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Another blow to thin film, as Solar Frontier quits manufacturing and switches sides
One of world’s largest manufacturers of thin-film solar panels to stop production, and switch panel technology, just as Andrew Forrest moves in.
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Glasgow Brief: Australia spruiks gas projects at COP26, as US and EU make major methane pledge
Day 2 of COP26 saw some leaders make significant pledges to cut methane emissions and halt deforestation. Australia promoted its gas industry to the world.
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Cop26: Boris Johnson ‘cautiously optimistic’ about reaching 1.5C deal
UK PM claims there has been a turnaround since G20 summit as he urges China to make improved pledge
Boris Johnson has declared he is “cautiously optimistic” about a deal at Cop26 to keep global temperature rises below 1.5C as he urged China to commit to bringing emissions down by 2025.
The prime minister had previously said if the climate emergency were a football match the world would be 5-1 down but he said on Monday that the score was now more like 5-2 or 5-3.
Continue reading...The Guardian view on China and COP26: do not despair | Editorial
Despite Xi Jinping’s absence in Glasgow, Beijing is taking the climate crisis seriously. It must still go much further
Among the 120 or so world leaders gathered in Glasgow for the Cop26 climate crisis talks, there has been one very conspicuous absence: Xi Jinping, president of by far the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, responsible for more than a quarter of all emissions. Mr Xi’s decision to stay away is unsurprising; previously a frequent traveller, he has not left his country for 21 months, since the pandemic took hold. But the reduction of the Chinese leader’s contribution to a written statement, making no new commitments, has highlighted concern about Beijing’s recent decisions.
The first is its announcement that it will build new coal-fired power plants, a response to extensive power cuts. Though experienced observers hope the medium-term impact will be less serious than it appears, it could imperil China’s pledge to peak carbon emissions in 2030. The second is its national plan on greenhouse gas emissions, revealed last Thursday. While better than the 2015 plan, it offers little progress on its already declared ambitions and falls well short of the action needed to ensure global heating does not exceed 1.5C. And in Glasgow, China has (like India and Russia) declined to sign up to the new 80-country pact to cut methane emissions, although it has joined the agreement to halt deforestation over the next decade.
Continue reading...COP26: New US regulations seek to bolster credibility of Global Methane Pledge
Can selective breeding of 'super kelp' save our cold water reefs from hotter seas?
Senior Program Officer, Methodologies (Technological and Industrial Climate Solutions), Verra – Washington DC/Flexible
Senior Program Officer, Methodologies (Nature Climate Solutions), Verra – Washington DC/Flexible
Wet wipes ‘forming islands’ across UK after being flushed
MPs heard about scale of problem during first reading of plastics (wet wipes) bill
Wet wipes which contain plastic are forming “islands” across the UK after being flushed, with rivers changing shape after the products pile up on their banks, MPs have heard as legislation aiming to ban their sale had its first reading in the House of Commons.
Labour MP Fleur Anderson’s plastics (wet wipes) bill would prohibit the manufacture and sale of wet wipes containing plastic if it was to pass through parliament and receive royal assent.
Continue reading...‘You can shove your climate crisis up your arse’: Greta Thunberg sings at Cop26 – video
Climate activist Greta Thunberg had some choice words for the world leaders inside the Cop26 conference in Glasgow. Joined by some of the many activists rallying around the climate change meeting, Thunberg decried inaction from politicians and big business, saying ‘We are not going to let them get away with it any more’
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Latin American countries join reserves to create vast marine protected area
‘Mega-MPA’ in Pacific will link waters of Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica to protect migratory turtles, whales and sharks from fishing fleets
Four Pacific-facing Latin American nations have committed to joining their marine reserves to form one interconnected area, creating one of the world’s richest pockets of ocean biodiversity.
Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica announced on Tuesday the creation of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) initiative, which would both join and increase the size of their protected territorial waters to create a fishing-free corridor covering more than 500,000 sq km (200,000 sq miles) in one of the world’s most important migratory routes for sea turtles, whales, sharks and rays.
Continue reading...Cop26: global leaders begin talks – in pictures
Boris Johnson meets the heads of small island nations on the third day of the UN climate conference in Glasgow
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COP26 – ANALYSIS: EU’s carbon border plans test alliance with poorer nations
COP26: Leaders agree global plan to boost green technology
Cop26: Johnson and Biden welcome deal to end deforestation – video
World leaders have agreed a deal that aims to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package to tackle human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro and Joe Biden are among the leaders who will commit to the declaration at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow on Tuesday to protect vast areas, ranging from the eastern Siberian taiga to the Congo basin, home to the world’s second-largest rainforest
Continue reading...World leaders announce plan to make green tech cheaper than alternatives
UK, US and China among countries representing two-thirds of global economy to agree to push green energy and cars
A plan to coordinate the global introduction of clean technologies in order to rapidly drive down their cost has been agreed at the Cop26 summit by world leaders representing two-thirds of the world’s economy.
A global transition to green energy and vehicles is vital in tackling the climate crisis, and economies of scale mean that costs plummet as production increases – as already seen with solar panels and LED lightbulbs.
Continue reading...COP26 Roundup: Day 2 – Nov. 2
Australia considering more than 100 fossil fuel projects that could produce 5% of global industrial emissions
The coal and gas works, if approved, would result in a nearly 30% increase in emissions within Australia
Australia has more than 100 fossil fuel developments in the pipeline that could result in nearly 1.7bn tonnes of greenhouse gases a year – equivalent to about 5% of global industrial emissions – if all were to go ahead, an analysis says.
The Australian government lists 116 major coal and gas projects under development, each valued at more than A$50m and with the potential to reach a final investment decision in the next five years.
Continue reading...Cop26: 'You might as well bomb us,' says president of Palau – video
The president of the Pacific island state of Palau has told the Cop26 summit that parallels could be drawn between the climate crisis and the traditional Palau story of a boy who grew into a giant and 'wouldn’t stop growing ... depleting all the natural resources'. Surangel Whipps Jr said the story was 'eerily reminiscent' of today’s climate crisis. Speaking about the environmental impact on island nations, he added: 'There is no dignity to a slow and painful death: you might as well bomb our islands'
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