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Innovations in three key sectors of the global food system, including livestock, food loss and waste, and rice cultivation, can help meet climate targets by reducing methane emissions by up to 75% by 2050, a report has found.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo held a closed door meeting with ministers this week to finalise governance structures for carbon credit exports in the country, however there is still debate around how it will be conducted, Carbon Pulse understands.

Forres-based Orbex has proposed launching up to 12 rockets a year from Sutherland Spaceport.

Federal Labor announces new national body armed with $400m budget to support emissions-intensive sectors, their workers and communities to transition to clean industry.

The post “About time:” Net Zero Authority to guide just transition from fossils to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar reaches 40GW of output for first time in Germany.

The post Chart of the day: Germany produces 40GW of solar for first time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 200MWh Kwinana big battery - the first in the world's biggest isolated grid - finally gets its registration after some six months of delay.

The post Kwinana: First big battery in world’s biggest isolated grid finally gets registered appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Singapore-headquartered climate tech company has launched a climate investing platform to leverage technology with the aim to make investing in carbon markets more accessible, in so doing seeking to empower individuals to take climate action, it announced on Friday.

A startup co-founded by an ex-NBA star that has developed carbon-negative cement has raised $12 million in pre-seed funding.

Squadron Energy CEO Jason Willoughby hits back at ex-Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad's claim that Australia's target of 82% renewables by 2030 is "bullshit."

The post Andrew Forrest executive slaps down ex-Snowy chief’s latest renewables bullsh** appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New transmission links for Victoria could be a deadweight: More local solar and storage would be a cheaper and quicker alternative.

The post New links could turn Victoria into energy importer: Solar and storage would be cheaper appeared first on RenewEconomy.

When Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, the news overshadowed reporting of a critical review of climate tipping points, published in Science. Did you miss it? Darren Ray, PhD candidate | Paleoclimate, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The world’s oceans regulate our climate, but they are entering uncharted territory, with record surface warming and changes to Antarctica’s deep meltwater which drives global currents. Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Snowy 2.0 is by no means perfect, but Australia’s renewables transformation will need a huge amount of energy storage – and pumped hydro is an important part of the mix.

The post I’m no apologist for Snowy 2.0 – but let’s not obsess over delays and cost blowouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia has experience with most of the vessels it needs for offshore wind, but local competition for them is high.

The post Offshore wind industry in race to source enough people, ports and boats appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carbon standard manager Verra has suspended a major cookstove project and two mangrove restoration projects over the past week, preventing the schemes from being issued with carbon credits.

EU nations this week agreed a united line to require companies to reveal more about their climate goals to consumers, but stopped short of lawmaker efforts to also ban the use of carbon credits for such claims altogether.

Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) values tumbled this week in response to forthcoming emergency rulemaking provisions for the programme’s permit reserve, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices declined on extremely light volumes amid numerous bank failures and ahead of the Q3 WCI auction.

The CEO of offset developer South Pole has hit back at “incomplete and factually incorrect” news reports alleging that the company’s Kariba REDD+ forest preservation project in Africa has over-issued carbon credits.

Major problems with Quebec’s afforestation and reforestation offset protocol under the province’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade programme means it could potentially over-credit into the millions, researchers said in analysis released Wednesday.