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Australia signs up to COP pledge to triple renewables by 2030, double efficiency
Australia and 117 other countries sign pledge at COP28 to triple renewables by 2030 and double energy efficiency.
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Looming gas supply shortfall could be eradicated by electrification and energy efficiency
New report finds residential gas use could decrease to zero by 2042, and industrial gas use by 63%.
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How scientists are fighting climate-fuelled disease
Windfarm plans in choppy waters as Coalition and One Nation whip up doubts
People in the Hunter and Illawarra fear offshore turbines could damage marine life and tourism, but parties are accused of ‘weaponising’ the issue
Frank Future didn’t expect to find an ally in Peter Dutton over his concerns that the offshore wind farm proposed for the Hunter region could have an irreparable impact on the environment.
“He came out with a group of us on that one over there,” he says, pointing to a boat floating metres from the whale watching vessel that he’s run in Nelson Bay for nearly 30 years. “He really saw that there was limited community consultation before that zone was declared.”
Continue reading...CP Daily: Saturday December 2, 2023 – COP28 Saturday Night Special
COP28: Nations pledge hundreds of millions towards forestry plans for international carbon markets
Rishi Sunak accused of hypocrisy after backing phase-out of fossil fuels at Cop28
UK prime minister attacked for inconsistency after allowing more gas and oil exploration in the North Sea
Rishi Sunak has been accused of hypocrisy on the international stage after pushing for a phase-out of fossil fuels at the UN Cop28 climate summit in Dubai – weeks after backing more oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.
The prime minister’s lack of “consistency” over climate policy was ridiculed by several senior Conservatives, as well as the former US vice president Al Gore, while members of other international delegations said the UK’s incoherent approach meant it was no longer a global leader on climate issues.
Continue reading...Extreme weather could shut down one in 12 hospitals worldwide, report warns
Total of 16,245 hospitals at high risk by end of century unless fossil fuels phased out, analysts say
One in 12 hospitals worldwide are at risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather events without a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, a new report warns.
A total of 16,245 hospitals, twice as many as are currently at high risk, will be in this category by the end of the century without a change in pace, according to a report released on Saturday by Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI), a climate risk analyst. It adds that a residential or commercial building with this level of risk would be considered uninsurable.
Continue reading...COP28: South Korean energy firm secures MoUs on hydrogen development
COP28: UN, UAE, Bloomberg launch Industrial Transition Accelerator to decarbonise heavy emitters
Kamala Harris addresses Cop28 amid mixed reaction to US climate pledges
US vice-president, deputising for Joe Biden, tells summit that world faces a ‘pivotal moment’ in the climate crisis
The world is facing a “pivotal moment” in the climate crisis, Kamala Harris has told the Cop28 summit after the US vowed to phase out coal plants and slash methane emissions, but also came under attack for meagre assistance to developing countries and for its own booming oil and gas extraction industry.
The US vice-president, deputising for Joe Biden – who skipped the UN climate talks – said Biden’s administration had made the “largest climate investment in the history of our country, and some have said the world” via the Inflation Reduction Act.
Continue reading...COP28: Verra to issue “very shortly” Article 6-aligned carbon credits, launch next version of VCS in 2025
Deep sea miners turn water hoses on Greenpeace activists in the Pacific
Protesters have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct deep sea mining exploration vessel between Mexico and Hawaii
Deep sea miners have turned water hoses on Greenpeace activists attempting to block their prospecting in the Pacific Ocean, according to footage released by the NGO.
For the past week, an international team of Greenpeace activists have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct the Coco, a deep sea mining exploration vessel, as it collects data to file for a mining permit for waters between Mexico and Hawaii.
Continue reading...COP28: Over 100 nations pledge to triple renewables, supercharge energy efficiency efforts by 2030
COP28: Industry leaders call for scale-up of carbon removal to meet goal of 1.5C
COP28: US pledges another $3 bln to Green Climate Fund, won’t honour $1 bln of previous commitment
COP28: Brazil proposes global forest facility to mobilise billions from existing funds
COP28: Philanthropic initiatives pledge cash towards reducing methane emissions
US outlines measures to cut methane emissions by 80% in next 15 years
Regulations would cut equivalent of 1.5bn metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2038, head of EPA says at Cop28
The United States has announced a major crackdown on methane emissions as part of a new effort by several countries at the Cop28 summit to curb the “super pollutant” that is responsible for turbocharging the climate crisis.
The US has used the climate conference, which is administered by the UN and being held in Dubai, to unveil new regulations it estimates will cut methane emissions from its vast oil and gas industry by 80% from levels that would be expected without the rule, a total of 58m tonnes by 2038.
Continue reading...Lula’s bid to style himself climate leader at Cop28 undermined by Opec move
Brazilian president’s plans to approve new fossil fuel projects sit awkwardly with pledge to meet 1.5C target
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has roared into Cop28 with a mega-delegation of more than 2,000 people and grand ambitions to address inequality and protect the world’s tropical forests.
Lula, as he is known, said his country was leading by example: “We have adjusted our climate goals, which are now more ambitious than those of many developed countries. We have drastically reduced deforestation in the Amazon and will bring it to zero by 2030,” he said.
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