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Chinese carbon permits continued to climb over the past week amid stable trading volumes, reaching a fresh record high on Wednesday ahead of a week-long holiday, with analysts expecting the growing momentum to continue to the end of the compliance period despite government measures to suppress prices.

Emerging critical infrastructure technology company has raised more than $15 million to bankroll a push into the United States and Europe to support energy utilities.

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While the link between global CO2 emissions and GDP growth is getting weaker, it has yet to decouple entirely, said a research note published Thursday.

Volume lost during hot summers of 2022 and 2023 equal to total depletion between 1960 and 1990, says report

Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in just two years, a report has found.

Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of unusually hot summers and winters with very low snow volume, which have caused the accelerating melts. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990.

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A shift to a new and improved satellite monitoring system will likely raise fresh issues with the carbon crediting of Australian human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects, according to an expert.

A direct air capture company has joined forces with a carbon mineralisation firm to initially remove 500 tonnes of CO2 per year to be permanently stored in rock from a project in Oman, they announced Thursday.

One of Japan's major trading houses has teamed up with a software provider to help create millions of domestically issued forest-based offsets based on a 3D measurement system, it announced Thursday.

After a brief downing of tools in May, the first turbine has been installed at what will be one of the biggest wind farms in Australia.

The post First turbine goes up at Forrest-backed Clarke Creek wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A French private investment house and nature-based carbon project developer have announced details of their plan to invest €1.5 billion in forest carbon projects that will sequester an estimated 150 MtCO2, the two firms said Thursday.

A US-based think-tank has suggested better ESG practices, lower emissions technologies, and practices to conserve biodiversity near mines could have far-reaching implications for social licence and ultimately mine permitting, leading to faster development of the critical minerals needed for the world to meet net-zero goals.

Researchers see political risks to decarbonisation plan across forthcoming elections, but also suggest steps to win support

The EU faces a “make or break moment” for decarbonisation if it is to stick to the European Green Deal, a new report warns, amid the cost of living crisis, multiple elections and a growing political “greenlash”.

In research published on Thursday, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) said European policymakers must convince voters that sticking to the green transition is in their interests – especially with European parliament elections and several national elections coming next year.

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Holding climate change to 1.5 might be possible – but in the best case, we’ll blow past the limit first and then backpedal. Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Good intentions around community batteries are being hijacked by monopoly businesses, while the best route to energy equality is staring governments in the face.

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Amber’s Tim Barson on how home batteries are turning into a money spinner. Plus: Rooftop solar shattering records across the grid.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Making money out of home batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW government tips $45m into Origin-led plans to build a green hydrogen hub on Koorangang Island and wean Orica and other industrials off fossil gas.

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The campaign against wind, solar, batteries and EVs is getting bizarre and intense. Prime minister Albanese pushed back when asked on radio if koalas were being killed to make way for renewables.

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Telstra to take half of the output of a new 120 MW solar farm that is being built in Queensland, its fifth such agreement with large scale renewable projects.

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US industrial giant invests $US27.5 million in a strategic collaboration to advance the development and market adoption of iron flow battery systems.

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Rising risk of heatwaves and bushfires means politicians will be put to the test about the effect of the climate crisis. Already, some have roundly failed

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As Australia stares down the barrel of a hot summer and a rising risk of heatwaves and bushfires, politicians are going to have to get to grips with answering the obvious question. What is climate change doing to our weather extremes?

The Coalition’s shadow social services minister, Michael Sukkar, was given an early test last week and he roundly failed.

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State owned utility Synergy undone by costly contracts for fossil fuels as it prepares to exit coal generation and build more renewables and storage.

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