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The first week of the summit included digging in on fossil fuels and putting net zero through the spin cycle

As the climate talks in Glasgow reach their midpoint, it’s worth taking a look back at Australia’s extraordinary performance in the first week.

Fresh from the G20 meeting in Italy where he refused to agree to a ban on coal, the first thing Scott Morrison did upon arrival in Glasgow was a stand-up press conference, which barely mentioned the words climate change.

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Shipping requires vast amounts of fuel, and the questions of which country is responsible for emissions makes reaching agreements a mammoth and glacial task. Peter van Duyn, Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Should rooftop PV subsidies be redirected to low-income households only? New study shows why supporting hardship customers with solar could be a better deal.

The post Why putting rooftop solar on low-income rooftops is an “economic no-brainer” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US-China study finds wind and solar power can meet more than 80% of demand in many countries around the world without “crazy amounts” of storage or excess capacity.

The post Wind and solar can supply most of world’s energy needs, most of the time, says study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ARENA pitches in funding for a 40MW renewable hydrogen electrolyser project that will help push Newcastle towards a green industry future.

The post Newcastle may get 40MW green hydrogen electrolyser in Macquarie-backed study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Countries may apply new pressure on climate laggards to strengthen 2030 emissions targets, putting Australia back in the spotlight at future talks.

The post Taylor leaves Glasgow claiming success, but Australia faces “ratchet” over 2030 failure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Morrison government rejects direct calls for action from Britain, the US, Europe and Pacific nations at Cop26

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Pressure on the Australian government to lift its 2030 emissions target is expected to escalate and continue into next year, based on a document released by the British hosts at the Glasgow climate summit.

A summary of issues to be negotiated in the second week of the Cop26 talks includes a push for countries that have not improved their short-term targets to be told they are expected to do so in 2022.

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Queensland seeks proposals for multiple battery storage installations of up to four hours to help deal with solar duck curve and falling minimum demand.

The post Queensland calls for multiple four hour batteries to deal with solar duck curve appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Negotiators at COP26 in Glasgow enter the second week of the talks, with hopes of further progress as ministers get involved. We are tracking developments here.

Greens leader Adam Bandt aiming to secure balance of power at next federal election, laments lost decade on emissions due to carbon price repeal.

The post Greens eye balance of power again as they lament lost decade on emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There are more participants than from any single country, a study shared with the BBC suggests.

By mimicking the way lobsters’ eyes work, scientists have designed new X-ray space telescopes that can survey much larger areas.

Plans for a generation of new smaller nuclear reactors will become more concrete this week.

Constant change in the climate policies of Australia and New Zealand has been a huge disappointment to Pacific island nations

When I came into office as president of Kiribati in 2003, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had released its third assessment report and, like my predecessors, I believed the report’s projected rise in sea levels posed a real threat to the survival for those of us on the frontline. Accordingly, in my first address at the UN General Assembly in 2004 I drew attention to the dangers posed by climate change, especially to small island nations like Kiribati and other Pacific island countries.

The fact that no other leader made any reference to it in their statement worried me and I wondered whether I might be making a fool of myself, especially when the focus of international attention at the time was on more real and present threats like terrorism. Thankfully by the next assembly, in 2005, other Pacific island leaders had joined the call for action. This has gathered great momentum in the years since.

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Australia doesn’t need to wait for new technology before committing to deep emissions cuts. Most technologies we need already exist – they just need to be deployed at massive scale.

The post Scott Morrison is hiding behind future technologies, when we should just deploy what already exists appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's electricity market will be dominated by more rooftop solar, growing amounts of large scale wind and solar, and storage.

The post The highs and lows of Australia’s increasingly variable energy market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The UK is following the EU’s lead and is considering a carbon border adjustment mechanism to protect industry from carbon leakage, the country’s environment secretary said Sunday.