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It’s a big deal if Australia and the Pacific are chosen to host UN climate talks. Here’s why

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-09-11 11:22
Australia and the Pacific are now tipped to be hosts of the 2026 global climate talks. That brings opportunity – and scrutiny. Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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British climate tech catalyst announces plans for the country’s largest biochar carbon removal project

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 10:01
A British climate tech catalyst has announced plans to develop the country’s largest biochar carbon removal project, it said on Wednesday.
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Canada’s federal IFM offsets not eligible in provinces with similar compliance-linked protocols

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 10:00
Improved forest management (IFM) offsets through Canadian federal voluntary protocols under construction are not eligible for use in provinces that have similar active protocols, environment ministry officials said in a webinar Tuesday.
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Alberta flags CCS offset protocol for update

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 09:56
A carbon capture and storage (CCS) Alberta emission offset protocol was flagged Monday by the provincial environment ministry, effectively pausing project development.
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Canadian economy will fall behind if climate policy uncertainty persists, experts say

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 09:24
Despite Canada’s portfolio of climate regulations, the ongoing lack of climate finance policy is a risk to the Canadian economy, particularly as other jurisdictions advance on their efforts, experts said on a webinar Tuesday.
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The great gene editing debate: can it be safe and ethical?

BBC - Wed, 2024-09-11 09:17
A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.
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Its supporters dream of heat-resistant cows. But gene editing is making others nervous

BBC - Wed, 2024-09-11 09:17
A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.
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California defends clean vehicle standard authority against SCOTUS appeal

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 07:30
California filed a brief Monday in the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) urging that it toss out an appeal by Republican states and energy industry interests to overturn the state's longstanding authority to set clean vehicle standards stricter than federal equivalents.
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Brazilian president flies into Amazon amid alarm over droughts and wildfires

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-11 07:30

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil.

Speaking during a visit to a riverside community near the city of Tefé, the Brazilian president said Amazonia was suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years. He said he had come to discover “what is going on with these mighty rivers” that in some places now resemble deserts.

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Coca-Cola, Bayer plow $1 mln into LATAM climate fund

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 07:13
Coca-Cola and the Bayer Foundation are backing a new climate fund with a total $1 million investment that aims to invest in 350 projects across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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South Carolina AG sides with oil industry in climate-related lawsuit

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 07:00
South Carolina’s Attorney General (AG) has backed oil and gas firms in a lawsuit brought by a city that seeks compensation from fossil fuel companies for the impacts of their alleged climate deception and environmental negligence.
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Canadian investment firm makes first SAF plunge with $1.1 bln backing

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 05:54
A major Canadian investment company announced its first foray into sustainable aviation fuels Tuesday with a $1.1 billion investment in a Californian low-carbon electrofuels (efuels) developer.
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Sovereign carbon buyers to press ahead with Article 6 deals despite lack of UN clarity

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 02:57
Sovereign buyers of Article 6 carbon credits plan to press ahead on fleshing out agreements with host nations despite a lack of clarity on several key trade technicalities, describing capacity constraints as presenting as a greater obstacle to ramping up much-needed unit supply.
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Italy’s Marmolada glacier could disappear by 2040, experts say

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-11 02:22

Rising temperatures causing largest glacier in Dolomites to lose 7-10cm of depth a day, according to scientists

The Marmolada glacier, the largest and most symbolic of the Dolomites, could melt completely by 2040 owing to rising average temperatures, experts have said.

Italian scientists who are monitoring glaciers and the impact of climate emergency, and who took part in a campaign launched by environmentalist group Legambiente, the international commission for the protection of the Alps (Cipra), with the scientific partnership of the Italian Glacier Committee, said on Monday the Marmolada was losing between 7 and 10cm of depth a day.

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Authors of controversial paper on Indigenous territories respond to debate

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 01:03
Researchers have responded to criticism about their paper discussing the percentage of biodiversity found in territories managed by Indigenous Peoples (IPs).
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Marsupial of the year heats up as koala and glider take on animal that mates itself to death

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-11 01:00

The Project hopes competition will raise big money for underfunded organisations working to protect beloved species

Tense competition is brewing between the greater glider and the koala in Australia’s marsupial of the year vote but there are hopes a silky-tailed species that “mates themselves to death” could win over voters and maybe even save it from heading towards extinction.

Network Ten’s The Project launched the competition in collaboration with organisations and charities that work with or help preserve the habitat of marsupials, many of them endangered, in a bid to raise funds for them.

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Big tech company snags lowest price yet for DAC removal credits

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 00:55
A big tech giant has struck a deal to purchase direct air capture (DAC) removal credits for the cheapest price on record - $100 per tonne - starting in the early 2030s, it announced on Tuesday.
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Measurement technology company partners with Toronto-based firm for CDR, CCS value chains monitoring

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 00:39
A measurement and automation technology company has collaborated with a Toronto-based measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) company for better accuracy, reliability, and traceability in carbon management, according to a press release.
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Japanese carmaker to help Thailand develop framework for privately managed OECMs

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-11 00:31
A major carmaker in Japan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Thailand to develop a prototype for Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) managed by private companies in a bid to take the Southeast Asian nation closer to meeting its biodiversity commitments.
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G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-11 00:11

Promise to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at Cop28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions

Campaigners have claimed some of the world’s largest economies are turning their backs on a pledge made last year to transition away from fossil fuels.

Ministers from the G20 group of developed and developing countries, including the US, UK, China and India, will meet in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to discuss the global approach to the climate crisis.

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