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A Shanghai-listed forestry and paper company has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Beijing Green Exchange to explore the potential of forest carbon sinks, as part of its plan to further tap into the domestic voluntary market.

MfE is looking for an experienced Senior Policy Analyst to join its high-performing and dynamic Climate Change Directorate, within the International Carbon Markets (ICM) team.

The Business Analyst - Carbon creates valuable solutions encompassing technology and process for carbon & environmental schemes in Energy Supply & Operations to deliver the overarching carbon strategy.

This newly created role will be responsible for leading and executing complex commercial opportunities, as well as providing expertise across Renewable Fuels and Carbon markets.

This role will be involved in the management of carbon offset projects through the offset project lifecycle, carrying out screening and due diligence of carbon offset projects, managing projects, and conducting research and development into emerging carbon mitigation technologies, standards, and methodologies.

A trial to electrify communities in New South Wales has led to renewed calls by some for Australia to commit to cutting emissions by replacing fossil-fuel based home appliances and vehicles, rather than turning to hydrogen or biogas, which they deem costly and inefficient.

Countryside feels let down by 13 years of Tory rule but other parties will not pick up votes by default

When Keir Starmer takes to the stage at the National Farmers’ Union conference next week, he may find his audience more receptive than expected.

The rural vote is swinging away from the Conservatives, and seats in communities that have been true blue for years could be going to Labour or the Liberal Democrats at the next election if recent opinion polls are borne out by reality.

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South Korea has issued a tender for assistance to develop the 4th basic plan for its domestic emissions trading scheme (ETS), which will incorporate the country's updated climate goals for 2030, expected to significantly increase the ambition of the scheme.

Heavy industries in Australia can cut their emissions by as much as 92% by 2050 in an ambitious decarbonisation scenario outlined in a report from an industry-led study group released in Sydney on Monday.

New report ranking the climate risk of every state, province and territory in the world puts parts of Australia in the top 10 per cent.

The post Australian states among world’s most at risk from climate change, extreme weather appeared first on RenewEconomy.

On the sixth anniversary of its announcement, we look at six unenviable records the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project has set.

The post Snowy 2.0: The making of one of Australia’s most spectacular infrastructure debacles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Research investigates the potential to mix the light-emitting abilities of plants with a plasmonic current to spark more efficient solar electricity generation.

The post Plant power promises to shrink solar panel size, grow output, in new research appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria government orders start to early works on transmission upgrade, including stakeholder and community engagement, engineering design, and cost estimation.

The post Victoria moves to fast-track controversial VNI West transmission link appeared first on RenewEconomy.

MGA founders spent a decade on the tech and now they're launching the first pilot to see what it can do in the real world.

The post Australian experimental storage play MGA wins grant from oil giant Shell appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rewilding is risky but we can learn from past attempts to use it as an effective tool for conservation Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Every trick that features in the climate plans of the planet's worst emitters features in the Safeguard Mechanism. 

The post Labor’s Safeguard policy is a mirror image of fossil industry greenwashing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australians are in New Zealand to help out in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. After multiple big floods in Australia, our neighbours have learned a lot about resilience in the face of disaster. Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Report setting path to rapid industrial decarbonisation says road must be paved with massive amounts of new big wind, solar and storage.

The post Heavy industry needs 250GW new wind and solar to go green and hit 1.5°C target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report finds that supply chains for major industries, including iron and steel, could cut annual CO2 to 17m tonnes by mid-century

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Some of Australia’s largest heavy industrial companies have backed a report that says they could cut direct greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains by more than 90% by 2050, and not have to rely heavily on carbon offsets.

The report, by the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (ETI), prepared over three years by Climateworks Centre and the CSIRO, found the industrial transition would cost the equivalent of $21bn a year over three decades if Australia were to play its part in trying to limit global heating to 1.5C.

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A US-based venture capitalist group has acquired a stake in an Australian carbon finance organisation to ramp up its data and analytics offerings.