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Activists board coal train as Albanese government approves three coalmine expansions – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-25 17:39

Nine climate protesters have stopped a coal train headed to the Port of Newcastle in opposition to the federal government’s approval of three new mining projects. Rising Tide, the group behind the move, said in a statement that the three projects – Whitehaven Coal’s Narrabri thermal coal project to 2066, Mach Energy’s Mount Pleasant thermal coal project to 2058 and Yancoal’s Ashton coal project to 2064 – would create 1.4bn tonnes of emissions

Tanya Plibersek approves three coalmine expansions in move criticised as ‘the opposite of climate action’

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EU greenlights ETS2 scope extension in Netherlands, Austria

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 17:25
The European Commission gave its green light Tuesday evening to a proposal by The Netherlands and Austria to unilaterally extend the scope of their Emissions Trading Scheme for heating and transport fuels (ETS2) to vehicles used in agriculture, as well as railways, and – in the case of Austria – domestic and international flights.
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Indonesia, Japan seek to promote mutual recognition of carbon trade

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 17:20
Indonesia and Japan are seeking to finalise an agreement that promotes mutual recognition of bilateral carbon trade this month, a move believed to be aligned with the Paris Agreement Article 6, according to a government official.
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We disrupted the Labour conference because war and climate breakdown was not what Britons voted for | Jack McGinn

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-25 17:00

Until the government changes its stance on the environment and the war in Gaza and Lebanon, there is nothing to celebrate

On Monday morning, we walked into the main hall of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, before the keynote speech of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves. What we did next, you might have seen.

Shortly after Reeves began her address, two of us stood to speak out on Labour’s complicity in suspected Israeli war crimes, and the party’s ties to climate-wrecking corporations. We were there on behalf of Climate Resistance, a group campaigning to end the cosy relationship between politics and the fossil fuel industry. Just like arms manufacturers, oil companies have been guilty of hindering democratic processes with donations and lobbying, putting human lives on the line for their own profits.

Jack McGinn is a climate activist with Climate Resistance

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NZ Market: NZU price rangebound with steady, ‘boring’ activity as stockpile expected to fall significantly longer term

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 16:47
The NZU market has been drifting through calm waters with prices largely rangebound in line with market expectations, as it now looks to the supply shortfalls on the horizon. 
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Labour appoints Rachel Kyte to climate envoy role axed by Sunak

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-25 15:00

Appointee was a climate chief at the World Bank and will lead UK’s return to high-level environmental diplomacy

A former climate chief of the World Bank has been appointed to lead the UK’s efforts to forge a global coalition on climate action, the Guardian can reveal.

Rachel Kyte, who previously served as special representative for the UN and a vice-president of the World Bank, will take up the role of climate envoy to lead the UK’s return to the front ranks of global climate diplomacy.

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Surge in minke whales could be down to fewer basking sharks, Hebrides study says

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-25 15:00

When sighting rates for basking sharks are high they are low for minke whales, says monitoring programme

The highest ever recorded numbers of minke whales and the lowest number of basking sharks were observed in the Hebrides in 2023, according to a report.

The latest findings of the 20-year monitoring programme by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust suggest a possible association between these two highly mobile and long-lived species. When sighting rates for basking sharks are high, they are low for minke whales, and vice versa.

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Global dairy giant Fonterra cuts operational emissions by 18%, but Scope 3 remains stubbornly high  

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 14:34
New Zealand-headquartered dairy co-op Fonterra cut operational emissions by 18.5% in FY2024, according to its annual report published Wednesday, but has made little little progress on its Scope 3 emissions.
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COP29 host Azerbaijan’s climate action ‘critically insufficient’ -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 14:01
Climate action from Azerbaijan, the host of the UN's COP29 summit in November, has been rated "critically insufficient" by an independent analysis group, according to a report released on Sep. 24.
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Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists

BBC - Wed, 2024-09-25 13:06
A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
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Europe’s deadly floods are glimpse of future climate

BBC - Wed, 2024-09-25 13:06
A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
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German nature-based trading platform, Thai consultancy launch regional coalition to fight climate change, biodiversity loss

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 13:00
A Berlin-headquartered environmental trading platform has partnered with a Bangkok-based consultancy to launch Southeast Asia Carbon Coalition (SEACC) for tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, the partners announced Wednesday.
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Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of extreme rain in Europe in September

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-25 13:00

Researchers find climate crisis aggravated the four days of heavy rainfall and deadly floods

Planet-heating pollution doubled the chance of the extreme levels of rain that hammered central Europe in September, a study has found.

Researchers found global heating aggravated the four days of heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in countries from Austria to Romania.

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CWNYC24: BRIEFING – Forest carbon markets must prioritise biodiversity to be credible

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 11:06
Biodiversity monitoring and protection has taken centre stage in talks around forest carbon credits at the Climate Week NYC, with standards, project developers, and policymakers pushing for more nature accounting within the market.
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Renewables rebound after slump but must speed up to hit Labor’s 2030 energy goals

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-25 11:04

Narrative that transition has stalled ‘demonstrably not true’, researcher says, but investment and construction must accelerate

Large-scale renewable energy investment and construction in Australia is rebounding this year after a slump, but will need to accelerate to reach the pace needed to meet the Albanese government’s goal for 2030.

The country could add more than 7 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity this year, up from 5.3 GW last year, according to data released by the Clean Energy Regulator.

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