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COP28 clean energy targets at risk without stronger action, finds report

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 15:01
The world is on track to miss the clean energy targets agreed at COP28 without stronger and more urgent action, according to a new report.
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Safeguard ACCU holdings continue to grow as issuance climbs

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 14:32
Entities covered under Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism have continued to hoard carbon credits to meet their expected compliance demand as unit issuance grows, albeit not as fast as the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) previously expected.
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Most corporate climate action leaders based in Europe -report

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 14:01
A global non-profit think tank that assesses leadership in corporate climate policy engagement has found that 23 out of 40 top performers are headquartered in Europe.
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From waste to power: how floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-09-24 11:45
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.
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Quebec pension fund launches investment platform with recently acquired US timberland firm

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 10:23
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.
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Bird photographer of the year 2024 winners – in pictures

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-09-24 10:10

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

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RGGI Market: RGAs give back week’s gains after proposed programme updates

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 09:54
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).
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CWNYC24: Singapore and US allies attempt to shore up support for nascent transition credit market

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 09:37
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.
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CWNYC24: BRIEFING – LATAM governments diverge on key negotiating topics as COP29 looms

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 09:11
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.
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Tech giant buys 15k CDR credits from UK ERW firm

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 09:01
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.
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CWNYC24: Investors still wary of financing “science projects” in the voluntary carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 08:35
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.
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US green banks partner to take on $27 bln investments from IRA

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 08:25
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.
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US CO2 conversion firm raises $645 mln for SAF plants

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 07:54
A US-based CO2 utilisation firm has raised $645 million to finance the development of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants.
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RGGI’s proposed updates to cost containment volumes sink credit prices

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-09-24 07:50
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.
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