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A Japanese carbon project developer has partnered with a regional government-backed agricultural organisation to promote credit-generating rice projects, as it seeks to broaden its presence in Vietnam's voluntary market.

Voluntary carbon project developers are struggling to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of new methodology updates and emerging government regulations in Asia, participants told a conference this week.

Malaysian oil and energy company Petronas intends to provide solutions to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors and establish the Southeast Asian nation as the regional hub for carbon capture and storage (CCS), it told a conference this week.

Andrew Forrest says hydrogen production tax credit will make green iron commercial viable in Australia. "It must be pursued," he says.

The post Forrest says hydrogen subsidy makes green iron commercially viable in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Cross-party group of 50 calls on prime minister to appoint climate envoy and back Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged Rishi Sunak to make a U-turn on his oil and gas extraction plans as part of a broader plea to increase efforts to address the climate crisis.

The 50 politicians, including three Conservatives, wrote to the prime minister calling for the UK to regain its international leadership on the crisis by ending the licensing of new oil and gas fields, appointing a climate envoy, and backing the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.

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Most Australians don’t need to be persuaded of the benefits of rules that require owners to stop their pet cats roaming outside their properties. Only 8% of those surveyed were against this policy. Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A ground-breaking production tax scheme will place Australia back in the highly competitive global race for green hydrogen and its derivative products, including green metals.

The post Australia is back in the global race for green hydrogen with game-changing production credit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

American researchers say renewable energy could almost completely replace diesel at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, resulting in millions of dollars in savings and a two-year payback.

The post How the South Pole research station could run on 100% renewable energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s 2024 budget arrived late Tuesday delivering a A$9.3 billion ($6.1 bln) surplus and is spending big to drive mining and clean energy, but has been attacked for its lack of attention to the protection of nature despite cash of over A$300 million offered.

NSW energy minister says it is to late to turn back dial on energy transition, despite the naysayers in the media and the fragile political support.

The post Too late to turn back dial on energy transition, Penny Sharpe says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) must address existing ambiguity surrounding compliance instruments under the Climate Protection Program (CPP), including the use of offset projects, as well as a new emissions cap, an advisory committee told the agency Tuesday.

The endangered puffin - one of Britain’s most iconic seabirds - is at the centre of a battle over the UK’s post Brexit freedoms.

Budget hailed for "historic" spend and commitment on clean energy, but critics say households need more than a sugar hit of rebates.

The post Turning point: Biggest spend on clean energy, but households need more than budget sugar hit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research has mapped public submissions to the National Adaptation Plan. With a cross-party inquiry getting under way, four imagined futures are emerging that present a way forward. Raven Cretney, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Christina Hanna, Lecturer, Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Iain White, Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New Zealand on Wednesday released its annual consultation on five-yearly settings for its emissions trading scheme, adding options that would lower the NZU price floor at auctions and allow for a ballooned Cost Containment Reserve (CCR).

Energy expert Amory Lovins says "all of the above" rhetoric is about picking losers rather than winners, and if anyone cares about climate crisis they would not choose nuclear over renewables or energy efficiency.

The post “Picking losers:” Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The EU has missed an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions and bolster domestic industries in Europe by failing to pursue a plan for green public procurement, according to a new report released on Wednesday.

A Czech project developer has signed contracts with Chilean farmers to develop tens of thousands of carbon credits from 5,000 hectares of land in 2025 via regenerative agriculture practices.

Demand for carbon credits deemed eligible under the UN’s CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme will exceed supply by the end of the decade in the absence of new offset sources, analysts predict.

Illegal shipments of rosewood continue and some of the profit ends up with jihadists, research says.