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Australia has committed A$2.6 million ($1.7 mln) to a partnership with Laos and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to help strengthen its capacity in carbon markets and participation in Article 6 markets.

Saudi awards wind contract for part of its $500 billion green energy project called Neom. But can it be done?

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Unchecked climate change and ageing coal plants are contributing to reliability challenges in the energy system. So what can be done to get us through?

The post El Niño looms over Australia’s fossil electricity grid – and we must plan for the worst appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Honeybees have the potential to cause damage to the structure of homes. The honey and wax produced by bees can melt under certain circumstances, like when the colony dies or during hot weather. Tanya Latty, Associate professor, University of Sydney Nadine Chapman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The breakthrough opens the door to an energy source that could “potentially [yield] eight times more power than solar panels at any location on Earth's surface.”

The post “This is a first:” Scientists beam solar power from space to Earth appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Orange smoky skies might be a new phenomenon for those on the east coast, but for the American west, it’s just the average summer

It was a sight all too familiar to Californians: orange skies and thick smoke blanketing the sky, emitting the eerily out-of-place smell of a campfire.

But this time the scenes were in New York City, as smoke from more than 400 wildfires darkened the famous skyline and gave the US its worst day of air pollution in recent history.

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Delegates struggle to fund common ground in preparatory talks ahead of the main COP climate negotiations to be held in fossil exporting giant UAE later this year.

The post “Poison that’s killing us all”: Bonn climate talks try to prevent failure at gas-fired COP appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A major US-based agricultural carbon offset firm distributed around $6 mln to US farmers and ranchers in its second year, it announced Wednesday, around a third less than was awarded in the programme's inaugural year.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices inched higher this week on relatively low volume as post-auction selling ran into support from long-term buyers and options trading, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) continued to lose ground both before and after the scheme's Q2 auction result publication.

Spain's Naturgy opens another wind farm contracted to ACT government, and aims to lift its Australian renewables and battery capacity five fold within two years.

The post Naturgy opens new Victoria wind farm as part of major renewables and storage push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Quebec environment ministry on Thursday shed light on its plan to ratify possible adjustments to its WCI-linked cap-and-trade system, as it also revealed further details on the topics the province and California will discuss at a carbon market rulemaking webinar next week.

The likely El Niño is bad timing for the electricity sector, and means Australians may face supply disruptions and volatile prices. Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Iain MacGill, Joint director, Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets, and Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Unusual human-wildlife interactions raise questions about managing the risks. Wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta asks: What’s driving these wacky whale antics? How and when should we intervene? Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The US and EU are approaching carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology ramp up in starkly different ways, a panel heard on Thursday, reflecting on US efforts to disburse funding while the EU focuses on setting ground rules and definitions prior to initiating large-scale cash disbursals.

The European Commission may be prepared to adjust its proposed Nature Restoration law (NRL) and reconcile with some legislators that have vehemently objected to the bill, an exploratory non-paper circulated on Thursday suggests.

A California-based technology conglomerate has pre-ordered millions of nature-based removal credits from a fintech financier and carbon offset supplier in a partnership announced Wednesday.

The shift to claiming carbon credits as contributions to a host nation's climate action, rather than to offset emissions, is a welcome addition to climate action but still requires a focus on quality, a non-profit climate think-tank said Thursday, warning that the trend potentially risks lead to a downturn in funding projects in the Global South.

Exclusive: rapid analysis of extreme event by Stanford University shows worst day of exposure to such pollution since 2006

• Canada wildfires smoke – live updates

The US experienced its worst toxic air pollution from wildfire smoke in its recent recorded history on Wednesday, researchers have found, with people in New York exposed to levels of pollution more than five times above the national air quality standard.

The rapid analysis of the extreme event, shared with the Guardian, found that smoke billowing south from forest fires in Canada caused Americans to suffer the worst day of average exposure to such pollution since a dataset on smoky conditions started in 2006.

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A climate impact verification platform has secured $37 million in series B funding to help in its efforts to scale activity through digitisation.