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Re-routing to avoid Red Sea threat could triple ETS emissions costs for EU-bound ships

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 21:58
Ongoing attacks by Houthi rebels on ships navigating the Red Sea have forced many Europe-bound vessels to divert their routes, which could as much as triple their emissions liabilities under the EU ETS, according to an ESG data provider.
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Turkiye overtakes Poland to become Europe’s second largest coal-fired power generator -analysts

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 21:06
Turkiye overtook Poland to become the second largest coal-fired power generator in Europe last year, due to its increasing reliance on fossil fuel imports and wavering wind capacity installation, according to an environmental think tank.
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Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-12 21:00

Intent to sue federal regulators charges they have failed to address dangerous levels of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ known to be in sludge

New legal action could put an end to the practice of spreading toxic sewage sludge on US cropland as a cheap alternative to fertilizer, and force America to rethink how it disposes of its industrial and human waste.

A notice of intent to sue federal regulators charges they have failed to address dangerous levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” known to be in virtually all sludge.

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Green Climate Fund commits $100 mln for climate funding in Somalia

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 20:20
The UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) has pledged to invest $100 million for climate action in Somalia over the next year, it announced Tuesday.
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CSIRO claims new record for energy efficiency in lightweight printed solar cells

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-12 19:56

Lead researcher says use of machine learning meant over 10,000 cells could be produced and tested in a day

Flexible, thin solar cells that are lightweight and portable may be a step closer to reality after Australian researchers claimed a new record for the amount of sunlight they can capture and turn into energy.

While traditional solar panels are rigid and heavy, the lightweight solar cells are made by printing ink on to thin plastic films.

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No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-12 19:00

UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Denmark have failed to align oil and gas policies with Paris pledges, say campaigners

None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating target, a report has found.

The five countries – the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark – have failed to align their oil and gas policies with their climate promises under the Paris agreement, according to the campaign group Oil Change International.

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At Cop29 bridges must be built between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach | Mukhtar Babayev

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-12 17:00

Re-establishing trust between developed and developing nations is essential if our goals are to be achieved

Last year was a double first: in 2o23, both electric vehicle usage and worldwide electricity generation from coal reached new heights. Increased electricity demand and energy-disrupting conflicts in Europe and the Middle East played their part. But it is a stark reminder that meeting 1.5C obligations requires clean energy consumption and production to shift together, and that we must find mechanisms to guard against further interruption of both by future geopolitical events.

This can start at Cop29 in Azerbaijan. We must break for good the stop-start of Cop agreements so there is follow-through from one to the next. This began last month with the launch of the Cop Presidencies Troika, ensuring Azerbaijan will be the bridge in decision-making and implementation from the leadership of the 28th summit in UAE through to the 30th in Brazil next year. This rolling mechanism will ensure the summits themselves transition away from staging grand announcements to a platform for continuity through monitoring and implementation.

Mukhtar Babayev is Azerbaijan’s minister for ecology and natural resources and the president-designate of Cop29

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Newly elected leaders to be held to same climate obligations, says Cop29 chief

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-12 17:00

Exclusive: Incoming UN summit president calls on governments to stay on track, as majority of global population go to the polls

The governments that assume power after elections around the world this year will be held to the same climate obligations as their predecessors, the chief of this year’s UN climate summit has warned.

Cop29 will be held in Azerbaijan in November, near the end of a crucial year in which most of the global population – from the UK, the EU and the US to India and Russia – will head to the polls. The US presidential election, likely to be a bitter fight with climate a key issue, will be held on 5 November, with Cop29 to take place days later, from 11 to 22 November, in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.

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“No appetite” for carbon neutral LNG as buyers too price sensitive, oil major says

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 16:54
There is little appetite in the buyers’ market for lower carbon LNG cargoes given they are already very “price sensitive”, an oil executive told an investor briefing Monday.
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Indonesia could miss methane goal if it continues to under-report coal mine emissions, think tank says

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 16:07
Indonesia is jeopardising its efforts to meet its international climate commitments by under-reporting its coal mine methane emissions, a report released Tuesday said.
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Reducing banked allowances in tightening cap-and-trade on the table at California joint committee hearing

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 14:20
ARB staff and a stakeholder panel discussed with lawmakers at a joint committee public hearing on Monday the option of reducing the pool of banked allowances, trimming free allocation, or lowering California’s emissions cap to increase cap-and-trade programme stringency, as well as the future of the scheme post 2030.
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DAC developer partners with NZ Future Energy Centre on pilot project

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 13:37
A Direct Air Capture (DAC) project developer is partnering with New Zealand’s Future Energy Centre (Ara Ake) to help develop the first pilot project of its kind in the country, it announced Monday.
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Korean non-profit establishes council for voluntary market engagement

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-12 12:27
A South Korean non-profit dedicated to sustainable development has established a special council led by a climate policy veteran to facilitate the engagement of domestic companies in the voluntary carbon market.
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Critically endangered stonefly with ‘remarkable’ lifespan faces extinction as Victorian government decision condemned

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-12 12:20

Mount Donna Buang wingless stonefly could disappear after critical habitat determination rejected, conservationists say

A critically endangered stonefly, which can outlive most other insects, may become extinct after the Victorian government made an “incredibly disappointing” decision.

That’s the claim from the Victorian National Parks Association, which was frustrated on Monday after the government rejected an application for the Mount Donna Buang wingless stonefly to be granted a critical habitat determination.

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