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The IEA has convened a high-profile group of advisors to provide strategic input for an upcoming report on guiding coal-based emissions towards a net zero path amid major energy security and affordability challenges, the Paris-based energy watchdog announced on Thursday.

A Labor victory at the upcoming Australian federal election will not necessarily guarantee an increase in demand for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), analysts Reputex said Thursday, noting there are significant unknowns with the Safeguard Mechanism as well as the Emissions Reductions Fund (ERF) leaving the market guessing.

Infrastructure investor buys NSW battery storage assets in first of its type deal in Australia.

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Japan will allow programmatic approaches in its J-credit system, the government announced Thursday, as the nation continues to reform its offset markets in a bid to boost supply ahead of the launch of its planned domestic voluntary carbon market.

Wildfires in Russia drive major increase in tree cover losses in boreal forests last year.

UK renewables giant unveils new plans for a potentially huge wind farm and big battery in Australia, this time in Queensland.

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Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute

Pristine rainforests were once again destroyed at a relentless rate in 2021, according to new figures, prompting concerns governments will not meet a Cop26 deal to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade.

From the Brazilian Amazon to the Congo basin, the tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover last year, including 3.75m ha of primary forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss.

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Tree canopy loss in tropical forests last year was equivalent to the annual fossil fuel emissions of India, casting doubt on whether COP26 pledges to stop and counteract forest loss by 2030 can be met, a think-tank warned Thursday.

Fortescue says its regenerative Infinity Train could be on its iron ore rail network tracks within two years.

The post Fortescue says regenerative “Infinity Train” may be on tracks in two years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Key independent candidates decline to endorse either major party to form government, saying the 'two party system is broken'.

The post “Two party system is broken:” Key climate independents back away from major parties appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New study finds that without a significant reduction in global energy consumption, renewables are chasing a target that keeps getting further away.

The post “We must halve energy use to avoid climate catastrophe:” UNSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There is a lot of deal making going on in the solar industry, and drug runners have found a new use for modules.

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Origin makes biggest commitment to large scale solar to date, with a project pipeline of nearly 1GW as it readies for life after coal.

The post Origin snaps up 1GW of solar projects as it plans for future without coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scott Morrison is criticising the Coalition’s own climate policy – it’s just one that has barely been used

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Scott Morrison and other government MPs are accusing Labor of planning to introduce a “sneaky carbon tax” by – wait for it – using an existing Coalition policy as it was intended.

Sounds ridiculous, right? Election campaign shamelessness on steroids. But there is a lot going on here and it is worth stepping through it.

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We have only to turn on the TV or look at social media to see the suffering climate change already causes

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For the last few months, children such as myself have only had to turn on our TVs to see images of people stranded on their roofs hoping to be rescued by the State Emergency Service. Opening the Instagram app reveals how the Great Barrier Reef has just suffered its sixth mass coral bleaching. And “once in a hundred year” floods seem to happen just a bit too often.

For some of us, it hits home on a personal level too.

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South Australia's rapid transition to wind and solar has left other states in its wake, and it's winning on emissions and prices too.

The post Low emissions, lower prices: South Australia’s remarkable shift to wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A blockchain-based ESG finance platform will launch tokens to preserve in-ground gold deposits from a Canadian mine, and may look at ways for token holders to earn carbon credits from this practice.