Feed aggregator

Victorian households are poorly prepared for longer, more frequent heatwaves – here’s what needs to change

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-09-19 11:53
We examined how households in Victoria cope with, adapt to and endure summer heatwaves. Most took a short-term view. A more sophisticated, long-term approach to managing heatwaves is needed. Sarah Robertson, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Gordon Walker, Professor at the Lancaster Environment Centre and previously co-director of the DEMAND Centre, Lancaster University Ralph Horne, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
Categories: Around The Web

Xpansiv, S&P, CME Group collaborate on ACCU market products

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 11:02
A group of global trading houses will collaborate to offer new price assessments and products focussed on the growing Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market, they announced Thursday.
Categories: Around The Web

Protectionist measures could impact global demand for US biofuels -panel

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 09:57
With the glut of renewable diesel (RD) supply in the US, producers are eyeing fresh opportunities for new demand abroad, with domestic production further incentivised by an upcoming production tax credit.
Categories: Around The Web

US ban on Chinese UCO would ‘disincentivise’ foreign LCFS programmes -panel

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 09:43
Biofuel producers warned Tuesday against a US ban on used cooking oil (UCO) imports from China, arguing that a ban would disincentivise foreign biofuel-producing nations from creating mandates to decrease emissions of transportation fuels through Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulations.
Categories: Around The Web

Progress in global climate governance threatened by major inequality among nations, new research warns

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 09:37
A new study has unveiled stark inequalities in global climate governance, highlighting that the most influential countries in climate negotiations bear far fewer consequences from climate-related disasters than those with less influence.
Categories: Around The Web

Decarbonisation funding from US private sector slows -Treasury official

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 09:35
Investment from the US private sector towards decarbonisation has slowed since 2022, a US treasury official said Wednesday, calling on firms to finance technologies to reduce emissions from the shipping and industrial sectors.
Categories: Around The Web

Alberta TIER emissions rise as usage of offsets, EPCs for compliance reaches all-time high in 2023

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 09:26
Higher emissions in 2023 under Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) programme resulted in increased usage of offsets and emission performance credits (EPCs), according to a compliance report published Monday.
Categories: Around The Web

Global solar installations smash expectations, rising almost a third year-on-year

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 09:01
Global solar installations exceeded most industry forecasts in 2024, with 593 GW expected to be added by the end of the year, according to analysis by a global energy think tank.
Categories: Around The Web

Ocean carbon sink vital for both climate health and global wealth, new research finds

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 08:57
The ocean’s ability to absorb CO2 is not only vital for mitigating climate change, but also crucial for enhancing global wealth and reducing the cost of national climate policies, according to a new study.
Categories: Around The Web

BRIEFING: Brazilian voluntary carbon market will support, not drive, race to net zero

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 08:28
Brazil's voluntary carbon market (VCM) will play a role in mitigation efforts if it is able to attract large-scale investment – but even then, it may not channel sufficient climate finance and reduce enough emissions to be an engine of net zero on either a global or national scale.
Categories: Around The Web

Airline passengers willing to pay extra 11% to offset flight emissions, survey finds

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 07:58
Airline passengers are increasingly willing to accept additional costs and time commitments to reduce the environmental impact of their flights, for example paying an extra 11% for offsets, according to a new survey.
Categories: Around The Web

ACX, Brazilian stock exchange launch domestic carbon registry

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 06:32
A new registry launched Wednesday for Brazilian carbon projects, announcing its first transaction at the Brazil Climate Summit in New York.
Categories: Around The Web

US university expands legal resources to address rise in carbon offset lawsuits

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 06:26
As the voluntary carbon credit industry has grown, so has the number of related lawsuits, prompting one US university to expand its legal resources to address this trend.
Categories: Around The Web

Top UK food firms urged to do more to cut ‘staggering’ emissions

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-09-19 05:20

Food campaign Bite Back says 10 firms account for more carbon emissions globally than aviation industry

Britain’s biggest food and drink firms are doing too little to tackle the climate emergency and are producing “staggering” amounts of greenhouse gases, campaigners claim.

The 10 companies that manufacture more of the UK’s food than anyone else produce more carbon emissions between them than even the aviation industry, a report says.

Three of the firms increased their annual emissions in 2022 – Ferrero, Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo.

Seven are on course to miss meeting emissions targets they have set themselves to achieve by 2050.

Only four have a verifiable commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 – Danone, Mars, Mondelēz and Nestlé.

Continue reading...
Categories: Around The Web

Rising underground coal mining will drive up India’s fugitive methane emissions, report says

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 04:30
India’s methane emissions from coal mining could double should it expand its domestic industry in order to reduce reliance on imports and feed its increasingly demanding power and steel sectors, a think tank has found.
Categories: Around The Web

US tech giant inks another carbon removals deal

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 04:27
A US-based tech giant has inked another deal to purchase CO2 removal credits, this time from a California-headquartered carbon-negative power company.
Categories: Around The Web

Hope for coral reefs after IVF colonies survive record heat event – study

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-09-19 04:00

Scientists found 90% of young coral surveyed remained healthy compared with 25% of older corals, after mass bleaching event in the Caribbean

Young corals bred using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and planted in reefs around the US, Mexico and the Caribbean have surprised scientists, after most survived last year’s record marine heatwave, while older corals struggled.

A study has found that 90% of the young IVF-created corals surveyed remained healthy and colourful, holding on to the algae that live within them and supply them with nutrition. In contrast, only about a quarter of older non-IVF corals remained healthy.

Continue reading...
Categories: Around The Web

Decarbonising the EU’s energy-intensives is still tough business, economists say

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-19 01:57
Energy intensive industries continue to face obstacles on their road to decarbonisation, according to economists from the European Central Bank (ECB), who raised concerns about the next phase of EU emissions trading.
Categories: Around The Web

Pages

Subscribe to Sustainable Engineering Society aggregator