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Japan to encourage carbon market participation via funding support -media
China appoints new climate envoy as Xie Zhenhua steps down
Australia to join OECD peers in mandatory climate-related financial disclosure reporting, Scope 3 reports coming soon
The week in wildlife – in pictures: a freezing fox, a rescued hedgehog and a snake in the loo
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...Evidence grows of air pollution link with dementia and stroke risk
Long-term UK study adds to body of research associating pollutants with declining brain health
UK researchers have been looking at how air pollution contributes to dementia and brain ill-health.
Stroke is the second-leading cause of death globally, accounting for about 11% of deaths. About 50 million people live with dementia, and the figure is expected to rise to about 150 million by 2050.
Continue reading...China’s Guangdong adds three sectors to regional ETS, releases permit allocation plan
Energy players band together for Singapore CCS work
Amp buys time on massive 5GW green hydrogen and ammonia project
Amp Energy wins a three-month extension to an agreement underpinning the 5GW Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen, to get it to the next stage of development.
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All-electric precinct in the works for Melbourne suburbs
Two Melbourne suburbs to be used as a template for how the City of Yarra can electrify the community and get rid of gas by 2030.
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Australian Open goes 100% renewable in wind energy deal with Pacific Blue
Pacific Blue signs deal to power Tennis Australia's Melbourne precinct with renewables for a year, including the three weeks of the 2024 Australian Open.
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Australia called out for grid queues, policy uncertainty in race to triple global renewables
IEA says COP28 goal of tripling renewables within reach after unprecedented global growth in 2023. But Australia among countries holding back the pace.
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Public rights of way blocked in 32,000 places
Thousands of visitors flock to Australia's national parks each year – and many take silly risks. How do we keep people safe?
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
CP Daily: Thursday January 11, 2024
Experts urge improved LCFS regulations to support prices
Delaware judge limits geographic scope of climate change lawsuit against Big Oil firms
Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure
Draft laws for mandatory reporting of climate-related risks have been released by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
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Outcome of upcoming US Supreme Court cases could have serious implications for environmental regulation -experts
Australia’s renewable energy goals can’t come at the cost of biodiversity – we need a strategic approach | Hugh Possingham
The Port of Hastings windfarm block highlights a growing conundrum – how to expand renewable infrastructure without damaging fragile ecosystems
The recent decision by the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, to block the development of a “renewable energy terminal” at Port of Hastings in the Western Port wetland east of Melbourne brings into stark focus the increasing tension between two commitments of all Australia’s governments – solving the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis. We need solutions to this conundrum quickly, otherwise there will be lost opportunities, expensive mistakes and even more extinctions.
Humanity faces two existential crises. The climate crisis we know well; the second, less appreciated threat to humanity is biodiversity loss. We are only just beginning to appreciate its effects on our economy, agriculture, health and culture.
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