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Cop28 protests – in pictures
A record 84,000 people are in attendance at the UN climate summit in Dubai, including thousands of activists and members of civil society
Continue reading...Australia commits $150m to climate finance for vulnerable Pacific countries
However the Albanese government has not contributed to a newly created global loss and damage fund at Cop28
The Australian government has pledged A$150m climate finance for Pacific countries, but has not contributed to a newly created global loss and damage fund.
Nearly 200 countries reached an historic consensus agreement on the first day of the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai to set up the loss and damage fund to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster.
Continue reading...Australian oilers in mega-merger talks
Australian carbon project developers partner to lead govt-funded nature positive co-op
Alarm at plan to stash planet-heating CO2 beneath US national forests
Groups seek more time to comment on US Forest Service proposal to store carbon dioxide amid fears over safety and impact
A proposal that would allow industries to permanently stash climate-polluting carbon dioxide beneath US Forest Service land puts those habitats and the people in or near them at risk, according to opponents of the measure.
Chief among opponents’ concerns is that carbon dioxide could leak from storage wells or pipelines and injure or kill people and animals, as well as harm the trees in the forests and their habitat, said Victoria Bogdan Tejeda, attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.
Continue reading...We need power to prescribe climate policy, IPCC scientists say
Exclusive: Five IPCC report authors say scientists should be allowed to make policy prescriptions and potentially oversee implementation
Senior climate experts are calling for an overhaul of the structure and powers of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in despair at the slow pace of climate action.
Five lead authors of IPCC reports told the Guardian that scientists should be given the right to make policy prescriptions and, potentially, to oversee their implementation by the 195 states signed up to the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC).
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Incentives to invest in nature must increase, KPMG says
Let’s get cracking: Researchers use eggshells to decarbonise biogas, boosting energy value
Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis
COP28: Australia commits A$150 mln to climate funds
New study resolves discrepancies in tropical forest carbon flux measurements
Reece Whitby named minister “to spearhead” W.A.’s clean energy transition
Former journalist Reece Whitby named new energy minister in Western Australia, adding to his climate change and environment portfolios.
The post Reece Whitby named minister “to spearhead” W.A.’s clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Indonesia takes another step towards CCS carbon credits
Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others
As world leaders gather at Cop28, these charts show how far away the major economies are from their targets
Not a single G20 country has policies in place that are consistent with the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C and meeting their “fair share” of emissions reduction.
The assessment, based on data up to 5 December provided by the Climate Action Tracker, comes as leaders gather in Dubai for the Cop28 conference.
Continue reading...COP28: Canadian utility launches first nuclear power offset protocol
Carbon pricing would raise trillions needed to tackle climate crisis, says IMF
Traditionally unpopular carbon taxes could be achieved with regulatory compliance, IMF head tells Cop 28
Diverting the trillions of dollars by which the world subsidises fossil fuel production each year, and putting an implicit price on carbon emissions, would generate the vast amounts of cash needed to tackle the climate crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said.
Governments have been put off explicitly pricing carbon by the potential unpopularity of new carbon taxes, which have become favourite targets of anti-climate politicians and parties around the world, from the US and Australia to Europe and the UK.
When you put a price on carbon, decarbonisation accelerates
Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF
It is not so easy to identify the carbon content and then to put on an appropriate price
Kristalina Georgieva
Continue reading...Anti-renewables hypocrisy will not save koalas
Politicians and conservative media commentators drumming up anti-renewables sentiment in the guise of protecting biodiversity and koala habitat is blatant hypocrisy.
The post Anti-renewables hypocrisy will not save koalas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Zen Energy inks deal to power supermarkets and offices with Queensland solar
A solar farm in Queensland's Western Downs region will power more than a dozen retail, office and industrial sites as part of a new six-year deal.
The post Zen Energy inks deal to power supermarkets and offices with Queensland solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Beach? Shopping? Sleep? How Cop28 is spending its rest day
The 80,000 delegates are thinking of how best to unwind from the climate summit ‘whirlwind’ in Dubai on their only day off
From the world’s largest waterpark to an indoor ski resort in a shopping centre, Cop28 delegates will have plenty of options to choose from on their only day off at the climate summit.
After an exhausting week of negotiations, events and protests, the 80,000 delegates in the United Arab Emirates will have a chance to enjoy Dubai ahead of the final push.
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