and Queensland, including in Joyce’s electorate of New England.

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The latest Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) negotiations in Nairobi, Kenya wrapped up on Wednesday with limited progress on key topics on the agenda, as much work remains to be done at this year's UN biodiversity summit.

A Canadian group of risk experts have called on the country’s government, regulators, and business leaders to ensure their climate risk frameworks include nature-related issues.

NSW formally opens its biggest tender for battery storage, and for access rights to the coveted south-west renewable energy zone.

The post NSW formally opens its biggest energy storage tender amid questions over duration appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Days after getting the hurry along in Senate Estimates, federal Labor's Home Energy Upgrades Fund is a go, with a first allocation to discounted green loans through Plenti.

The post Home energy upgrade plan finally kicks off, with $60m of low cost loans for solar, batteries and electrification appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Buy voluntary carbon credits today because the debate over whether they could be valuable has ended, according to a large investment bank.

Large economies are relying heavily on carbon removals in their national climate plans to avoid making deep and immediate emissions cuts, which risks prolonging fossil fuel use and jeopardising Paris Agreement goals, according to a report published Thursday.

While clean technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps may require higher upfront funding than fossil fuels, their low running costs make them a cheaper option for consumers in the long term, making the green transition fairer than the status quo, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report.

The bipartisan proposal that would remediate farms affected by toxic PFAS contamination is gaining speed in Congress

The US may soon bail out farmers whose livelihoods were destroyed by toxic PFAS “forever chemical” contamination.

The proposal for a $500m fund aims to head off a crisis for the nation’s growers and is moving through Congress amid increasing evidence that PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge used as a cheap fertilizer alternative poisoned crops and livestock. Separately, around 4,000 farms nationwide have been contaminated by PFAS from neighboring military bases.

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European carbon prices struggled for direction on Thursday, moving in a thin range for most of the morning before a picking up in the hour leading up to midday, as the market continued to digest weekly investor data published Wednesday and broadly sideways gas movements also failed to offer a clear signal.

Trading biodiversity credits through agents, rather than directly from project developers, would create more obstacles for the market to overcome, data provider CDC Biodiversite has said.

A Kuala Lumpur-based carbon offset developer has launched a plastic waste collection and recycling methodology in a bid to establish itself in the emerging plastic credit market.

Analysis of the carbon offset projects used by top corporations including Delta, Gucci and ExxonMobil raises concerns around their emission cuts claims

Some of the world’s most profitable – and most polluting corporations – have invested in carbon offset projects that have fundamental failings and are “probably junk”, suggesting industry claims about greenhouse gas reductions were likely overblown, according to new analysis.

Delta, Gucci, Volkswagen, ExxonMobil, Disney, easyJet, and Nestlé are among the major corporations to have purchased millions of carbon credits from climate friendly projects that are “likely junk” or worthless when it comes to offsetting their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a classification system developed by Corporate Accountability, a non-profit, transnational corporate watchdog

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French data company Iceberg Data Lab expects to double the number of clients using its products, including the Corporate Biodiversity Footprints (CBF), for a second time over the next year.

Japan and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to expand cooperation on funding Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) initiatives beyond just energy-related projects, in a bid to accelerate financing under the programme and ramp up carbon credit generation.

The European Union must beef up support for its domestic clean tech industry otherwise it will be wiped out by heavily-subsidised Chinese and US competitors, warned Poland’s climate minister.

The federal government has released a draft roadmap for car-dependent Australia on how it will reduce emissions in the transport and transport infrastructure sector for consultation, as part of its six sectoral plans to reduce emissions.

Singapore-based Climate Impact X on Thursday announced it has appointed an interim CEO, after predecessor Mikkel Larsen announced his resignation in March.

Last year saw rapid progress for CCS and CCUS projects across Asia Pacific, with the ability to start dealing with CO2 imports making strides in key regions like Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia, consultants said Thursday.