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Edi Rama goes off-script, saying speeches ‘change nothing’ and calling for ‘common political will’

Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, has joined a chorus of leaders using their speeches to call for more money to reach their climate goals - and specifying that they need grants rather than loans that saddle them with more debt.

“Without climate justice, there can be no real resilience,” he said. “I wouldn’t want other countries to face the fight Pakistan faced in 2022.”

Pakistan was devastated by floods two years ago, shortly before Cop27. The disaster added a sense of urgency to that year’s negotiations that helped pressure rich countries to set up a fund to pay for the losses and damages borne by poor countries. (You can read more on that from my colleague Nina Lakhani here.)

“Two years, I warned at the top of my voice that the future would never forgive our inaction,” said Sharif. “Today, I echo the same warning with greater urgency and fullest energy at my command.”

25 countries have announced a commitment to swift and ambitious climate action.

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A survey of over 100 companies has underscored the willingness of investors in carbon markets to pay strong premiums for Article 6-aligned credits.

Japan is preparing to add an offset methodology for direct air capture (DAC) projects to its national voluntary J-Credit programme. 

The new NSW benefit sharing guidelines have thrown up a potential problem for renewable and storage projects: Did they just cap developer contributions to community funds?

The post Renewable energy developers raise questions about apparent cap on community funds in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chinese company completes world’s second-largest solar facility, a 3 GW PV farm built on an old cold mine, and starts first generation from the world's first gigawatt scale floating solar project.

The post China floats its first gigawatt scale offshore solar park, and completes 3GW PV project at old coal mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It is Day 3 at COP29, the second day of the World Leaders Summit. Parties are beginning to solidify positions on the new climate finance goal, expected to be the headline outcome of this year's UN climate event, though conflicts are also bubbling linked to the wider, tense political and diplomatic context. In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT+4).

Marine scientist uncovers the story behind Andruha's escape from Russian military training programme.

Questions raised over influence after 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for biodiversity summit in Colombia

Record numbers of business representatives and lobbyists had access to the UN’s latest biodiversity talks, analysis shows.

In total 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for Cop16 in Cali, Colombia, which ended in disarray and without significant progress on a number of key issues including nature funding, monitoring biodiversity loss and work on reducing environmentally harmful business subsidies.

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NT announces plans for a major renewable energy hub near Darwin focusing on solar and battery storage.

The post NT unveils plans for a $400 million solar and battery hub in Darwin appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists including Australia's CSIRO warn that there is a 50% chance the world's "carbon budget" will be exceeded in six years.

The post Stubborn fossil fuel emissions threaten to blow global carbon budget appeared first on RenewEconomy.

For almost everyone but Tesla shareholders, the appointment of the world's richest man to "dismantle government bureaucracy" and regulation may not end so well.

The post “Manhattan Project of our time:” Did Trump just appoint Musk to drop a bomb on US economy? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK PM lays down the gauntlet on climate action to Australia and the rest of the developed world, committing to an interim emissions reduction target of at least 81% on 1990 levels by 2035.

The post UK sets “shining example” for 2035 targets as COP29 gathers pace. Will Australia match its ambition? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Toronto-based carbon credit financier has seen its financial losses mount after it was forced to write off two more projects.

Andrew Forrest takes aim at Woodside and Exxon "the great deceivers" as most of the corporate world prepares to adapt to Trump 2.0.

The post Andrew Forrest takes aim at Woodside and Exxon, as battle lines are drawn for Trump 2.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and flesh flies Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) has launched a pilot grant programme to support companies in the city-state developing early-stage carbon projects that could generate high-quality credits under Article 6.

The Biden administration and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a federal strategy for accelerating marine CO2 removal (mCDR) research on Tuesday.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday determined that the White House environmental council lacks authority to enact rules under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), overturning decades of regulatory practice.

Several key energy and climate plans - including hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects - face uncertainty in Germany as the country prepares for a snap election on Feb. 23, 2025.

The federal government plans to tax the carbon tax rebate still owed to small businesses five years into Canada’s federal carbon levy, a non-profit said Tuesday.