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The Australian Securities Exchange is set to see a new carbon player with backing from a New York fund join.

The government of Japan is planning to encourage participation in the country's newly established voluntary carbon market by setting up requirements for companies that intend to receive financial support for their decarbonisation measures, local media reported.

China on Friday announced it has appointed a new special climate change envoy, as veteran Xie Zhenhua steps down for health reasons.

Australia has released draft legislation on its first mandatory climate-related financial disclosures and will begin to require all Scope 3 emissions be accounted for by the second half of the decade.

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Long-term UK study adds to body of research associating pollutants with declining brain health

UK researchers have been looking at how air pollution contributes to dementia and brain ill-health.

Stroke is the second-leading cause of death globally, accounting for about 11% of deaths. About 50 million people live with dementia, and the figure is expected to rise to about 150 million by 2050.

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China’s Guangdong has expanded the coverage of the regional emissions trading scheme to cover three additional emissions-intensive sectors for the current compliance period as the economic hub seeks to strengthen its carbon market.

A large group of Asian energy players have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to progress carbon capture and storage (CCS) work to help Singapore’s net-zero target.

Amp Energy wins a three-month extension to an agreement underpinning the 5GW Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen, to get it to the next stage of development.

The post Amp buys time on massive 5GW green hydrogen and ammonia project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two Melbourne suburbs to be used as a template for how the City of Yarra can electrify the community and get rid of gas by 2030.

The post All-electric precinct in the works for Melbourne suburbs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pacific Blue signs deal to power Tennis Australia's Melbourne precinct with renewables for a year, including the three weeks of the 2024 Australian Open.

The post Australian Open goes 100% renewable in wind energy deal with Pacific Blue appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IEA says COP28 goal of tripling renewables within reach after unprecedented global growth in 2023. But Australia among countries holding back the pace.

The post Australia called out for grid queues, policy uncertainty in race to triple global renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Local councils are struggling to clear blockages and obstructions across the public footpath network.

Visitor numbers to national parks are increasing. It means masses of people are being funnelled into potentially dangerous locations for which they may be unprepared. Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists discover a huge, ring-shaped structure in space which questions our ideas of the universe.

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The proposed regulatory amendments to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) are inadequate to shrink the LCFS credit bank and lift prices, several experts told conference participants Thursday.

A Delaware Superior Court judge on Tuesday partially dismissed a state lawsuit against a multitude of Big Oil firms to hold them responsible for the effects of climate change, ruling that the global and out-of-state emissions were outside the boundaries of state law, while upholding the state's case regarding emissions stemming from within Delaware's border.

Draft laws for mandatory reporting of climate-related risks have been released by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

The post Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The enforcement of US environmental law could be endangered should two Supreme Court cases overturn a landmark ruling that defined the balance of power between the judiciary and executive branches in implementation of federal law, legal experts have noted in a series of webinars.