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Government assessment said extreme weather events mean country suffers a disaster every three weeks costing at least $1bn

The US is warming faster than the global average and its people are suffering “far-reaching and worsening” consequences from the climate crisis, with worse to come, according to an authoritative report issued by the US government.

An array of “increasingly harmful impacts” is hitting every corner of the vast country, from extreme heat and sea level rise in Florida to depleted fish stocks and increased food insecurity in Alaska, the new National Climate Assessment has found.

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A South Korean ministry has teamed up with three domestic companies to reduce greenhouse gases in the livestock sector, with plans to secure carbon credits generated from biochar production, it announced Tuesday.

Traditional custodians of lands in West Papua have refused a carbon project in their forests, which they use for medicine and other purposes and suggest they were not adequately consulted about the project.

South Africa’s environment ministry has entered into biodiversity management agreements (BMAs) with three landowners in Limpopo province, offering tax incentives in exchange for the protection of privately-owned lions and rhinos.

Polluting facilities covered by Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism are yet to comprehend their new compliance obligations and have little to no understanding of how they will acquire Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to meet them, a market consultant has said.

The world is lagging behind on almost every indicator of efforts to tackle climate change, including carbon pricing systems, according to a multi-researcher report that piles up concerns for the upcoming COP28 UN negotiations.

Indonesia’s 2030 power sector emissions are likely to be far higher than the goal it set itself under its recent Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP), a think-tank said Tuesday.

Research shows global heating creates ‘whiplash effect’ of erratic extremes – often in poorest countries

Extreme drought in northern Italy has doubled over the past two decades, creating a climate that increasingly mirrors that of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, research shows.

Analysis of satellite imagery and data by scientists reveals how global heating is creating a “whiplash effect”, creating erratic extremes. The analysis of climate data released by WaterAid and Cardiff and Bristol universities finds that under extreme climate pressures, areas that used to experience frequent droughts are now more prone to frequent flooding, while other regions historically prone to flooding now endure more frequent droughts.

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Experts warn UK’s regulations now lag behind those of the EU and that Britons will be exposed to more toxic chemicals as a result

The government is to loosen EU-derived laws on chemicals in a move experts say will increase the likelihood of toxic substances entering the environment.

Under new plans the government will reduce the “hazard” information that chemical companies must provide to register substances in the UK. The safety information provided about chemicals will be reduced to an “irreducible minimum”, which campaigners say will leave the UK “lagging far behind the EU”.

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Coal must be phased out seven times faster and deforestation reduced four times faster to avoid worst impacts of climate breakdown, says report

Coal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must be reduced four times faster, and public transport around the world built out six times faster than at present, if the world is to avoid the worst impacts of climate breakdown, new research has found.

Countries are falling behind on almost every policy required to cut greenhouse gas emissions, despite progress on renewable energy and the uptake of electric vehicles.

Retire about 240 average-sized coal-fired power plants a year, every year between now and 2030.

Construct the equivalent of three New Yorks’ worth of public transport systems in cities around the world each year this decade.

Halt deforestation, which is happening to an area the size of 15 football pitches every minute, this decade.

Increase the rate of growth of solar and wind power from its current high of 14% a year to 24% a year.

Cut meat consumption from ruminants such as cows and sheep to about two servings a week in the US, Europe and other high-consuming countries by 2030.

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Onlookers in Bingil Bay were stunned when an adolescent cassowary emerged from the ocean and shook itself off late last month. Mandubarra traditional owner and Bingil Bay Campground host Nikita McDowell sent video of the unexpected arrival to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service after a guest told her it was swimming about 200 metres offshore. The endangered bird 'will take to the water to cross from one side of a river to the other, or if they feel threatened by domestic dogs or another cassowary through a territorial dispute', QPWS officer Stephen Clough says. McDowell was advised that it would move on when it was ready. 'I went to make a coffee and when I returned, it was gone,' she says

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Federal Labor launches first funding round to support emissions reduction at industrial facilities, with initial focus on industrial heat and off-road transport.

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New modelling from Climateworks shows Australia can stay aligned with the Paris target of limiting warming to 1.5°C, but only if much of the heavy lifting is done by 2030.

The post Australia must slash emissions by 68 pct by 2030, quit coal five years later to meet 1.5°C target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW stuns wind industry by suggesting hardly any sites are deemed "desirable" for large scale wind projects. One of the few areas deemed "suitable" is in anti-wind MP Angus Taylor's electorate.

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ICAO’s Technical Advisory body (TAB) has recommended that two carbon standards be immediately approved to supply credits to the global aviation sector’s carbon offset scheme for the 2021-23 pilot phase, while five others achieved conditional recommendations for 2024-26.

Neoen transfers ownership of World's End Gorge to state government to create new national park adjacent to its massive Goyder South wind, solar and battery project.

The post “A true first:” Neoen in landmark deal to create national park next to Goyder renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australia has raised five potential policy options in a review process to address carbon leakage, including a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and integrating flexibility levers of the Safeguard Mechanism into a broader suite of policies.

New analysis shows a fall in China’s CO2 emissions is all but guaranteed in 2024, thanks to a historic expansion of low-carbon energy installations.

The post China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some positive news for the US offshore wind industry as the first of 62 massive 13MW turbines goes up for the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts.

The post First massive Haliade X turbine installed at first US offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.