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With more than 200 wastewater ponds, New Zealand has an untapped opportunity to install floating solar panels to increase renewable generation and to reduce algal growth in the ponds at the same time. Faith Jeremiah, Lecturer in Business Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Lincoln University, New Zealand Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Quebec's pension fund on Monday unveiled a new investment platform alongside a US-based landscape investment manager after acquiring a minority stake in the firm.

The winning images in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition have been selected from 23,000 entries from around the world. The overall winner Patricia Homonylo’s image showed birds killed by colliding with windows

• Wildlife photographer of the year 2024 – preview

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RGGI allowance (RGA) prices plummeted 12.4% Monday upon the release of a long-awaited programme review update from market administrator RGGI Inc., which provided modelling of an additional regional cap trajectory scenario and detailed potential expanding of the Cost Containment Reserve (CCR).

In an effort to bolster scale beyond pilot projects, US and Singaporean architects of transition crediting mechanisms vouched for the nascent market’s ability to meet eventual compliance demand during Climate Week NYC on Monday.

Latin American and Caribbean governments differed on UN climate conference flashpoints on Sunday in New York, less than two months from COP29 in Baku this November.

A global tech giant has bought 15,000 CO2 removal credits (CDR) in a second purchase agreement from a London-headquartered enhanced rock weathering (ERW) firm, per an announcement on Tuesday.

Institutional investors are wary of financing “science projects” and losing their shirts in a nascent voluntary carbon market (VCM) that has already undergone several transformations, and where the make-or-break risks are still high, experts said during Climate Week New York City on Monday.

A new consortium of US green banks seeking to appropriate funds earmarked in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) launched Monday with $27 billion in investments in line with Climate Week New York, according to a press release.

A US-based CO2 utilisation firm has raised $645 million to finance the development of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants.

RGGI states issued a notice on Monday with potential plans to almost double Cost Containment Reserve (CCR) permits with a second CCR tier in a new cap trajectory scenario, requesting public feedback to inform final decisions of its Third Program Review.

A group of global legislators has urged the US government to immediately halt the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG), in a letter released during the first day of the Climate Week NYC.

Flooding in central and southern England caused widespread travel disruptions and closed schools after some areas experienced a month's worth of rainfall in 24 hours. In parts of Bedfordshire, roads turned into rivers, with cars making their way through submerged streets. The London fire brigade said it received hundreds of calls about flooding-related incidents, including people needing to be rescued from cars and homes

• Flooding causes chaos after month’s rain falls in a day in parts of England

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Remarkable diversity in heat tolerance can help coral reefs under climate change. Melissa Naugle, PhD Candidate in Coral Ecology, Southern Cross University Emily Howells, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Southern Cross University Line K Bay, Research Program Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Not even a PM as pugilistic as Tony Abbott could dispense with a legislated Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The newly established NZEA will have the same protection and show investors the country is serious.

The post Net Zero Economy Authority will protect transition and workers from Australia’s carbon wars appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Graphite boosted EV batteries and perovskite solar that can work indoors receive funding in the latest Advance Queensland funding round.

The post Australian “indoor PV” and graphite-boosted EV battery technologies win research grants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US government does not advise its investment partners to finance sustainable development projects abroad whose lifeline is carbon finance, especially if they are small in scale, according to a senior official speaking at Climate Week NYC.

While enhanced rock weathering (ERW) may be a promising tool in the fight against climate change, careful management is essential to avoid unintended consequences for ecosystems and human health.

Almost 40 US banks, which collectively facilitated over $10 billion in new clean energy investments last year, on Monday announced the formation of the US Green Bank 50 partnership (GB 50) on Monday, aiming to enhance collaboration and share resources amongst them.

Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability

Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world’s life-support systems.

“Ocean acidification is approaching a critical threshold”, particularly in higher-latitude regions, says the latest report on planetary boundaries. “The growing acidification poses an increasing threat to marine ecosystems.”

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