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The European Union will need to maintain its position as a global leader in sustainable finance, driven by high consumer demand and a set of regulations against greenwashing that are due to improve next year, according to research published last week.

An international oil and gas company is seeking approval for its plans to build a new CO2 pipeline under the English Channel. 

Developer of Australia's biggest solar farm is pushing another solar and battery project to the NSW planning department, this time in the Snowy Mountains.

The post Solar and battery project proposed for gateway to Snowy Mountains appeared first on RenewEconomy.

European carbon prices weakened throughout the morning on Monday, dropping to a 12-week low as natural gas prices also came under pressure as the August options contract expiry approaches at the end of the week, while analysts highlighted changes to the auction programme that mean there will be no cuts in volume sold next month.

The European Commission is looking into ways to simplify the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from as early as next year, the head of the Commission’s taxation unit told Carbon Pulse.

The government of Para in Brazil has opened a public consultation regarding a pilot concession for forest conservation projects to generate carbon credits and other environmental assets.

Hitting target for zero-carbon electricity system will require ‘step-change’, says analyst Cornwall Insight

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Solar and wind power generation will fall well below the target needed to decarbonise Great Britain’s electricity grid by 2030 without an injection of £48bn, according to a forecast from one of the UK’s leading energy analysis companies.

The government has promised to deliver a zero-carbon electricity system by 2030, requiring the doubling of onshore wind, tripling of solar power and quadrupling of offshore wind capacity.

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A Japanese developer has become the first to propose a cookstove methodology under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), potentially paving the way for a boost of supply for the scheme.

Suriname has released its updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), setting out a broad range of actions to ramp up funding for nature conservation and restoration.

An Indigenous Peoples group in Malaysia’s Pahang state has filed a court case against a palm oil plantation firm as well as the state and federal governments over a proposed palm oil project it says breaches their land rights and endangers wildlife.

The world’s forests have been finely balancing carbon sequestration for the past three decades as the ability of some forests to store the greenhouse gas has dropped while others expanded, a global study of 30 years of data to 2019 found.

The surplus of CO2 permits in China’s national emissions trading scheme fell to negligible levels in the previous compliance cycle, according to government data released over the weekend.

On Sunday, we published an analysis on the soaring cost of nuclear power by leading economist John Quiggin. On Monday we attempted to post it in our feed on social media. Facebook removed it.

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Due to the sheer size of Australia, and the distance between major cities, the need for using transport services has become vital for relocating or moving items interstate, particularly when time is of the essence.

The post How this Aussie startup is disrupting the car transport industry by empowering small business owners appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new way to firm up the world’s electricity grids is fast developing and could be a game-changer – enabling our grids to run on 100% renewables.

The post Sodium-ion batteries set to spark renewable energy revolution – and Australia must be ready appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is set to launch futures contracts for the Australian and New Zealand carbon markets later this month, however participants say the level of participation and interest will vary considerably between the two jurisdictions.

Danish company gets approval to conduct seabed studies for its proposed 2.8 gigawatt offshore wind project in Gippsland.

The post World’s largest offshore wind developer gets federal nod to start Gippsland studies – with conditions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New analysis finds adding one gigawatt scale nuclear plant in Queensland would require tens of thousands of rooftop solar systems to be shut off on a daily basis.

The post One nuclear plant could see 45,000 rooftop solar systems shut off each day appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Meridian Energy says New Zealand's second biggest wind farm has began full operations.

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Policymakers in the Asia Pacific should take into consideration complementary policy options such as power sector reforms and fuel tax changes when drawing up carbon pricing schemes, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).