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South Korea will be able to retire its entire coal fleet by 2035 in alignment with the Paris Agreement if the government provides sufficient support for transition finance, research released Thursday has found.

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An Austrian startup has generated the first certified credits from a series of regional forest management projects, the firm announced this week, confirming further activities across multiple other EU nations.

South Korea has circulated an updated schedule for emissions allowance carryover and borrowing for its emissions trading scheme, which faces its annual compliance deadline at the end of this month.

Denmark will set up a $71.7-million fund to restore and protect marine nature, the government announced this week, while the environment ministry has formed an alliance with the nation’s leading industry associations to develop a common framework for taking biodiversity action.

The Australian government must do more to transition away from using and exporting fossil fuels if it wants to host COP31 in partnership with the Pacific, regional climate officials told a webinar Thursday, adding that climate finance in the form of carbon offset projects would be inadequate to address their existential needs.

AGL signs MoU to explore the feasibility of setting up a solar panel materials recovery facility at the greened-up, post-coal Latrobe Valley site.

The post AGL weighs solar recycling as part of Loy Yang’s post-coal future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Most oil and gas (O&G) firms in the Asia Pacific region may face more financing challenges than their international peers because of their lack of detailed plans to decarbonise and their wait-and-see approach to new energy, a report has found.

Electric tractors, renewable diesel, bioenergy and solar-powered farms across Australia - that’s the vision for the future of agriculture being showcased at the National Renewables in Agriculture Conference 2023.  

The post Conference will showcase a greener future for agriculture appeared first on RenewEconomy.

David Hay and Andrew Kingsmill from EnergyCo discuss the infrastructure roadmap towards 100% renewables. Plus: Sun Cable, Callide and more news.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Can NSW quit coal? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian battery maker to supply one of largest zinc-based energy storage projects in the world, as part of a solar microgrid in Northern California.

The post Redflow lands biggest order yet, 20MWh flow battery for Native American microgrid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A Paris-headquartered startup specialising in issuing and selling carbon credits from European projects has raised €1.5 million in a new funding round.

Exclusive: The same studies were submitted to US regulators and some are relevant to safety levels, the researchers say

Pesticide companies failed to disclose a series of studies assessing brain toxicity to European regulators, according to new research, despite the same studies having been submitted to US regulators.

When the EU authorities were made aware of the studies, between 14 and 21 years after they were conducted, new safety limits were applied in some cases and evaluation is still under way in other cases.

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A former prisoner held for years in the same jail as the group tells the BBC of their plight.

Growth of renewables the only bright spot on Australia's industrial emissions, although replacing a dodgy satellite might boost land clearing accounting.

The post LNG and diesel will blow Australia’s carbon budget, even after replacing dodgy satellite appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oman's Ministry of Energy and Minerals has signed a concession agreement with carbon capture firm 44.01 to build what it said will be the world’s first commercial-scale CO2 mineralisation project.

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to remain largely flat, despite a major recalibration in land sector emissions reporting, showing the country’s net sink is larger than previously estimated, according to the Clean Energy Regulator’s latest quarterly data.

Wind output records blown away as weather system sweeps across Victoria.

The post Victoria blows past wind energy output records appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exclusive: Report claims Australia’s shareholdings in development banks has made it responsible for investing $828m in fossil fuel projects over five years

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Australia’s shareholdings in three international banks – including the World Bank – has seen it responsible for investing $828m in fossil fuel projects between 2016 and 2021, according to a research report.

The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have collectively pumped $32.85bn into fossil fuel projects – almost entirely linked to oil and gas production or power generation – over the same period, the report says.

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