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CWNYC24: VCMI expects more companies to pick up its claims, as Scope 3 launch nears

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 07:10
Two companies have so far made claims for the highest grade available under the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity (VCMI) initiative's code for offset use - but more are expected in the coming months, and even more once the new Scope 3 claim is finalised, the initiative's executive director told Carbon Pulse on Wednesday.
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Our electricity workforce must double to hit the 2030 renewables target. Energy storage jobs will soon overtake those in coal and gas

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-09-26 06:34
The rapid shift in our electricity system calls for a huge increase in the workforce needed to construct, operate and maintain it. Urgent action on building up this workforce is needed. Jay Rutovitz, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Elianor Gerrard, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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CWNYC24: Carbon credit project developers say it’s on buyers to pay for insurance

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 06:15
Voluntary carbon market project developers' margins are too thin to also pay for insurance - and the responsibility for insuring projects ultimately lies with the buyer, according to speakers at Climate Week NYC.
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CWNYC24: African carbon markets stakeholders consider credit price floor

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 05:17
A capacity-building programme for African carbon markets has considered a credit price floor but does not currently have an official ask, Carbon Pulse heard on Wednesday during Climate Week NYC.
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ERW startup renews carbon removals partnership with large buyer

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 02:18
A startup specialising in enhanced rock weathering (ERW) technology on Wednesday announced a renewed partnership with a large buyer of CO2 removal credits.
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Earth to briefly gain second 'moon', scientists say

BBC - Thu, 2024-09-26 01:47
Earth is about to get a second moon for a couple of months, but it won't be visible for most people.
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CWNYC24: UK pushing to get next Brazilian J-REDD deal over the line -official

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 01:27
The UK is making a push for the next jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) deal arranged through the LEAF Coalition to be with another Brazilian state, a British official said Wednesday at Climate Week NYC.
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CWNYC24: Global corporations back new initiative for round-the-clock carbon-free electricity

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 01:20
Major international companies including Google have joined a new initiative aimed at boosting the use of carbon-free power across the world, in a bid to revolutionise electricity procurement and reduce emissions.
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Hemp carbon removal credits to be tokenised by Swedish platform

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 01:16
A specialist standard for growing hemp has sold a batch of credits to a Swedish blockchain carbon removal platform for tokenisation, marking a new partnership between the two companies.
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Paris investor seals deal to sell credits from large blue carbon project in Mozambique

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 01:00
A Paris-based financier will fully fund the first phase of a large blue carbon project in Mozambique and in return sell the credits generated.
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Stuck on repeat: why Peter Dutton’s ‘greatest hits’ on nuclear power are worse than a broken record | Temperature Check

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-09-26 01:00

So far there are no costings and no details on what type of reactors there would be, their size or who would build them

Usually you need a few genuine releases under your belt before you start putting out “greatest hits” albums, but when it comes to spruiking nuclear this hasn’t stopped Peter Dutton.

This week, the opposition leader gave a speech that some hoped – perhaps naively – would add some more detail to the Coalition’s scant policy proposal to build nuclear reactors at seven sites around Australia.

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CWNYC24: Climate impact verifier, standards body team up to drive corporate action on Scope 3 emissions

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-09-26 00:56
A climate impact verification organisation and a major carbon market standards body on Wednesday announced a new partnership aimed at driving credible corporate Scope 3 emissions reductions.
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CWNYC24: New initiative shuns carbon offsets to offer alternative path to decarbonising global fashion

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 23:54
A new initiative to decarbonise cotton production without the use of carbon offsets was launched Wednesday, in an attempt to transform the global fashion industry's approach to sustainable raw materials.
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Asset owners alliance announces second annual emission drop, claims alignment with 1.5C target

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 23:01
A global institutional investor group has announced a 6% annual drop in emissions across its 88 members, nearly doubling last year's reductions, as it claims to be aligned with the 1.5C Paris warming target.
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Market infrastructure provider, climate risk experts team up to facilitate corporate reporting, supply chain decarbonisation

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 22:51
A global market infrastructure provider has partnered with a climate risk analytics firm to assist companies in meeting evolving reporting requirements and driving large-scale supply chain decarbonisation.
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Orange juice producer and partners launch Brazil’s first carbon credit methodology for agribusiness

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 22:45
The world’s largest orange juice producer, in partnership with two environmental companies, will launch Brazil’s first carbon credit methodology for the agribusiness, according to a press release.
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INTERVIEW: Carbon exchange board member urges SBTN, TNFD to include biodiversity credits in their frameworks

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-25 22:10
The Science-Based Target Network (SBTN) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) should integrate biodiversity credits into their frameworks to help unlock corporate demand, according to an executive board member of carbon exchange Climate Impact X (CIX).
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