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The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will host COP28 next year, has updated its NDC to target a cut in business-as-usual (BAU) GHG emissions of 31% by 2030, the petro-state’s ministry of climate change and environment has announced.

BayWa r.e. looks to capture more of the stand-alone power market in remote WA before branching out into other parts of Australia.

The post BayWa r.e. eyes bigger slice of Australia’s off-grid renewables market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Completed and fully operational, FRV Australia says its 115MW Metz Solar Farm has achieved commercial operating status, and 100% capacity.

The post Big solar powers up as another NSW PV project reaches full generating capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A climate advocacy group is urging the Australian government to restrict the number of carbon credits facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism will have access to in order to offset their emissions.

Waste Expo Australia, the foremost gathering of waste management and resource recovery professionals in the country, launches 2022 conference agenda.

The post Waste Expo 2022 launches Agenda, open for registration appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW lays out rules for first of many tenders to build renewables and storage to replace coal, with Matt Kean also putting in content demands to boost local manufacturing.

The post NSW lays out rules for first stage of $34 billion switch from coal to green energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New Kathleen Valley lithium project will feature Australia's biggest off grid wind, solar and battery storage facility, enabling it to run "engine off" for lengthy periods.

The post Australian lithium mine to be powered by biggest off-grid solar, wind and battery plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The integrity of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) will always remain in doubt, and that problem will not go away even with added levels of review, a VER project developer and intermediary said Monday.

A senior member of Washington's Department of Ecology on Monday announced the state's first cap-and-trade auction schedule in 2023, while a utility company representative said she was expecting a "wild ride" in the first year of the WCI-modelled programme.

New UK Prime Minister appoints multiple advisors with a record of opposing climate action, including a key aide from a think tank funded by oil giant BP.

The post Liz Truss hires climate sceptics and “delayers” with ties to libertarian think tanks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The new monarch’s views on environmental issues are well known but will they influence his reign?

A Toronto-based voluntary carbon offset investor has reached an "exclusive" royalty agreement covering four Brazilian REDD+ projects.

While Australia's new climate bill brings us closer to the international consensus, we should be aiming to go much further, much faster.

The post Ten simple ways to make Australia’s climate game truly next level appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CME Group is extending its nature-based offset future, the CBL N-GEO, to December 2027 as it seeks to maintain liquidity in the nature-based offset and stave off competition from rival exchanges.

New report explains benefits of adopting more efficient technology and warns failure to do so could mean climate chaos

Adopting more efficient and low-carbon technology could create 29m new jobs and double the turnover of the chemicals industry, one of the world’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, according to a new report.

Failure to do so could condemn the world to climate chaos, however, as the climbing emissions from the manufacture of chemicals could result in a global temperature rise of as much as 4C above pre-industrial levels, which would bring catastrophe.

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Pierre Poilievre won the Conservative Party of Canada’s (CPC) leadership race on Saturday, pledging to undo Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon taxes and energy policies that climate experts consider challenging to unravel.

Switzerland has cancelled and rescheduled an aviation carbon permit auction due to weak demand, the government said Monday.

California regulator ARB will evaluate the role of the state’s cap-and-trade programme in hitting more ambitious GHG reduction goals as part of the agency’s updated Scoping Plan modelling, a conference heard Monday.

Australia last week moved to tackle the climate crisis when federal parliament passed Labor’s climate bill. But the new law is just the first step. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.