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Brunei Darussalam’s government is set to propose a carbon pricing roadmap this week, with the oil producing nation likely to favour a voluntary approach initially, a senior official told a conference on Monday.

Exclusive: study finds militaries have generated about 430m metric tonnes of CO2 emissions since 2015 Paris accords

The US and UK militaries owe at least $111bn in reparations to communities most harmed by their planet-heating pollution, a first-of-its-kind study calculates.

The research employs a “social cost of carbon” framework – a way to estimate the cost, in dollars, of the climate damage done by each additional tonne of carbon in the atmosphere.

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Two Just Stop Oil activists wielding safety hammers smashed the glass cover of a painting at the London National Gallery on Monday.

The painting they targeted was an artwork from the 1600s that was previously attacked by the suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914. 'Women did not get the vote by voting. It is time for deeds and not words. It is time to just stop oil,' said one of protesters.

Police said the two activists had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage

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The UK government is set to put into law annual licensing rounds for offshore oil and gas production, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has announced, provided tests are met that ensure facilities “support the transition to net zero”.

Canada’s federal government, the province of British Columbia (BC), and the First Nations Leadership Council have signed off on a shared approach to implementing habitat restoration and species-specific actions in the province.

The number of publicly-listed companies setting a net zero emissions target has risen by 40% compared to a little more than a year ago, according to a global analysis published on Monday by a research consortium that includes the UK's University of Oxford, but only 4% of these targets are aligned with the Paris Agreement.

European carbon permit prices dropped to a new one-year low on Monday morning as traders continued to build short positions, while energy markets extended their recent losses as the demand outlook remained moderate amid warm weather and high gas storage levels.

The UK government is due to announce later on Monday a support package to convert the nation’s remaining coal-based steelmaking to run on electricity, public broadcaster BBC reported.

A major carbon credit project developer and trader in South Korea will get listed on a domestic exchange later this month, and plans to use IPO revenue to further expand its presence in the international voluntary market.

“This was not climate justice provided but naked power politics by developed countries, led by the US, at its worst,” say critics of key decision taken ahead of climate talks.

The post “Steamrolled:” Loss and Damage deal described as “sombre day” for climate justice appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bouldercombe big battery is back in action and should be fully commissioned within weeks after the cause of the fire in September was identified.

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Norway may make its first purchase of international carbon credits under the Paris Agreement in 2024, as part of efforts to reduce emissions beyond what it has pledged in the 2015 climate pact.

A major Japanese trading house has established partnerships with two Malaysian companies for the potential operation of forestry projects in the Southeast Asian country, which could restore biodiversity and create carbon credits, it announced Monday.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is approaching governments to ask them to account for the hidden $10 trillion environmental, social, and health costs of the food system in a report.

Australia’s Westpac on Monday announced it will end lending to the conversion of natural forest to agricultural land, as it became the nation’s first bank to release a natural capital position statement and pledge an ambition to become nature positive.

Campaigners accuse government of failing to stick to promises made at Cop26 climate summit in 2021

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Beef, soy and palm oil products driving deforestation are still being imported into the UK, despite government promises this practice would end, data has revealed.

Campaigners have criticised the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for failing to put practices in place to stop the import of goods from areas with high deforestation rates. This is despite the government having promised at the Cop26 climate conference in 2021 to implement the rules.

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Growing awareness of sexual harassment and discrimination in the field prompted an international survey and research into potential solutions. Sarah Hamylton, Associate professor, University of Wollongong Ana Vila Concejo, Associate professor, University of Sydney Hannah Power, Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Science, University of Newcastle Shari L Gallop, Service Leader - Coastal, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Woodside Energy has progressed to the next stage of a scheme by the Western Australian state government to encourage the private sector to earn carbon credits in exchange for funding conservation work.

Study suggests the dangerous process of ship-to-ship refuelling could be feasible in Pilbara ports, using green ammonia produced in the region.

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World's biggest offshore wind developer blames a ship shortage for the decision to dump its US Ocean Winds project. There are lessons for Australia's nascent offshore wind industry too.

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