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South Korea to deepen Paris partnership with Vietnam

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 19:37
South Korea and Vietnam have decided to strengthen their cooperation on climate change, with the development of pilot Article 6 projects at the top of the agenda. 
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Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study finds

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 19:37

Scientists call for regulation to stop regional use of marine cloud brightening having negative impact elsewhere

A geoengineering technique designed to reduce high temperatures in California could inadvertently intensify heatwaves in Europe, according to a study that models the unintended consequences of regional tinkering with a changing climate.

The paper shows that targeted interventions to lower temperature in one area for one season might bring temporary benefits to some populations, but this has to be set against potentially negative side-effects in other parts of the world and shifting degrees of effectiveness over time.

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EU inaugurates green innovation hub in Seville

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 19:34
The European Commission on Friday launched its brand new Innovation Centre for Industrial Transformation (INCITE) in Seville, aiming to accelerate the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries to reach climate neutrality by mid-century.
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Climate activists bemoan scant progress on finance as Cop29 looms

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 19:18

UN says finding funds to tackle climate crisis is ‘a steep mountain to climb’, as talks end with little agreement

Finding the finance needed to stave off the worst impacts of the climate crisis will be “a very steep mountain to climb”, the UN has conceded, as two vital international conferences failed to produce the progress needed to generate funds for poor countries.

With less than five months to go before the Cop29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan in November, there is still no agreement on how to bridge the near-trillion dollar gap between what developing countries say is needed and the roughly $100bn a year of climate finance that flows today from public sources in the rich world to stricken developing nations.

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South Korea releases national biogas development strategy

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 18:20
South Korea has rolled out a national strategy for the development of the biogas sector, a move it says can help cut millions tonnes of CO2e emissions over the coming years.
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Experts, investors baulk at Australian opposition’s proposals on nuclear, capping renewables

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 18:06
Multiple experts and asset owners have raised a number of issues with the Australian opposition’s thinly-detailed nuclear energy proposal, while renewable energy developers urged stakeholders not be distracted by the idea.
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Australian ministers agree 2030 biodiversity targets, include OECMs in Nature Repair Market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 18:00
Australian federal and state environment ministers on Friday agreed on an ambition to protect and conserve 30% of land and sea by 2030 and a number of other ambitions that the country will take to the biodiversity COP in Colombia later this year, while also agreeing to include Other Effective land-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Nature Repair Market.
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Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 17:00

Conservationists hope insects carrying ‘birth control’ bacteria can save honeycreeper being wiped out by malaria

Millions of mosquitoes are being released from helicopters in Hawaii in a last-ditch attempt to save rare birds slipping into extinction.

The archipelago’s endemic, brightly coloured honeycreeper birds are dying of malaria carried by mosquitoes first introduced by European and American ships in the 1800s. Having evolved with no immunity to the disease, the birds can die after just a single bite.

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Week in wildlife – in pictures: bears’ dinner party, a Kentish wildcat kitten and racing marmots

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Restore Nature Now: thousands to march in London calling for urgent action

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 17:00

Mainstream groups including National Trust and RSPB will join hunt saboteurs and direct action activists for first time

Crabs, badgers and scores of dragonfly wings will be among the fancy dress worn by thousands of people joining more than 350 environmental groups marching through London on Saturday to demand the next government does not “recklessly” ignore the nature crisis.

For the first time, mainstream organisations including the National Trust and the RSPB will stand beside hunt saboteurs and direct action activists in the Restore Nature Now march, as campaigners call on the next government to take “bold” steps to tackle the biodiversity crisis.

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Happy 200th anniversary climate change – thank goodness for Peter Dutton | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 16:23

Nuclear power? Really!?

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Indonesia’s Pertamina lays out transition plan in sustainable finance framework

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 16:03
Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina has unveiled a sustainable finance framework which it says will align its sustainability efforts with its funding strategy.
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‘I fear when we stop, no one will replace us’: Madagascar’s forest guardians – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 16:00

Community conservation groups are fighting to protect woodlands from illegal logging, farming and fires, but limited resources are a constant challenge and the task is getting ever more difficult

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South Australia releases green iron and steel strategy, calls for industry collaboration

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 13:38
The South Australian state government has published a green iron and steel strategy and put a call out to global industry to help it figure out how it can underpin investment in the nascent sector.
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Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy will do nothing to ease Australians’ hip-pocket pain, now or in the future

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-06-21 13:19
The Coalition’s nuclear plan is an unwelcome proposal which will slow the energy transition and increase our dependence on gas – a surefire way to drive up energy bills. Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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