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Donors pledge $2.2 bln in fresh funding to ensure clean cooking for all in Africa
Indonesian financier invests in cocoa butter alternative to protect forests
Annual ETS report highlights growing complexity of EU’s carbon pricing policies
UK farmers must grow more fruit and veg, warns PM
China publishes basic rules for domestic power markets
Ireland leads group of EU countries in pushing to save contentious nature law
Nature Tech Alliance launches to help firms reduce their impact on biodiversity
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Brazilian startup issues $40-mln worth of carbon tokens, claims 1.6 MtCO2e emissions reduction
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds
IPS report says replacement fuels well off track to replace kerosene within timeframe needed to avert climate disaster
Hopes that replacement fuels for airplanes will slash carbon pollution are misguided and support for these alternatives could even worsen the climate crisis, a new report has warned.
There is currently “no realistic or scalable alternative” to standard kerosene-based jet fuels, and touted “sustainable aviation fuels” are well off track to replace them in a timeframe needed to avert dangerous climate change, despite public subsidies, the report by the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive thinktank, found.
Continue reading...Labor budget pledges billions to green hydrogen, solar, batteries and household rebates
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Sunak to launch food security index as 8% fall in UK self-sufficiency predicted
Farmer confidence at low ebb amid fears for their future as experts say extreme weather will hit crop yields
Rishi Sunak will launch his food security index to farmers on Tuesday, as experts predict extreme weather this year could cut UK self-sufficiency by 8%.
The prime minister is hosting a farm to fork summit at Downing Street and will say: “I know for many farmers the impact of adverse weather in recent months has made working the land even harder, but my message is clear, our support for you is unwavering and we will be with you every step of the way.”
Continue reading...Laos consults on upcoming Article 6 carbon laws
Ratings agency defends against detractors, arguing they’re a sign of a maturing market
Japan to draw up 2040 decarbonisation strategy, strengthen legal foundation of domestic ETS
Huge crocodile captured in north Queensland after houseboat scare – video
The crocodile measuring more than four metres long was captured in a north Queensland marina after lunging at a man on a houseboat. The reptile was reported to authorities after launching itself at the houseboat and, in a separate incident, taking a dog. The animal was captured at Cardwell Marina, north of Townsville
Continue reading...Italian energy giant completes construction of its newest solar farm in Victoria
Italian energy giant completes construction of its fourth solar project in Australia.
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Xpansiv looks to connect to the world via open access to market services
SwitchedOn Podcast: The problem with community batteries
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UK ‘net zero’ project will produce 20m tonnes of carbon pollution, say experts
Government told Net Zero Teesside gas scheme will be massive polluter despite its carbon capture claims
A multibillion-pound “net zero” project backed by two of the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms will be responsible for more than 20m tonnes of planet-heating carbon over its lifetime, according to research submitted to the UK government.
The Net Zero Teesside scheme to build a new gas-fired power station in north-east England is backed by BP and Equinor and says it will use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to capture up to 95% of its emissions and bury them beneath the North Sea.
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