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People have never been swayed by ‘rational debate’. Only a genuine change in the way we do politics can prevent the march of the right

We were losing slowly. Now we are losing quickly. Democracy, accountability, human rights, social justice – all were rolling backwards as money swarmed our politics. Above all, our life-support systems – the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, ecosystems, ice and snow – have been hammered and hammered, regardless of who is in power. Donald Trump might strike the killer blows, but he is not the cause of an ecocidal economic system. He is the embodiment of it.

Under Joe Biden, the US was missing its own climate goals, and those goals were insufficient to meet the global objective of limiting heating to 1.5C above preindustrial levels. That target in turn might not be tight enough to prevent a tipping of Earth systems. Already, at roughly 1.3C of heating, we see what looks alarmingly like climatic flickering: the ever wilder perturbations that tend to precede the collapse of a complex system.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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A provider of audit-grade nature mapping insights has launched an online project insights platform to offer tracking of project performance and greater transparency into impact claims.

Momentum for net zero is building in the boardroom and leaders are refusing to abandon their plans, finds a survey of US and UK executives, despite a growing political backlash against the cost and pace of the green revolution that is expected to only intensify after the election of Donald Trump to the White House.

The third Climate Report released Thursday by one of Australia’s top four banks showed it has cut more money for fossil fuels developers, but an activist shareholder group said it still has loopholes.

EU carbon prices firmed robustly on Thursday morning as energy markets initially strengthened on forecasts for cooler weather and modest renewable generation, before gas gave up almost all its gains on reports that Europe will have little difficulty sourcing supplies this winter.

The new global finance goal that is due to be agreed at COP29 this month must include a massive boost for adaptation, according to a flagship UN report published on Thursday.

Volumes in Australia’s compliance credit market are on track to beat last year's by more than a third, and in October recorded its third-highest amount of trade of any month at 3.6 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), according to a report released Thursday.

The cost of direct air capture credits can drop to $100 per tonne in the near term, by equipping the technology to do more than just remove carbon from the atmosphere, the chief development officer of a decarbonisation solutions provider has told Carbon Pulse.

Despite prior optimism for progress in Baku on UN carbon markets, political uncertainty following this week's US election result has dampened enthusiasm for a strong outcome on Article 6 at COP29, with multiple key technical elements of international carbon trade still to be clarified, as well as the thorny question of whether crediting standards brought into force ahead of the summit will be formally endorsed in Baku.

Last month saw the highest October figures for voluntary carbon credit retirements and issuances for three years, data analysed by Carbon Pulse shows.

LSEG customers can now access news and intelligence on carbon markets, greenhouse gas pricing, and climate policy via their Workspace platform, thanks to a new partnership with specialist provider Carbon Pulse.

China's Hubei province has announced plans to push forward a local carbon offset programme and encourage the development of forest carbon projects within the region.

Papua New Guinea will send a delegation to COP29 in Azerbaijan this month after first its prime minister and then its foreign minister had said it would not as a protest against the lack of climate finance for maintaining its vast carbon sink forests.

Conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election

A coalition of conservation and animal welfare groups are urging Iceland’s president to step in and stop any plans the prime minister has to issue a whaling licence to Europe’s last whaler before the Icelandic election at the end of the month.

Earlier this year, the country granted a one-year licence to Hvalur to kill more than 100 fin whales this hunting season, despite hopes the practice may have been stopped after concerns about cruelty led to a temporary suspension in 2023.

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Five European countries may be breaching EU law when it comes to their climate and energy obligations, according to a series of legal complaints filed on Thursday that call on the European Commission to take action.

Victoria is pushing ahead with plans for a renewables terminal in Western Port Bay following a veto of initial plans by the federal environment minister.

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Australian Energy Regulator says electricity affordability will be an "ongoing challenge" that requires systemic change and reforms to harness household solar and batteries.

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Trump is back, and the world's climate efforts are once again at risk. But Australia need not follow the US embrace of fossil fools, conspiracy theories and billionaire tweets.

The post Are you OK? World teeters on brink as Trump and cronies prepare to flood the zone with shit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.

Trump's election will hit immediate efforts to tackle climate change, experts say - but the longer-term effect is less certain.