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Turtle poaching for pet trade threatens half of world’s species

The Guardian - Fri, 2022-11-11 17:00

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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CP Daily: Thursday November 10, 2022

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2022-11-11 15:25
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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COP27: Global emissions from fossil fuel use rise by 1% in 2022 to new high, research finds

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2022-11-11 15:20
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.
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POLL: Analysts cut short-, medium-term EU carbon price forecasts on worsening outlook

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2022-11-11 15:00
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.
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BlueFloat and partners step up plans to build offshore wind farms in New Zealand

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 13:54

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

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Time to be brave: Investors ponder massive fossil free investments in steel and hydrogen

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 13:38

hybrit fossil free steel hydrogen sweden - optimisedHow 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.

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'Toxic cover-up': 6 lessons Australia can draw from the UN's scathing report on greenwashing

The Conversation - Fri, 2022-11-11 13:29
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.
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Australia’s only solar manufacturer names new CEO as it branches into agrivoltaics

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 13:22

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.

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Energy Insiders Podcast: Brookfield’s $20 billion green energy plans

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 12:46

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

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“Nine years left:” Emissions record in 2022 puts world on course to breach 1.5°

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 12:32

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

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“Best and brightest:” Perrottet hires ex-Snowy chief as energy advisor, bats for gas

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 12:29

Snowy Hydro CEO Paul Broad. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch).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.

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COP27: Key climate goal of 1.5C rise faces new challenge

BBC - Fri, 2022-11-11 12:17
There is a 50% chance dangerous warming limit will be breached in nine years, experts say.
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Victoria Labor promises another 100 neighbourhood batteries to soak up rooftop solar

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 12:05

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.

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Renewable hopes buoyed as hybrid models considered for grid access and congestion

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 12:03

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

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Rich countries like Australia shouldn’t balk at climate spending – it will soon pay for itself | Frank Jotzo

The Guardian - Fri, 2022-11-11 11:22

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

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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Neoen finds another game changing use and a new frontier for a very big battery

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 10:35

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 […]

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Global carbon emissions at record levels with no signs of shrinking, new data shows. Humanity has a monumental task ahead

The Conversation - Fri, 2022-11-11 10:01
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.
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NA Markets: CCAs and RGAs decline while Q4 WCI sale, new Pennsylvania leadership come into focus

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2022-11-11 09:50
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowances (RGA) prices traded lower through the US midterm election week and shrugged off a cooler US Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading, as market participants geared up for the Q4 WCI auction and look to guidance from Pennsylvania's governor-elect on the state's RGGI future.
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Will the mass uptake of EVs blow up the power grid?

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 09:22

Report says sensible – and smart – policies will support the huge new load on the power system as Australia transitions to battery-electric cars. 

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New French law mandates solar panels on new parking lots

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2022-11-11 09:20

solar car parkThe French Senate has approved a bill that will require parking lots with a minimum of 80 spaces to be covered with a canopy of solar panels.

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