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Ride a bus, take a package with you – how crowdshipping reduces the impacts of millions of deliveries

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-02 06:18
The surge in online purchases is increasing parcel delivery traffic and emissions. One solution is to take advantage of the trips people are already making to get parcels to their destinations. Lynette Cheah, Professor and Chair of Sustainable Transport, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Kids’ sport always cancelled due to rain-soaked grounds? Green infrastructure can help

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-02 06:18
As mums, it’s been frustrating to see so many of our kids’ sport matches cancelled due to waterlogged grounds. Research shows how we can tackle this through smarter design and green infrastructure. Jua Cilliers, Head of School of Built Environment, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Technology Sydney Mehrafarin Takin, PhD student in the School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Brazilian legislature will send hydrogen framework to Lula for approval, partial veto -media

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 05:11
Brazil’s upper and lower legislative chambers have reached an agreement with the executive branch to send final hydrogen legislation to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for approval and partial veto, sparking a do-over of select clauses, according to local media sources on Wednesday.
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LCFS Q1 net credit output retreats from record highs

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 05:05
Net credit generation under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) trailed behind last quarter’s historic highs on lower renewable diesel (RD) and ethanol contribution to the total, according to state data published Wednesday.
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Hundreds of financial institutions commit to Scope 3 GHG accounting protocol

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 02:50
An industry-led greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting protocol for financial institutions (FIs), used by public sector and civil society decarbonisation standards, has reached 500 signatories, the organisation announced on Thursday.
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BRIEFING: Italy bets on controversial nuclear energy for 2030s

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 02:18
The Italian government's plan to build nuclear up to a large share of its energy mix after 2030 goes against current public opinion - in a country that has voted twice to ban the energy source, and never succeeded in building a plant - and fails to address how it will meet the EU's emissions reduction target for this decade.
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Barriers set to block widespread expansion of carbon removal, survey finds

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 01:57
A survey on durable carbon removal (CDR) technologies released this week has warned that several hurdles exist that could block the necessary pace of expansion needed to meet critical climate goals.
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INTERVIEW: Sovereign funds fit early-stage green hydrogen investment needs

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 01:05
A number of high-profile green hydrogen investment announcements by Saudi and Emirati sovereign funds in recent months could be a win-win, rather than a driver of interregional competition, a European green industrial transformation and geopolitics advisor told Carbon Pulse.
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Nature markets alliance targets Mexican states

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 00:13
A programme that aims to halt the net loss of biodiversity by 2030 in Mexico, while developing nature markets including biodiversity credits with regional governments, has been announced in an alliance between French and Mexican companies.
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Accounting standards authority calls for feedback on CO2 reporting examples

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 23:30
An accounting standards organisation is seeking views on eight illustrative examples of how companies should report climate risks.
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CCUS industry will need around bln by 2030 -analysis

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 23:30
The carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) industry will require an investment of close to $160 billion by 2030, with 20% for power generation use, according to a global commodities research firm.
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Land-based activities harming Great Barrier Reef water quality, major study finds

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 23:15
The pollution load in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has increased following the impacts of land-based developments and climate change, a scientific study involving over 200 experts found on Thursday.
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Satellite data suggests US oil and gas producers emit much more methane than reported

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 23:07
US oil and gas producers are emitting four times more methane than estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), exceeding their own emission goals eightfold, according to data collected by a new jet aircraft.
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Shell’s swerve away from Paris Agreement goals reaps dividends for shareholders

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 22:34
Shell’s new mantra of “more value with less emissions” paid dividends during the second quarter in which the majority of shareholders opposed calls for the Anglo-Dutch major to re-align with the Paris agreement.
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Global shipping campaign launches ‘Beyond Methane Pledge’ to end LNG use

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 22:02
The Say No to LNG campaign has launched the 'Beyond Methane Pledge’ in an attempt to put an end to the expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other methane-based fuels, and eventually phase out their use in all sectors by 2030, the campaign announced Thursday.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 21:38
European carbon prices extended Wednesday's gains as the market shrugged off tests of one key technical level that had acted as resistance, and breached another on their way to the highest intraday prices in more than three weeks.
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Brazilian agroforestry project loses nearly 18,000 tCO2e to drought

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 20:59
A Brazilian afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) project lost 17,942 tonnes of CO2 equivalent due to drought between 2020 and 2023.
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Conservation finance group eyes collaboration with Verra on stewardship certificates

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 20:57
A conservation finance organisation has started developing a framework for stewardship certificates, with plans to submit it for consideration to crediting standard Verra, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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Biodiversity net gain lacks market transparency, expert says

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 20:05
A lack of transparency in England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) programme is frustrating conservation scheme managers, with some deliberate withholding of information, an industry insider has said.
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UK government prepares environmental plan as “nature is dying”

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 19:58
The new UK government is preparing a statutory plan for the natural environment focused on cleaning up waterways, planting trees, and halting species decline.
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