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Taiwan has updated its management rules to streamline the development process of voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects, as the island is gearing up for a domestic carbon levy scheme as part of its Paris-aligned climate targets.

Finland will use EU funding to boost target habitats and garner private-sector funding to make biodiversity projects more financially sustainable, the government announced.

Developing nations need equivalent of US Inflation Reduction Act, says Nobel prize-winning economist

Poor countries should be provided with $300bn (£246bn) a year from the International Monetary Fund to finance their fight against the climate crisis, the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said.

Speaking to the Guardian at the IMF’s annual meeting in Marrakech, Stiglitz said developing nations needed their equivalent of the US Inflation Reduction Act – a package of grants and subsidies designed to promote green growth and jobs.

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a released beaver, mating damselflies and a fat bear

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Findings raise concerns among experts who say climate funding works best when invested directly in local communities

More than £2bn of UK foreign aid aimed at helping poorer countries cope with the escalating climate crisis has been channelled through private consultancies since 2010, according to an analysis.

The investigation by Carbon Brief found that more than 10% of UK foreign aid spent on climate-related projects had gone through consultants like KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Adam Smith International.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has issued 1.3 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in its latest update, over 400,000 of which went to projects owned by fossil fuel companies.

How Beon Energy has left a lasting legacy and set a new benchmark for meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities. Plus, AEMO's solar switch-off push.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The power of putting First Nations first appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Employment, self esteem, agency. How genuine and early engagement with Aboriginal communities can build solar farms and meaningful change.

The post From 30 jobs to “generational change:” When solar projects put First Nations first appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CleanCo puts out a call for another 3GW of new wind and solar projects as state government advances massive Borumba pumped hydro project.

The post CleanCo seeks another 3GW of wind and solar to boost pipeline to more than 5GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We talk to three people in regional Australia dealing with renewable and transmission projects about the issue of social licence. Plus: Brookfield’s big win.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Social licence in the regions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Six policy changes to unlock Australia's powerhouse of behind-the-meter energy assets to further benefit consumers and hit our climate targets.

The post How to unlock $250 billion in energy assets under (and on) our own roofs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Global report says transitioning fossil fuel workers will be key to building the wind energy workforce as countries like Australia drive huge development growth.

The post Wind energy workforce needs to double in Australia to help deliver “colossal growth” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New report argues that for grid decarbonisation, the smart money should be on long duration storage – with concentrated solar at the forefront.

The post Solar thermal investment – now – could shave billions off energy transition bill appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) on Thursday said linking its cap-and-trade regulation with the California-Quebec market could yield several benefits, and that maintaining an independent scheme could prove an existential threat to the programme.

The NZX has updated the ETS auction calendar for the next four auctions in line with the new price controls and settings recommended by the Climate Change Commission, as market observers look to what the future holds following Saturday's election.

Here are 12 questions worth considering before you sign a residential tenancy agreement. Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Tim Law, Adjunct lecturer, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices sagged to a six-week low in recent days as bearish macroeconomic factors intertwined with “roll season”, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) values sank as traders questioned the upcoming November Allowance Price Containment Reserve sale and state’s WCI linkage potential.

Self-contained power system that combines solar and a renewable hydrogen hybrid battery begins trial run at Victoria manufacturing facility.

The post First “stand-alone” renewable hydrogen system plugs in at manufacturing facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A large Brazilian financial services firm is working to set up a trading desk following its inaugural sale of carbon credits to a major multinational bank, the company announced Wednesday.