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FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

Major fossil fuel companies have committed tens of millions of pounds in funding to UK universities since 2022, it can be revealed, despite many of these institutions having actively pledged to divest from oil and gas.

According to freedom of information requests submitted by the climate journalism site DeSmog, more than £40.9m in research agreements, tuition fees, scholarships, grants and consultancy fees have been pledged to 44 UK universities by 32 oil, coal and gas companies since 2022.

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The Asia Pacific region will invest $3.3 trillion in power over the next 10 years of which about 50% will be reserved for wind and solar, while 12% will be designated for energy storage, a global energy consultancy said Wednesday.

Both candidates to be the next EU commissioners for the European Green Deal and for climate action secured the support of party coordinators representing the required two-thirds majority of the European Parliament's environment committee (ENVI), the committee chair said early on Wednesday after the MEPs received replies to their requests for additional information. 

The 'MAIF pour le vivant – Nature 2050' fund has opened a call for projects across mainland France and its overseas territories that contribute to the adaptation of territories to climate change and act to preserve biodiversity by relying on nature-based solutions.

An international network that includes 45 countries has launched the Coral Reef Breakthrough, planning to raise at least $12 billion in public and private finance this decade to stop the drivers of coral reef loss and accelerate restoration.

Australian mining and energy company Fortescue has taken the lead investor role in a $380 million Series C capital raise by a US-based hydrogen company, as the issuance of Australian Carbon Credits Units (ACCUs) fell over the past week.

Pollack from the Channel and dover sole from the Irish Sea among those to avoid, Good Fish Guide says

Only about one in eight UK fisheries have been awarded “green” status for sustainability in the latest edition of the Good Fish Guide.

Of the 337 wild fisheries around the British Isles included on the list, which is compiled by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and updated twice a year, only 13% were regarded as good sustainable choices. The MCS categorises a fishery as a species of fish or shellfish from a specific area caught in a specific way.

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Singapore has set eligibility criteria for international carbon credits that emitters can use towards a part of their carbon tax compliance requirements, with Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu outlining seven precepts during a Wednesday speech.

The Australian founded renewable energy investor winds up a UK-focused fund raising with 20 per cent more than was sought.

The post Quinbrook raises $A1.2 bn for renewable and storage projects in UK appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork

A climate researcher has been threatened with the sack by his employer after refusing to fly back to Germany at short notice after finishing fieldwork in the Solomon Islands archipelago.

On Friday Dr Gianluca Grimalda, an environmental campaigner who refuses to fly on principle, was told by his employer, Germany’s Kiel Institute for World Economy, that if he was not at his desk on Monday he would no longer have a job to return to.

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Latest SunWiz data shows Australian households are continuing to install bigger systems, with a new all-time high average size reached in September.

The post Another solar record falls as average rooftop PV system size hits new high appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research shows turning northern rivers inland to irrigate Australia’s dry interior would not increase rainfall. This is another argument against the Bradfield scheme. Kaighin McColl, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University Dongryeol Ryu, Professor, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Federal parliament crossbenchers call for clear incentives to electrify rentals and apartments, while energy consumer lobby group calls for blanket gas ban.

The post Pressure builds to ban gas, electrify Australian homes as “cost of living imperative” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Updated: Octopus continues its rapid build up in Australia with purchase of a gigawatt hour big battery project in Queensland.

The post Octopus Australia snaps up gigawatt hour battery project in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The NZU stockpile has failed to budge between the June and September quarters, but the number of ETS participants holding units has increased, according to government figures.

The Americas branch of spirits producer Remy Cointreau has teamed up with WWF-Mexico to protect and regenerate the Monarch butterfly across the Americas.

The Director of Nature Positive Corporate Partnerships will provide administrative, research, communications, and project support for select corporate grant portfolios as part of CI’s Center for Sustainable Lands and Waters.

The supply of removal credits needs to be scaled up quickly with dramatic potential across North America. As a US Supply Manager you apply your effective negotiation skills to recruit suppliers and play a key consulting role to them to help them scale their carbon removal projects.

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Massive tree-planting carbon offset projects, including those growing single species, are inadvertently degrading tropical ecosystems and biodiversity by focussing solely on carbon sequestration.