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A Paris-headquartered certifier for nature-based carbon projects has raised €5 million in fresh funding to expand its operations and develop new methodologies, the organisation announced on Thursday.

A Canadian tech company has collaborated with a concrete producer and a gas distributor in Saudi Arabia to produce low-carbon materials by incorporating captured CO2, the companies announced this week.

‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say

Concern over the climate crisis may evaporate in the White House from January, but its financial costs are now starkly apparent to Americans in the form of soaring home insurance premiums – with those in the riskiest areas for floods, storms and wildfires suffering the steepest rises of all.

A mounting toll of severe hurricanes, floods, fires and other extreme events has caused average premiums to leap since 2020, with parts of the US most prone to disasters bearing the brunt. A climate crisis is starting to stir an insurance crisis.

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The EU’s 2040 climate target proposal, due early next year, should make a clear distinction between emission reductions and carbon removals, said Swedish lawmaker Emma Wiesner, denouncing the bloc's plans to put forward a net target as “a slap in the face” and “a huge betrayal” for the European Parliament.

An exchange that supports one of China's pilot carbon markets has unveiled an online financing service targeting carbon pledges in a latest attempt to explore innovative financial instruments.

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) prices recouped some of their recent losses Thursday after a bout of severe volatility earlier in the week that had seen units trade as low as A$37 ($23.82).

New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

A $200bn wave of new gas projects could lead to a “climate bomb” equivalent to releasing the annual emissions of all the world’s operating coal power plants, according to a report.

Large banks have invested $213bn into plans to build terminals that export and import gas that is chilled and shipped on ocean tankers. But a report has warned that they could be more damaging than coal power.

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New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission (CCC) has called for more severe emissions reductions across all sectors in its updated advice to government published Thursday, while recommending shipping and aviation emissions to be included in a net negative 2050 target.

An industry coalition of energy majors has released a set of recommendations for cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the Asia Pacific, in order to provide the necessary legal clarity in the absence of international regulations.

Peter Dutton vows to scrap the NSW Hunter region offshore wind development zone and the $10 billion project that would be built there.

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Vanuatu’s climate case at the International Court of Justice poses a real challenge to Australia’s standing in the region. Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Liam Moore, Lecturer in International Politics and Policy, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A battery project hailed as a "first of its kind" when unveiled two years ago has been scrapped by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy - because it is too small.

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A New York-headquartered sustainable soil company offering biochar alternatives to peat-based potting mixes has announced the completion of a $3.6-mln seed funding round aimed at transforming the horticulture industry through carbon-negative solutions.

Group of science and engineering academies agree that baseload power plants not required to support a renewables dominated grid, and are likely to make it more expensive.

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Two First Nations-backed solar projects cleared for construction in the Pilbara, to power mining and industry and give back to Indigenous communities.

The post Two First Nations-backed solar farms cleared to help power Pilbara and its huge iron ore mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Matthew van der Linden on Flow Power's big move into residential retail. Plus the latest on the rooftop PV market, SunDrive's innovation progress, and other news.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has the potential to unlock up to $3 trillion in revenue through the reduction or removal of 1.1 billion tonnes of CO2e per year by 2050 if member states develop regulations to support domestic carbon markets, a report released Thursday has found.

Energy regulators need more guidance when considering the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) on grid reliability, a former chair of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) told Carbon Pulse.

Newly CORSIA-eligible carbon standards under the UN’s aviation offsetting scheme will likely enhance liquidity in this credit-strapped market – but only if emission units comply with Article 6 requirements, and if participating countries institute “correct and balanced” incentives and penalties, as per a report published Wednesday by an international project developer.

Many ecosystems face multiple serious threats. Recovery will be complex and difficult – but not impossible. Javiera Olivares-Rojas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University Jessica Walsh, Lecturer in Conservation Science, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.