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EU legislators early on Friday struck a provisional deal to deepen cuts in land use (LULUCF) emissions in line the the bloc's overall 2030 climate target, enabling ministers to head to COP27 UN climate talks next week with three major elements of their flagship Fit for 55 climate package in place. 

Companies and financial backers are laying the groundwork for a shift in attitudes towards gas

Gas producers and their financial backers see Cop27 as an opportunity for discussions about rebranding natural gas as a transition fuel rather than a fossil fuel, experts have said.

The push is coming from the host Egypt and its gas-producing allies amid a global energy crisis compounded by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Exclusive: most extraction points for rivers and groundwater not metered, so government relies on users’ honesty

The government has “no idea” how much water is being taken from rivers and groundwater, according to an Environment Agency (EA) whistleblower, as swathes of England remain in drought despite recent heavy rainfall.

The whistleblower told the Guardian that the EA’s regulation of water abstraction points for farms, small businesses and private water supplies was “absolutely pointless” because most were not metered and the monitoring that did take place was unreliable.

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Panama Cites convention considers proposals to protect turtle populations also depleted for food, medication and colorful shells

Turtle poaching to meet the rising demand for the species as pets has pushed more than half of the nearly 300 living turtle and tortoise species closer to extinction, a global wildlife conference has heard.

The 184-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), which is meeting in Panama from 11 to 25 November, has seen one proposal that would ban or limit the commercial trade in more than 20 mud turtle species. More than 10 other proposals have been received that would increase protection for freshwater turtles.

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Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use are estimated to increase by 1% in 2022 to 36.6 billion tonnes, reaching a new record and reflecting a full rebound from the pre-COVID-19 levels in 2019, research released early Friday shows.

Analysts have cut their short- and medium-term EU carbon price forecasts over a mix of bearish factors including Europe’s energy crisis, the continent’s worsening economic outlook, and increased allowance sales through the bloc’s REPowerEU plan.

BlueFloat and Energy Estate unveil second offshore wind project as part of multibillion-dollar investment plan for New Zealand.

The post BlueFloat and partners step up plans to build offshore wind farms in New Zealand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How fast can industry can bring massive decarbonisation projects to market. It's one of the big questions for the likes of CWP and Vattenfall at Egypt's COP27.

The post Time to be brave: Investors ponder massive fossil free investments in steel and hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says rules around corporate emissions reporting are “wide enough to drive a diesel truck through”. Keegan Robertson, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Curtin University Hugh Finn, Lecturer, Curtin University Ifan Odwyn Jones, Emeritus Professor, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia’s only solar maker names Richard Petterson as its new CEO, to take the helm at the Adelaide-based company as it expands its PV offerings.

The post Australia’s only solar manufacturer names new CEO as it branches into agrivoltaics appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brookfield’s head of renewables Luke Edwards discusses the surprise bid for Origin Energy. Plus: Tesla margins deliver wake up call to Toyota.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Brookfield’s $20 billion green energy plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

On current emissions rates, the world has a 50:50 chance of breaching 1.5°C warming in the next nine years.

The post “Nine years left:” Emissions record in 2022 puts world on course to breach 1.5° appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Just a couple of months after his unceremonious departure from Snowy Hydro, Paul Broad has been tapped by the NSW premier as a "special advisor" on energy.

The post “Best and brightest:” Perrottet hires ex-Snowy chief as energy advisor, bats for gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There is a 50% chance dangerous warming limit will be breached in nine years, experts say.

Daniel Andrews promises to install 100 neighbourhood batteries across the state if re-elected later this month, to make the most of the state’s rooftop solar resource.

The post Victoria Labor promises another 100 neighbourhood batteries to soak up rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ESB puts forward two new hybrid models to try and solve grid access issues, to the relief of renewable energy developers.

The post Renewable hopes buoyed as hybrid models considered for grid access and congestion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

‘Loss and damage’ finance for developing nations and domestic support for clean energy industries may be politically difficult – but they are necessary investments

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The money conversation is always fraught at the Cop climate negotiations, and this year it is particularly difficult given economic trouble in rich countries. But the global energy crisis works in favour of clean energy transition and achieving more meaningful emissions cuts down the track.

The world is still short of the Paris goal to provide $100bn in climate finance to developing countries. And only a fraction of the money provided is for dealing with climate change impacts, which is what developing countries need most. Financial needs for climate change adaptation in developing countries are estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars per year.

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You have to hand it to Neoen Australia. Each time it has installed a big battery in Australia it has effectively changed the rules of the game, and pushed the technology into new frontiers. The latest innovation is the newly announced Blyth battery, which will be used to ensure delivery of “24/7 power” to the […]

The post Neoen finds another game changing use and a new frontier for a very big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

At current levels of emissions, there is a 50% chance the planet will reach the 1.5℃ global average temperature rise in just nine years. Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia Glen Peters, Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo Judith Hauck, Helmholtz Young Investigator group leader and deputy head of the Marine Biogeosciences section at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Universität Bremen Julia Pongratz, Professor of Physical Geography and Land Use Systems, Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Philippe Ciais, Directeur de recherche au Laboratoire des science du climat et de l’environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) Pierre Friedlingstein, Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate, University of Exeter Robbie Andrew, Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo Rob Jackson, Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.