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Swiss voters reject plan to boost biodiversity conservation

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 19:58
Voters in Switzerland rejected on Sunday a proposal to enhance nature protection in the country, with opponents claiming the reform would be too costly and jeopardise business development.
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New French minister pledges to continue fight for energy sovereignty

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 19:05
Antoine Armand, the new French economy and finance minister, pledged to continue fighting for the country’s energy sovereignty, saying “the major challenge of our century is the climate emergency”, as EU acquaintance Agnes Pannier-Runacher makes a comeback as the country’s climate and energy minister.
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Taiwan sports good blue carbon potential, but more local datasets required, study says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 18:42
Marine-based carbon sinks have a great potential to contribute to Taiwan's climate targets, though more action is needed to establish carbon removal datasets, a study has found.
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LATAM Roundup: Ecuador, Bolivia open to carbon markets as business grows in Brazil

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 18:00
Ecuador voted overwhelmingly to legalise carbon markets, Bolivia’s president prepared to accept – and centralise – carbon trading, and Brazil welcomed a slew of high-profile investments in the week ending Sep. 22.
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Safeguard Mechanism baselines likely to tighten in upcoming review, bank predicts

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 17:28
The legislated review for Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism will likely see the scheme’s baselines tighten to meet more ambitious emissions reduction targets, which would ultimately be bullish for carbon credit prices, according to a bank’s analysis.
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Dutton says Coalition will release nuclear power plan costings 'at a time of our choosing' – video

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-23 16:31

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, detailed the Coalition’s nuclear power plan in a speech in Sydney but did not announce its cost, saying it is coming 'in due course'. 'Our nuclear plan requires a significant upfront cost, and you can look at the international examples to see as much. But a whole new and vast transmission network and infrastructure won’t be needed under the plan that we’re putting forward,' Dutton said

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Hundreds of watchdog job cuts 'put nature at risk'

BBC - Mon, 2024-09-23 15:43
NRW, Wales' environmental watchdog, is making job cuts to plug a £13m gap in its budget.
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Electric car model breaks $31,000 Australian price barrier in EV sale

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-23 15:02

Price of electric cars falls again with the MG4 hatchback cheapest at $30,990 but experts warn high-end EV sales may stall

Electric vehicles have broken through another price barrier in Australia, with the cost of one new model reduced to less than $31,000 for the first time.

But industry experts say the fierce price battle is only playing out among cheaper and smaller electric cars, with Australian taxes reducing competition at the other end of the market.

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Chubb review in the spotlight as lead scientist calls CER’s interference “entirely inappropriate”

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 14:45
The lead scientist in the government’s independent review of Australia's carbon market has described Clean Energy Regulator (CER) executives contacting scientists submitting feedback as “interference” and “entirely inappropriate”.
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People must understand: we in Malawi are paying for the climate crisis with our lives | Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-23 14:00

From flooding to drought, extreme weather is devastating our communities. It is time for the world’s heaviest emitters to help mitigate the impacts of climatic breakdown on the countries most affected

Millions of people in my country, Malawi, face unprecedented existential crises driven by climate breakdown. The frequency of extreme weather events and the massive impact they have on communities have left government officials like me with a huge dilemma of how to act fast enough to save lives. In the past three years, we have gone from facing the worst flooding in recent times to the most severe drought in a decade. The impact has been devastating to communities across the country.

When Cyclone Freddy hit us in March 2023, it killed more than 600 people. The cyclone injured many more, tore families apart, destroyed livelihoods, and the long-term effects from diseases were even worse. A little over a year later, we were in the middle of a raging drought, which the president, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, declared a national disaster in March. Millions of people are facing acute food insecurity, leading to malnutrition and health issues that are putting lives at risk, not least for people on long-term treatment for conditions such as tuberculosis and HIV.

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Big economies lag behind COP28 commitment in renewable energy rollout -report

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 14:00
Many of the big economies need to accelerate wind and solar rollout to meet their COP28 commitments and avoid derailing the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5 C, according to analysis released this week.
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Japan floods: six dead after rain pounds region still recovering from earthquake

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-23 13:31

Floods inundated emergency housing built for those who lost their homes in an earthquake that hit Ishikawa on the Sea of Japan coast in January

At least six people have died and 10 others are missing after heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides along a peninsula in Japan that is still recovering from a deadly earthquake at the start of the year.

Public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said on Monday that six people had been confirmed dead, while the Kyodo news agency said more than 100 communities had been cut off by blocked roads after almost two dozen rivers burst their banks.

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Food sector faces slow progress on climate action despite improved emissions disclosure -report

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-23 11:42
Despite growing regulatory pressures and improved emissions disclosure in the food sector, companies are struggling to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly those from their supply chains, according to a new report.
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Move over Olympians, Australia’s wildlife are incredible athletes

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-09-23 10:29
Have you ever paused to think about the athletic abilities of Australian wildlife? Let’s look at some of our best competitors and how might they fare in a contest against humans and overseas entrants. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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