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Fungi could be given same status as flora and fauna under conservation plan
Exclusive: proposal to Cop16 could see ‘funga’ get global legal consideration distinct from flora and fauna
A new era of mycelial conservation could begin this month when the UK and Chile propose that fungi should be placed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection.
Mushrooms, mould, mildew, yeast and lichen would all receive elevated status under the plan, which will be submitted to the UN convention on biological diversity (CBD) during the Cop16 meeting in Cali, Colombia, which opens on 21 October.
Continue reading...COP16 must address “tidal wave” of ocean acidification, scientists say
SK Market: Korean October CO2 auction oversubscribed, clears above 10,000 won
Biodiversity unit methodology launches to ensure Indigenous participation in the market
INTERVIEW: Carbon removal venture buys credits from Indian ERW partner at $200/t
GGGI launches facility to catalyse $500 mln for ITMO purchases by 2030
Is it worse to have no climate solutions – or to have them but refuse to use them? | Rebecca Solnit
Tech barons are forever predicting some amazing new technology to fix the climate crisis. Yet fixes already exist
There are so many ways to fiddle while Rome burns, or as this season’s weather would have it, gets torn apart by hurricanes and tornadoes and also goes underwater – and, in other places, burns. One particularly pernicious way comes from the men in love with big tech, who are forever insisting that we need some amazing new technology to solve our problems, be it geoengineering, carbon sequestration or fusion – but wait, it gets worse.
At an artificial intelligence conference in Washington DC, the former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently claimed that “[w]e’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we’re not organized to do it” and that we should just plunge ahead with AI, which is so huge an energy hog it’s prompted a number of tech companies to abandon their climate goals. Schmidt then threw out the farfetched notion that we should go all in on AI because maybe AI will somehow, maybe, eventually know how to “solve” climate, saying: “I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it.”
Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunatabua of the climate anthology Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
Continue reading...APAC needs $89 trillion in energy sector investment to achieve net zero, report says
Australia Market Roundup: Complaint launched against Qantas “fly neutral” claims, ACCU issuance increases
Coalition pledge to subsidise Australia’s most expensive form of energy makes ‘no sense’, Labor says
Chris Bowen questions why gas companies who already produce energy should get windfall gain under opposition’s plan
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Labor says a Coalition pledge to offer subsidies to existing and new gas power plants makes “no sense” and would ensure fossil fuel plants that are already in the grid receive windfall gains.
In a speech to an Australian Pipelines and Gas Association Convention in Adelaide, the opposition’s climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, said that gas would be “here to stay” under the Coalition.
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Continue reading...Act now on best green credentials for new homes in England, ministers urged
Bring in ‘future homes standard’ or leave families at risk of higher bills and emissions for decades, MPs and experts say
Ministers must take steps now to ensure that all homes are built to the most efficient low-carbon standards, or risk locking households into higher bills and greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come, a group of MPs and experts have urged.
The government is mulling changes to the building regulations in England to bring in a “future homes standard” that would require all new homes to be built with low-carbon equipment such as heat pumps and solar panels.
Continue reading...Fossil fuels could become cheaper and more abundant, says IEA
International Energy Agency says transition to clean energy means there will be a surplus of oil, gas and coal
Fossil fuels could soon become significantly cheaper and more abundant as governments accelerate the transition to clean energy towards the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency.
The world’s energy watchdog has signalled a new energy era in which countries have access to more oil, gas and coal than needed to fuel their economic growth, leading to lower prices for households and businesses.
Continue reading...Flies, rats and offers of hush money - the price of living next to a ‘monster’ incinerator
Coogee beach suspected oil slick: beachgoers warned after black balls wash ashore – video
Surfers were seen catching waves near a suspected oil slick off the coast of Coogee in Sydney a day after hundreds of pieces of black debris washed up along the beach. The beach was closed and beachgoers warned not to touch the material, which could be 'tar balls' formed from oil spills or seepage at sea
Continue reading...Solomons to design carbon trade policy, plans stakeholder consultation soon
Federal government says it already knew of withdrawal of key offshore wind project in Illawarra
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UK banks invested £1 bln in ‘forest risk’ companies, undermining national pledge -report
Solar and batteries steal the show, but world needs more renewables quickly to meet 1.5°C target
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“Making it up as he goes:” Bowen slams O’Brien’s plan to put existing gas into capacity scheme
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