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Labor promises "no new extinctions" with tight new environment standards and an independent federal Environment Protection Agency. But not everyone's convinced.

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Australia plans to impose stricter controls on greenhouse house gas emissions from large projects, including requirements to disclose plans to manage or offset emissions, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said Thursday.

A heatwave across northern Australia comes as a shock to the system. The impacts of heat are worst in early summer when we’ve had less time to acclimatise, so it’s important to heed health warnings. Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Melbourne-based company says it signs "significant" deal to develop electrolyser technologies with Indian energy giant's green hydrogen subsidiary.

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RES marks installation of the last of Dulacca wind farm's 43 Vestas turbines, said to be the tallest installed in Australia, to date.

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Customer relationship management firm Salesforce on Wednesday announced a total $4 million in nature-related grants and accelerator funding for nine companies and organisation.

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The goal of the EU-funded project LIFE COASE is to support EU and Member State policymakers in the implementation and development of the EU Emissions Trading Systems (ETS), including its integration with other carbon markets. To this end, LIFE COASE will establish the first observatory for assessment of the EU ETS, which will be a reference source of knowledge for policymakers and stakeholders. The EUI is the coordinator and single beneficiary of the project LIFE COASE.

UNESCO report highlights what needs to be done to save the global icon. But you might be surprised by its top recommendation. Andrew Brooks, Principal Research Fellow - Fluvial Geomorphologist - specialising in catchment erosion research, Griffith University James Daley, Research Fellow, Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The UN's biodiversity chief says talks under way in Montreal are the last chance to save nature.

While an agreement by global governments to protect 30% of the world’s land and sea area by 2030 would likely dub the Montreal negotiations a success, more is needed on how to address the drivers of biodiversity degradation, say experts, or risk condemning targets to empty promises.

A French-headquartered startup that develops nature-based carbon credit solutions in the agricultural sector has raised €3 million in pre-seed funding.

Corporate climate goal-setting template provider SBTi has launched new guidance for the shipping sector, requiring maritime companies to reach net zero CO2 output by 2040.

Virginia cleared its first hurdle in leaving the RGGI bloc Wednesday morning when the Air Pollution Control Board (APCB) endorsed a draft proposal to rescind the state’s carbon market regulation, though some board members expressed concerns regarding their authority to scrap the programme.

Construction begins on first pumped hydro project that will help form a local microgrid and boost reliability for a township in the south of the state.

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As European Policy (Senior) Manager, your role will be to work alongside IETA’s European Policy Director to ensure that IETA engages constructively with European policymakers and other stakeholders to advance market-based climate policies that meet the urgent need to decarbonise, and deliver the Paris Agreement’s net zero ambition.

The world’s second largest investment advisor Vanguard on Wednesday withdrew its membership from the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, coming as Republican-led US states ramp up their attacks on ESG investing.

Offset standard developer and manager Verra on Wednesday provided further insight into the substantial number of project listings and verifications this year causing a backlog of VER issuances, and said it would provide further documentation to stakeholders to ward off potential delivery risk for commercial contracts.

Letter urges sponsors provide ‘corporate climate political influencing statements’ after 630 lobbyists attend Cop27

Senior Democratic senators have written to the head of the United Nations warning that public trust in global negotiations on climate action is at risk because of the scale of corporate lobbying – and new controls are needed.

Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Ben Cardin of Maryland and Ed Markey of Massachusetts have sent a letter to António Gutierres, the UN secretary general, urging the UN to require sponsors and participants at future climate conferences to provide “audited corporate climate political influencing statements”.

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REDD forestry conservation credits have tumbled this week amid thin year-end demand and uncertainty over the impact of a UN decision to limit the role of offsetting in a future global crediting mechanism.