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Massive Golden Plains wind farm snags a second PPA
TagEnergy signs second PPA for Golden Plains Wind Farm, with digital infrastructure company Equinix.
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Global shark bite deaths doubled in 2023, with Australia high on the list
Study finds ‘unprovoked’ attacks were more common for surfers than swimmers
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Australia is home to a disproportionate number of deadly shark attacks, with isolated areas carrying a greater risk of fatalities, international research has found.
The 10 fatal attacks globally in 2023 doubled the five in the previous year, with four of last year’s deaths occurring in Australia.
Continue reading...Canadian asset manager raises $10 bln in first round of second net zero transition fund
Europe’s new solar power generation capacity to outshine other sources in 2024
‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit
Dangerous climate tipping points will affect Australia. The risks are real and cannot be ignored
PREVIEW: Brussels set to recommend emissions targets for 2040
VCM Report: Corporates not waiting for ICVCM’s CCP label to retire carbon credits
Mining surveys for precious metals will prevent deforestation, says Guyanese minister
Global shipowners’ body supports emissions levy to set up decarbonisation fund
FEATURE: Shipping emissions calculations, contracts, risk affect EU ETS cost pass-through
Ancient sea sponges at centre of controversial claim world has already warmed by 1.7C
Findings in leading scientific journal that globe has breached key warming milestone challenged by climate science experts
Between 30 metres and 90 metres below the surface of the Caribbean Sea, an ancient sponge species that grows a hard skeleton has been quietly recording changes in the ocean temperature for hundreds of years.
Now those sponges are at the centre of a bold and controversial claim made in a leading scientific journal that, since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the planet may have already warmed by 1.7C – half a degree more than estimates used by the United Nation’s climate panel.
Continue reading...Kenyan court orders investigation into land dispute between carbon trader and local community
Morocco carbon tax plans gain new momentum after EU CBAM
Germany set to tender for new hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants
Verra begins publication of average processing times in reform efforts
Euro Markets: Midday Update
Is AI really the biggest threat when our world is guided more by human stupidity? | Nouriel Roubini
There is both hope and hype for what artificial intelligence can do for growth – if politicians can tame its destructive potential
Since returning from this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, I have been asked repeatedly for my biggest takeaways. Among the most widely discussed issues this year was artificial intelligence – especially generative AI (“GenAI”). With the recent adoption of large language models (like the one powering ChatGPT), there is much hope – and hype – about what AI could do for productivity and economic growth in the future.
To address this question, we must bear in mind that our world is dominated far more by human stupidity than by AI. The proliferation of megathreats – each an element in the broader “polycrisis” – confirms that our politics are too dysfunctional, and our policies too misguided, to address even the most serious and obvious risks to our future. These include climate change, which will have huge economic costs; failed states, which will make waves of climate refugees even larger; and recurrent, virulent pandemics that could be even more economically damaging than Covid-19.
The WEF zeitgeist is, in my experience, a counter-indicator of where the world is really heading. Policymakers and business leaders are there to flog their books and spew platitudes. They represent the conventional wisdom, which is often based on a rear-window view of global and macroeconomic developments.
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