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CQC is seeking to hire an additional Investment Associate and an Investment Analyst to join its Sydney-based investment team. These are roles in the burgeoning international carbon markets.

Asia-Pacific companies need to adapt more far-reaching climate targets and provide better data, a survey has found.

An Australian offset project developer has urged the government to delay the implementation of a new rule that allows sellers to exit their contracts with the Emissions Reductions Fund, and cap the volume of carbon credits that can be sold on the voluntary market instead.

Australia's Clean Energy Regulator expects both supply and demand in the nation's offset market to rise to record highs this year, with data showing brokers, traders, and financial institutions becoming far more involved.

Researchers say they have solved one of science's biggest paradoxes, first identified by Prof Stephen Hawking.

Queensland announces connection deal for country's biggest wind farm, and another $190 million to support new Wambo wind project.

The post Queensland backs connection to country’s biggest wind project, and new Wambo facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research shows Australia can help slash emissions across the Asia Pacific by focusing on massive wind and solar projects and zero emissions exports.

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The price of Australian carbon credits stabilises, as buyers digest the fall out of recent government changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund.

The post Regulator predicts surging demand for carbon credits as prices stabilise after crash appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Chinese verifier caught falsifying data for participants in the national emissions trading scheme will no longer provide services related to the carbon market.

Urban renewal can bring downsides as well as benefits. A new guide helps people connect more deeply with their suburbs. Shannon Foster, D'harawal Knowledge Keeper PhD Candidate and Lecturer UTS, University of Technology Sydney Alexandra Crosby, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Ilaria Vanni, Associate Professor, International Studies and Global Societies, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Vestas head of Australia-New Zealand says building a skilled workforce to drive Australia's shift to renewables is one of biggest challenges facing industry.

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Prof Terry Hughes says he believes bleaching is under way as the Australian government conducts monitoring flights over 2,300km reef

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One of the world’s leading coral scientists claims a sixth mass bleaching event is unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef, with official monitoring flights now under way all along the Queensland coastline.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has confirmed monitoring flights are being conducted “along the length and breadth” of the 2,300km world heritage reef.

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The idea that Germany would be a major hydrogen export prospect for Australia seemed laughable a few years ago. But the business case has dramatically improved.

The post Shipping sunshine: Germany emerges as big customer for Australia’s bottled solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Scott Morrison has to be very selective with the data to make a favourable global comparison

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According to prime minister Scott Morrison, two years ago the message he was giving the public on climate change was that “we need to get emissions down”.

In a morning TV interview with Nine News political editor, Chris Uhlmann, Morrison accepted Australia was now a harder place to live because of the climate crisis, and tried to suggest his priority had always been getting emissions down.

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The mining town has received a record 140mm of rain in one afternoon, with the State Emergency Service called to several flood rescues. Police say a 56-year-old man drowned after trying to help friends in flood waters on Menindee Road, 35km east of Broken Hill. He got out of his car and was swept into a concrete pipe. Mayor Tom Kennedy says the town regularly experiences flooding when hit by sudden storms: 'But this was probably twice what we’d get in a normal downpour'

• ‘Streets were flowing’: Broken Hill reeling after record rainfall and deadly flash flooding

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Quinbrook reportedly seeks buyers for Lockyer Energy, which has morphed from a government shortlisted gas project into a major battery plan.

The post Quinbrook seeks buyers for Queensland’s biggest battery storage and gas project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US-based agricultural carbon offset firm Agoro Carbon Alliance on Wednesday announced it will be officially carved out from Norwegian fertiliser company Yara.