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Plans for what is shaping up to be the biggest wind project in Australia's main grid will be released next week, with up to 250 turbines in state-owned softwood plantations in the central west of NSW.

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Over 10 million hectares of intact tropical forests in Indonesia are threatened by biomass power developments, including 127 Key Biodiversity Areas, according to a report.

Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, data shows.

By measuring what might seem immeasurable, businesses can become part of the solution to the nature crisis. Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Simon O'Connor, Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, The University of Melbourne William Geary, Lecturer in Quantitative Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chile is leading Latin America in per capita foreign direct investments (FDI) thanks to how attractive the nation has become as a climate finance destination, the country’s economy minister said Wednesday.

With clean air projects receiving just 1% of aid, activists say nations ‘cannot continue polluting practices at expense of climate stability’

Foreign aid for fossil fuel projects quadrupled in a single year, a report has found, rising ​​from $1.2bn in 2021 to $5.4bn in 2022.

“This shocking increase in aid funding to fossil fuels is a wake-up call,” said Jane Burston, CEO of nonprofit the Clean Air Fund, which conducted the research. “The world cannot continue down this path of propping up polluting practices at the expense of global health and climate stability.”

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Two industry associations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against California regulator ARB for its medium- and heavy-duty vehicles rules, alleging that the stricter emissions standards are unconstitutional.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $29 million in funding for 12 carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects on Wednesday.

Chile and the World Bank have launched a multi-year programme to support the development and harmonisation of carbon pricing initiatives in the South American country, representatives of both entities announced at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

Argentine legislators are drafting a national voluntary carbon market (VCM) law, coinciding with plans for an ETS, according to speakers at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

Canada pledged Wednesday to spend at least C$10 million ($7.3 mln) by 2030 to procure CO2 removal (CDR) services as part of a national strategy to reduce and compensate emissions from governmental operations.

Washington’s Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) sale for the year sold about a third of the permits offered at a premium of about 41.2% compared to the secondary market futures price despite potential for the programme being scrapped by voters at the November elections, results published Wednesday showed, with traders debating how many and why any bidders had participated in the sale.

Rebates may well increase ownership but won’t overcome the main obstacles to riding e-bikes and e-scooters, which are lack of infrastructure and concerns about safety. Abraham Leung, Senior Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

LATAM Airlines is looking to support carbon and biodiversity projects in Latin America as it strives to meet its sustainability goals without any regional sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its immediate disposal, the airline’s sustainability manager said Wednesday.

The UK’s plan to integrate greenhouse gas removals into its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is designed to boost demand for credits at a time when the UK market faces turbulence and uncertainty, speakers said at Carbon Forward Expo London on Wednesday.

Chilean voluntary carbon market (VCM) stakeholders are launching a national carbon association in partnership with VCM standard and registry Verra, as per an announcement at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

A European Commission official said there is “no need to panic” about running out of EU ETS allowances in 2039, due to the expansion of the system’s scope to include additional sectors and auctioning of allowances for aviation.

Despite the growing interest in green hydrogen as a way to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, its high carbon abatement costs — driven largely by storage and distribution expenses — may hinder widespread adoption, according to new research.

How and when industrials start hedging allowances on the EU ETS will be key to price dynamics, but that behaviour may be delayed depending on the enforcement of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to industry traders who spoke on Wednesday at the Carbon Forward conference in London.

The price of petrol and diesel is expected to jump on average by €0.50 per litre at the pump across Europe when the EU’s new Emissions Trading Scheme for road transport and heating fuels (ETS2) comes into force, analysts have said.