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Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-06-03 06:03
We want healthy, liveable cities and to cut emissions to net zero. Getting more people to use bicycles instead of cars will go a long way towards achieving these goals. Melanie Davern, Associate Professor, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Afshin Jafari, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Alan Both, Senior Lecturer in Spatial Science, RMIT University Jago Dodson, Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University Lucy Gunn, Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Qian (Chayn) Sun, Associate Professor of Geospatial Science, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun? | Joëlle Gergis

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-06-03 01:00

In a new Quarterly Essay, Joëlle Gergis says that while Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Albanese government’s lack of action on climate change does not reflect the urgency of the crisis

Although the 2022 federal election ushered in a new era of progressive politics in Australia, as Labor’s first term in power has progressed many people are now wondering if the political deadlock on our nation’s climate policy has really been broken.

Although some good ground has been made, the federal government’s actions still don’t reflect the urgency of the planetary-scale crisis we are in. Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising and enormous fossil fuel projects continue to be approved to meet domestic and international demand.

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‘It’s all we have’: young climate activists on the state of politics around the world

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-02 19:39

With elections affecting half the world’s population this year, campaigners offer their views on the chances of real change

This year elections are taking place across the globe, covering almost half of the world’s population. It is also likely to be, yet again, the hottest year recorded as the climate crisis intensifies. The Guardian asked young climate activists around the world what they want from the elections and whether politics is working in the fight to halt global heating.

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Scotland’s remote land of bogs and bugs in line for world heritage status

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-02 19:00

A decision from Unesco on giving the peat-rich Flow Country the same standing as the Great Barrier Reef is just weeks away

It is a land of mire, mist and midges that could soon be awarded a special status among the planet’s wild habitats. In a few weeks, Unesco is set to announce its decision on an application to allow the Flow Country in north Scotland to become a world heritage site.

Such a designation is only given to places of special cultural, historical or scientific significance and would put this remote region of perpetual dampness on the same standing as the Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids.

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China's Chang'e-6 robot lands on Moon's far side

BBC - Sun, 2024-06-02 14:35
The mission hopes to bring rocks back to Earth from the far side of the Moon for the first time.
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EU’s Market Stability Reserve to withdraw another 267 mln permits from ETS starting Sep. 2024

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-06-02 09:33
Almost 267 million carbon allowances will be withdrawn from the EU ETS over the 12 months starting this September and inserted into the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), the European Commission announced late Saturday in its annual 'TNAC' update.
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Activist defaces Monet painting to draw attention to global heating – video

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-02 01:03

A climate activist was arrested at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris after sticking a blood-red poster over Monet's painting of poppy fields. The woman then revealed a T-shirt saying 'L'enfer' (hell). The action by a member of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response) - a group of environmental activists and advocates of sustainable food production - was seen in a video posted to X. In the video she said of the poster covering Monet’s art that 'this nightmarish image awaits us if no alternative is put in place'

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Climate deniers like DeSantis hurt most vulnerable communities, scientists say

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-06-01 22:00

On first day of predicted intense Atlantic hurricane season, Nature Conservancy urges action and warns against misinformation

Misinformation spread by climate deniers such as Florida’s extremist Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, increases the “vulnerability” of communities in the path of severe weather events, scientists are warning.

The message comes on Saturday, the first day of what experts fear could be one of the most intense and dangerous Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, threatening a summer of natural disasters across the US.

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Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-06-01 19:00

Approach replaces sugar with mashed pulp and husk of cocoa pod and uses less land and water

Healthier and more sustainable chocolate could hit store shelves after Swiss scientists and chocolatiers developed a recipe that swaps sugar for waste plant matter.

By mashing up the pulp and husk of a cocoa pod instead of just taking the beans, scientists have made a sweet and fibrous gel that could replace the sugar in chocolate, according to a report published in Nature Food.

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Canada’s Carbon Streaming ousts CEO, reshuffles board following large project investment losses

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 10:26
Toronto-based offset project financier Carbon Streaming Corporation late on Friday announced significant changes to its board of directors and senior management, ousting its current CEO following large financial losses stemming from a doomed Indonesian investment.
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PREVIEW: Mexican presidential candidates offer options towards national decarbonisation

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 09:04
Candidates in Mexico's presidential election - to be held this Sunday - have presented differing approaches to ramping up the country's climate ambitions.
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Speculators close V24 holdings in California and RGGI, traders remain short in Washington

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 08:40
Speculators reduced their net length in V24 California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs), while both managed money and emitters widened their net short position in Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) holdings, according to weekly data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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Bank analysts bullish on CCAs and RGAs, awaiting clarity on LCFS surplus

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 08:30
Analysts at a major investment bank are bullish on California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs), but added that clarity on California's intentions to address credit surplus in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is needed for prices to reverse course from their year-to-date lows.
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Small Caribbean state proposes nature trust to claim carbon credits, despite chequered record

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 07:56
A Caribbean small island developing state (SIDS) has proposed "investing" natural capital in a "development bank" to monetise it, including through carbon credits, although it has a chequered history of delivering on green policy and is plagued by allegations of land grabs and environmental violations.
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Electricity distribution units bear brunt of free allowance cuts in ARB’s proposed cap-and-trade changes

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 05:31
California regulator ARB illustrated a large reduction in free allowances to electricity distribution units (EDUs), while discussing expanded mandatary emissions reporting that could add new sources of compliance in the joint ETS scheme at a public rulemaking workshop on Friday, but once again refrained from divulging eagerly awaited annual budget cut details, keeping prices in the secondary market in check.
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After 50% rally, EU carbon prices seen taking breather on long-term march higher -bank

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 05:27
European carbon prices could “take a breather” after rallying 50% from their recent low, analysts at a major investment bank said this week, though they maintained their bullish long-term view.
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World record broken for living thing with most DNA

BBC - Sat, 2024-06-01 01:35
A rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.
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PREVIEW: Observers call for “reset” in Article 6 talks in Bonn, with UN carbon trading technicalities to take centre stage

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 01:16
After chaotic scenes in Dubai at COP28, observers have called for calm on Article 6 talks taking place during a crunch UN intersessional climate summit in Bonn this week, with the technicalities of how to organise sovereign carbon trading rules expected to come into focus.
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First trade of voluntary carbon credits takes place on Turkish exchange

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-01 00:45
The Turkish energy exchange launched a new platform to mediate the purchase and sale of voluntary carbon credits, with the first transaction taking place last week.
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