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An effective integration of carbon removals in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) requires a careful balance of trade-offs and will, in any case, be insufficient to bridge the gap between prices on the bloc's carbon market and costly removal technologies like direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS).

The expansion and extension of coal mines in Australia’s most populous state is undermining its ability to achieving its ambitious emissions reduction targets, according to the newly-established Net Zero Commission (NZC).

Direct flights from the US to Nuuk expected to double next year but there are concerns about the expected influx

The capital’s new airport has been opened, two more are in the making, and expectations are high: the Americans are coming to Greenland.

On Thursday, the first ever international flight into Nuuk, the most populous settlement on the autonomous Danish territory, landed to cheers on the ground and in the cabin of Air Greenland flight GL781 where passengers were served miniature bottles of Nicolas Feuillatte champagne.

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Calls for federal government to revamp the national rooftop solar rebate, instead of killing it off, to drive home battery uptake and the electrification of everything.

The post Call to include electrification in expanded small scale solar scheme to help households dump gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New AEMO report details why all Australian states and territories should have an emergency solar switch-off mechanism. But it says the system is not in danger of "imminent collapse."

The post Pressure mounts on NSW to follow on solar switch-off mechanism, in new warning on minimum load appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's iving standards are forecast to take a $7 trillion hit between now and 2050, according to 141 central banks, including Australia's Reserve Bank.

The post Climate damage: Australia faces $7 trillion hit to standard of living appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Any day now, we should be provided with an estimate on what Peter Dutton's plan for nuclear power will cost us. Here's what to look out for.

The post A sneak preview of Peter Dutton’s nuclear costings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two sectors have been doing the bulk of the effort when it comes to emissions reductions. But their work has been undermined by fossil fuel production.

The post The four big takeaways from Australia’s latest climate assessments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Leading the charge towards clean energy would bring some much-needed positive momentum to international climate policy

When Australia announces its 2035 emissions target to the world, there will be a unique opportunity to promote Australia’s ambition to help other countries decarbonise through exports of renewable energy-based commodities, while coal and gas exports will fall.

Coal and gas exports from Australia are equivalent to well over a billion tonnes of CO2 when burned in other countries. That is around 3% of global fossil fuel CO2 emissions – far more than Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions at home that the national emissions target applies to.

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Dispute emerges over Vales Point demand for fast ruling on using cash as credit after banks refuse facilities, but small energy retailers say they are the real victims.

The post Generators clash over Vales Point cash demand, but small retailers say they are the real victims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The price of an Australian carbon credit is set to more than double in the next decade, a majority of business owners surveyed believe.

The Emissions Trading Scheme would have been a better tool to reshape the energy market and cut emissions than an outright ban – and most new exploration had largely dried up already. David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The findings are simply unacceptable for a natural asset so fundamental to Australia’s environmental, cultural and economic wellbeing. Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Negotiators in South Korea have failed to reach an agreement on a first-ever global treaty aimed at tackling plastic pollution, with countries deciding to resume talks next year due to unresolved divergences between parties.

Worcestershire town has been flooded seven times in past four years and shop owners can no longer afford insurance

In the aftermath of its latest flood, the town centre of Tenbury Wells was a scene of chaos. The main street was caked with a layer of mud, shop windows were smashed and piles of sodden furniture and wares, all ruined, were heaped in the street.

“On Monday when we came in we wanted to leave, lock the doors and just disappear,” said Richard Sharman, the owner of Garlands Flowers. “We’ve lost about £6,000 and we won’t get a penny back. Six weeks ago we lost about £4,000 in a flood.”

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Chair of talks in Busan says progress has been made but ‘a few critical issues’ are unresolved

Negotiators have failed to reach agreement on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution, the diplomat chairing the talks has said.

Nearly 200 nations are taking part in a meeting in Busan, South Korea, which is intended to result in a landmark agreement after two years of discussions. A week of talks has failed to resolve deep divisions between “high-ambition” countries seeking a globally binding agreement to limit production and phase out harmful chemicals, and “like-minded” nations who want to focus on waste.

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Environmentalists say marine park waste regulations need updating to limit grey water and exhaust chemicals as passenger cruise numbers rise

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Environmentalists and tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef say authorities must enforce stricter pollution standards on cruise liners visiting the world heritage area amid growth in passenger cruise numbers and concern that ships are dumping toxins into the water.

The Whitsunday Conservation Council says the definition of “waste” used to prevent marine discharge on the reef – which dates back to the 1970s – does not restrict discharge from sulphur “scrubbers” that have become commonplace in the shipping industry.

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Table to seat 60 being built by local artists and craftspeople in woodland on edge of Dartmoor

A community in Devon has raised £22,555 to turn a 500-year-old oak tree into what they believe will be the longest table ever crafted from a single English oak tree.

The 18 metre-long (59ft) Great Oak Table, capable of seating 60 people, was being built in a small patch of private woodland near Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor.

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Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollution

A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats.

The scale of microplastic water pollution, the extent to which the substance is lodged throughout human bodies, and the many health implications have come into sharp focus in recent years, but the EPA still has not taken meaningful action, public health advocates say.

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Policymakers must act as extreme weather events put more pressure on food inflation and production worldwide

Your morning – and afternoon – coffee is the latest staple threatened by climate chaos: the price of quality arabica beans shot to its highest level in almost 50 years last week amid fears of a poor harvest in Brazil.

It follows warnings that orange crops have been wiped out by the catastrophic floods in Valencia, Spain; and the soaring cost of olive oil in recent years, as the southern Mediterranean has sweltered.

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