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The 'MAIF pour le vivant – Nature 2050' fund has opened a call for projects across mainland France and its overseas territories that contribute to the adaptation of territories to climate change and act to preserve biodiversity by relying on nature-based solutions.

An international network that includes 45 countries has launched the Coral Reef Breakthrough, planning to raise at least $12 billion in public and private finance this decade to stop the drivers of coral reef loss and accelerate restoration.

Australian mining and energy company Fortescue has taken the lead investor role in a $380 million Series C capital raise by a US-based hydrogen company, as the issuance of Australian Carbon Credits Units (ACCUs) fell over the past week.

Pollack from the Channel and dover sole from the Irish Sea among those to avoid, Good Fish Guide says

Only about one in eight UK fisheries have been awarded “green” status for sustainability in the latest edition of the Good Fish Guide.

Of the 337 wild fisheries around the British Isles included on the list, which is compiled by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and updated twice a year, only 13% were regarded as good sustainable choices. The MCS categorises a fishery as a species of fish or shellfish from a specific area caught in a specific way.

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Singapore has set eligibility criteria for international carbon credits that emitters can use towards a part of their carbon tax compliance requirements, with Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu outlining seven precepts during a Wednesday speech.

The Australian founded renewable energy investor winds up a UK-focused fund raising with 20 per cent more than was sought.

The post Quinbrook raises $A1.2 bn for renewable and storage projects in UK appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork

A climate researcher has been threatened with the sack by his employer after refusing to fly back to Germany at short notice after finishing fieldwork in the Solomon Islands archipelago.

On Friday Dr Gianluca Grimalda, an environmental campaigner who refuses to fly on principle, was told by his employer, Germany’s Kiel Institute for World Economy, that if he was not at his desk on Monday he would no longer have a job to return to.

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Latest SunWiz data shows Australian households are continuing to install bigger systems, with a new all-time high average size reached in September.

The post Another solar record falls as average rooftop PV system size hits new high appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research shows turning northern rivers inland to irrigate Australia’s dry interior would not increase rainfall. This is another argument against the Bradfield scheme. Kaighin McColl, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University Dongryeol Ryu, Professor, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Federal parliament crossbenchers call for clear incentives to electrify rentals and apartments, while energy consumer lobby group calls for blanket gas ban.

The post Pressure builds to ban gas, electrify Australian homes as “cost of living imperative” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Updated: Octopus continues its rapid build up in Australia with purchase of a gigawatt hour big battery project in Queensland.

The post Octopus Australia snaps up gigawatt hour battery project in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The NZU stockpile has failed to budge between the June and September quarters, but the number of ETS participants holding units has increased, according to government figures.

The Americas branch of spirits producer Remy Cointreau has teamed up with WWF-Mexico to protect and regenerate the Monarch butterfly across the Americas.

The Director of Nature Positive Corporate Partnerships will provide administrative, research, communications, and project support for select corporate grant portfolios as part of CI’s Center for Sustainable Lands and Waters.

The supply of removal credits needs to be scaled up quickly with dramatic potential across North America. As a US Supply Manager you apply your effective negotiation skills to recruit suppliers and play a key consulting role to them to help them scale their carbon removal projects.

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Massive tree-planting carbon offset projects, including those growing single species, are inadvertently degrading tropical ecosystems and biodiversity by focussing solely on carbon sequestration.

The Clean Energy Regulator and soil carbon project developer Agriprove have rejected concerns from scientists around the issuance of soil Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) as more credits from the project type have been issued. 

California regulator ARB presented further modelling of allowance budgets for its cap-and-trade programme until 2045 and opened discussion of accounting for emissions from electricity imports in unlinked jurisdictions with CO2 pricing, in materials released Tuesday ahead of the agency’s forthcoming pre-rulemaking webinar this week for its climate regulation.

Anthony Albanese plays it safe with the sulphur-crested cockatoo while the tawny frogmouth proves popular among MPs who took blue ribbon seats off Liberals

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The tawny frogmouth is the bird of winners – at least politically.

Three of the MPs who chose the introverted icons as their bird of the year also happen to be among those who took blue ribbon seats off Liberal MPs.

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