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The philanthropy arms of investment bank UBS and Swiss Re have agreed to invest over $2 million in a partnership with an Indonesia-based company that works to secure investments for scalable nature-based start-ups.

Consensus needs to be established across different frameworks for how to precisely define and implement insetting if it is to effectively scale as a solution for tackling corporate Scope 3 emissions, according to a study published Wednesday.

The committee steering Japan’s J-Credit programme has approved a new methodology on the introduction of a new feeding practice for beef cattle, as the government continues to expand coverage in the domestic offset scheme.

A large Danish shipping and logistics firm has signed a green hydrogen offtake agreement with a Chinese clean energy multinational, saying the deal is the first of its kind in the global shipping industry.

Canadian The Mining Company (TMC) has welcomed moves by US senators and members of Congress to influence the UN seabed authority to finalise rules that would allow for minerals mining at the bottom of the ocean.

A report consultants by EY has found that Australia’s carbon market is unlikely to deliver significant nature repair under current settings, but claimed becoming a nature-positive economy could boost Australia’s national income by A$47 billion ($30.7 bln) by 2050.

Australians have invested $25 billion in solar and batteries, with plenty more to come. We need policy and regulations to complement the investment.

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The steelmaker says plans to make wind turbines at Port Kembla scrapped because bridges are too small - but it still hopes to provide steel to other makers.

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Akaysha Energy says four hour batteries will be the "new normal" in Australian storage projects thanks to design of capacity investment scheme.

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A new nature-based voluntary carbon market certifier has released its standard and reforestation methodology, it announced Wednesday.  

Australia’s Santos has signed an agreement with one of the country’s largest pipeline operators to look at developing more CO2 infrastructure to service its planned carbon capture and storage facility at the Moomba gas plant.

Rest Super to invest $1 billion into Quinbrook projects. More than half of its members are young and are driving the fund's shift into green investments.

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Danish energy giant CIP unveils its first big battery - the biggest in South Australia - as it launches a major storage investment push in Australia.

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Google search queries for “climate anxiety” rise dramatically, data given exclusively to BBC 100 Women suggests.

The people of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas have used maths to solve a water shortage.

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Beyoncé had the right idea about who should run the world (girls!), it’s just that she wasn’t quite specific enough.

For years we’ve been talking about the need for more women in leadership roles, yet change and progress has been glacial. As a result, I believe, we need to cast a different, more distinct, net.

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The European Commission last week published projected EUA auction volumes for 2024, and analysts are mixed as to how the figure compared to their expectations.

The Canada Growth Fund, a C$15 billion public investment vehicle, will allocate almost half of its capital to issue carbon contracts for difference (CCfDs) and offtake agreements, according to the federal government’s 2023 fall economic statement released Tuesday.

More Australians than ever live in rented homes, many of which get far too hot. With summers getting longer and hotter, keeping millions of people cool should be a national housing policy priority. Zoe Goodall, Research Associate, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology Sungkavi Selvakumaran, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University, and Lecturer in Public Health, Torrens University Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.