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Most Australians are still able to be convinced on climate change. As climate action drops off the radar, that’s good news Kelly Kirkland, Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Abby Robinson, PhD candidate in Social Psychology, The University of Melbourne Amy S G Lee, PhD Candidate in Social Psychology, The University of Melbourne Samantha Stanley, Research Fellow in Social Psychology, UNSW Sydney Zoe Leviston, Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate experts are increasingly growing wary of the usefulness of global temperature targets and the “net zero” concept, both as a goal and as a metric for measuring climate progress, several policy academics have said.

Reducing synthetic fertiliser use in Brazil through regenerative agriculture and other means could curb the country's fertiliser-related greenhouse gas emissions up to 86% by 2050 — whereas inaction could see related emissions rise 89% by then, according to a report published on Wednesday. 

The global shipping sector's greenhouse gas emissions increased in the first quarter of the year, as the sector braces itself for continued uncertainty due to trade tariffs and conflicts, according to the latest report by a maritime technology company published on Wednesday.

Updated: Four huge wind, solar and battery projects win grid access in new renewable zone, but the biggest talking point could be the lower capacity offered.

The post Four huge wind, solar and battery projects granted grid access, but capacity trimmed in key REZ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission (CCC) has recommended small tweaks to the country’s ETS in its latest annual advice to the government, released Wednesday.

Accelerating the use of remote sensing technologies and standardisation of requirements between carbon credit methodologies could help improve monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) practices for forestry offset projects, experts said at a Tuesday panel.

Almost every energy claim made by Dutton isn't just wrong - it's precisely opposite to the reality revealed by simple fact-checking

The post Dutton’s weird energy claims in leaders debate show he’s living in opposite-world appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chilean ministries are discussing policies that could further increase and diversify carbon retirements against a national CO2 tax on the heels of unexpectedly large offset volumes, and contemplating a role for voluntary credits in ETS designs, according to a top official.

One of the biggest solar farms in Queensland state has started to power up after being built seven months ahead of schedule.

The post New solar farm powers up in coal and gas centre after being completed seven months early appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Right now, Australia is headed in the wrong direction. It is time for us to turn around and confront climate change and what it means. 

The post Our uncommon future: How disunity, fear and sabotage threaten Australia’s climate future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two experts describe how climate misinformation has infiltrated the election campaign – and how Australians can protect themselves as they head to the polls. Alfie Chadwick, PhD Candidate, Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University Libby Lester, Professor (Research) and Director, Monash Climate Change Communication Hub, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Low-carbon hydrogen should be directed towards hard-to-abate industries like steel, glass, and chemicals production, as well as heavy-duty vehicles and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), but avoided in any sector that can be electrified such as personal transport and most home heating, said experts on a webinar about next steps for the UK’s hydrogen industry.

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) standard Verra released Tuesday a new module for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) under its carbon capture and storage (CCS) methodology.

Transitioning to a net zero or negative energy system can be 14-20% more expensive without biomass for energy production, and may simply be unattainable if Europe aims to achieve negative emissions in the long run, according to Swedish and German researchers.

A British company director has been banned for 11 years after hundreds of investors lost more than £8.5 million in two failed schemes linked to "green" teak plantations in Brazil.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has developed 11 indicators that financial institutions can use to assess the nature progress of their portfolio companies.

The holiday break took its toll on the voluntary carbon credits with liquidity and prices sliding last week, but the UK government gave a fillip to the market after throwing its weight behind integrity initiatives and the use of both reductions and removal credits to mitigate Scope 3 emission claims.

A carbon removal portfolio manager and marketplace will open a new request for proposals (RFP) to acquire large-scale volumes of credits next month on behalf of its corporate clients.

Blocking sunlight could temporarily slow the climate crisis but the technologies remain highly controversial

UK scientists are to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments as part of a £50m government-funded programme.

The experiments will be small-scale and rigorously assessed, according to Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), the UK government agency backing the plan, and will provide “critical” data needed to assess the potential of the technology. The programme, along with another £11m project, will make the UK one of the biggest funders of geoengineering research in the world.

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