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Plenti raises $100m to expand loans for solar and storage
Personal loan provider Plenti raises $100 million to expand the company's solar and storage loans program.
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Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7% — but don’t start celebrating just yet
Independent MP Zali Steggall welcomes positive response to Climate Change Bill
Independent MP Zali Steggall welcomes positive response to proposed Climate Change Act, designed to break the climate policy deadlock.
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Climate change: Covid drives record emissions drop in 2020
Australia’s first grid-scale vanadium flow battery to be built in South Australia
Australia’s first ever utility-scale vanadium flow battery to be built in South Australia to demonstrate the potential for medium duration energy storage.
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EU leaders struggling to adopt higher 2030 climate target in first day of summit
Wind, solar and storage still cheapest by far, latest CSIRO GenCost report says
Latest CSIRO GenCost report shows wind and solar still easily cheapest electricity generation - even when storage and network costs added for 90% renewable grid.
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Rebound in carbon emissions expected in 2021 after fall caused by Covid
Scientists brand 7% decline a ‘drop in the ocean’ and call on governments to push ahead with structural changes
Greenhouse gas emissions, which plunged by a record amount this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are set to rebound next year as restrictions are lifted further and governments strive to return their economies to growth, according to a global study.
The UK showed the second biggest fall in emissions globally, down 13% for the year compared with 2019, with only France showing a larger drop, of 15%. The plunge reflects the prolonged and severe lockdowns in both countries, with surface transport particularly affected.
Continue reading...Paris climate agreement: 54 cities on track to meet targets
Mayor of Paris praises ‘important milestone’ on fifth anniversary of the landmark agreement
More than 50 of the world’s leading cities are on track to help keep global heating below 1.5C and tackle the worst impacts of the climate crisis, according to a new report.
From mass tree-planting in Buenos Aires to new public transport networks in Mexico City, 54 of the world’s leading cities are now rolling out plans that will cut their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement, according to a new study by the C40 cities network.
Continue reading...California’s IEMAC says allowance adjustment would boost impact from carbon market
NA Markets: California allowances trend towards 2021 floor, as RGGI sees post-auction bump
US carrier United Airlines snubs carbon offsets in 2050 net zero pledge
Angus Taylor’s 2020 emissions report: pro gas, anti wind and very weird
More gas, less wind and less big solar: The electricity numbers in Taylor's emissions roadmap make no sense. But that's not the only weird part of this report.
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Switzerland’s Paris pledge curbs offset reliance, targets imports
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'Dog kennel' satellite returns first ocean observations
RFS Market: RIN prices edge down from recent highs, while biofuel groups sue over waivers
Greta Thunberg dismisses 'empty words' in new climate crisis appeal – video
Greta Thunberg has warned the world is failing to tackle the climate emergency and is in a ‘state of complete denial’ nearly five years after the Paris agreement.
Thunberg, 17, whose solo school strike in 2018 snowballed into a global youth movement, spoke out ahead of a UN event at which national leaders have been asked to increase their pledges on emissions cuts.
In a video shared exclusively with the Guardian, she calls on leaders to account for failing to reverse rising carbon emissions, but concluded: ‘There is hope … we are the hope – we, the people’
Continue reading...Greta Thunberg: 'We are speeding in the wrong direction' on climate crisis
Exclusive: Climate striker speaks before UN event marking five years since the Paris accord
The world is speeding in the wrong direction in tackling the climate emergency, Greta Thunberg has said, before a UN event at which national leaders have been asked to increase their pledges for emissions cuts.
Thunberg, whose solo school strike in 2018 has snowballed into a global youth movement, said there was a state of complete denial when it came to the immediate action needed, with leaders giving only distant promises and empty words.
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