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Australia introduces vehicle pollution rules to boost EV uptake

20 Apr 2023

Australia said on Wednesday it would introduce new standards targeting vehicle emissions to boost the uptake of electric cars, as it looks to catch up with other developed economies.

Taiwan’s Presidential Hackathon keen for Kiwi participants

19 Apr 2023

When you open your Uber app in Taiwan the first thing you notice is that you not only get to choose between different Uber drivers you can opt for a traditional taxi as well - often it’s the cheaper option.

Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct air capture

19 Apr 2023

The world is failing to cut carbon emissions fast enough to avoid disastrous climate change, a dawning truth that is giving life to a technology that for years has been marginal – pulling carbon dioxide from the air.

Climate pledges of world's top carbon emitters

19 Apr 2023

Despite their 2015 pledge to limit global warming by slashing carbon emissions, big countries' commitments so far still fall short of meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement, monitors say.

EU Parliament adopts 'holy trinity' of climate laws

19 Apr 2023

The European Parliament has approved three climate laws that form the heart of EU efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030.

Germany reaches 2022 CO2 targets, but not thanks to climate measures

19 Apr 2023

Germany met its emissions reduction targets for 2022, according to preliminary data from the country’s Climate Expert Council (Expertenrat fur Klimafragen).

Revisiting the Green Climate Fund in the Pacific

19 Apr 2023

Global climate funds have faced much criticism for failing to deliver fast and flexibly enough to match the urgency of the climate crisis, especially for the world’s most climate vulnerable countries.

'No one was prepared’: Vanuatu feels cost of climate crisis

19 Apr 2023

On the waterfront in Port Vila, Mark Philips runs an adventure tours business.

G7 vows more effort on renewables but sets no coal phaseout deadline

18 Apr 2023

The Group of Seven richest countries set higher 2030 targets for generating renewable energy, amid an energy crisis provoked by Russia's war on Ukraine, but they set no deadline to phase out coal-fired power plants.

Australian super funds sink $25 billion into coal, oil and gas

18 Apr 2023

Australia’s 15 largest super funds have invested a total of more than $25 billion into new and expanding coal, oil and gas projects, according to an analysis from The Australian Conservation Foundation.

Climate council warns Germany against 'pushing off' responsibility to Europe

18 Apr 2023

Germany must increase efforts to reduce emissions even as the European Union introduces stricter climate legislation, said Brigitte Knopf, deputy chairwoman of the country’s Council of Experts on Climate Change.

Slow start on World Bank reform angers climate-hit countries

18 Apr 2023

The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes.

EU exit from climate-killing energy treaty looms

18 Apr 2023

Denmark joins a spate of EU nations including Germany, Spain, France and the Netherlands who are exiting the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an investment pact weaponised by big emitters to sue governments — most recently for phasing out fossil fuels.

Gas can’t compete with wind, solar and storage, even in world’s biggest market

17 Apr 2023

The latest levellised cost of energy assessment has been released by global investment bank Lazard, confirming – as CSIRO and the market operator have done in Australia – that wind and solar, even “firmed” by battery storage, still beat the fossil fuel competition.

Can US automakers meet EPA’s tough new standards?

17 Apr 2023

One big question keeps surfacing after the Biden administration announced plans to raise auto standards so sharply they would likely boost electric vehicle production to 67% of all new passenger vehicle sales in under a decade: Can automakers pull that off?

Biden’s dangerous two-step on climate

17 Apr 2023

If the Biden administration is so gung ho about climate, why did it approve a big-ass oil-drilling project in Alaska a few weeks ago?

The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023

17 Apr 2023

This year, the world is predicted to pass a critical turning point in renewable energy.

Brazil, UAE seal climate, biofuels deals as leaders meet

17 Apr 2023

Brazil and the United Arab Emirates announced a series of deals on combating climate change and advancing biofuels Saturday as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid an official visit to the oil-rich country.

World’s biggest banks poured $673 billion into fossil fuels last year

14 Apr 2023

While the window for avoiding the most catastrophic consequences of climate change narrows, the global banking sector continues to funnel huge sums each year into fossil fuels, finds a new report. Last year alone, the 60 largest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $673 billion.

Earth could warm 3 degrees if new coal plants are built: research

14 Apr 2023

Earth is on track to significantly overshoot a critical global climate target, largely because not enough coal-fired power plants are being retired, researchers warned in two new reports. Some nations are even planning new coal projects despite promising two years ago to begin reducing their use of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel.

What to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes

14 Apr 2023

After more than five decades, the last operating units of the Liddell coal-fired power station will close this month. The station’s owner, AGL, is Australia’s largest carbon polluter. Liddell’s closure will reduce the company’s emissions by 17%.

Reasons to be hopeful: 7 stories of underdogs and climate heroes to celebrate on Earth Day

14 Apr 2023

Every year more than a billion people mark Earth Day by taking action to protect the planet.

How the world’s favorite conservation model was built on colonial violence

14 Apr 2023

On a 1919 trip to the United States, King Albert I of Belgium visited three of the country’s national parks: Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the newly established Grand Canyon.

Offshore wind giant Ørsted turns to liquid air energy storage

13 Apr 2023

Danish offshore wind energy giant Ørsted is planning to test the value of co-locating offshore wind farms with long-term liquid air energy storage systems.

Japanese climate group urges more renewable energy and effective carbon pricing

13 Apr 2023

Japanese companies and climate groups called on the government on Wednesday to step up the introduction of renewable energy and quickly adopt carbon pricing to tackle global warming.

Swedish climate minister dismisses far-right’s biofuel threats

13 Apr 2023

Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari dismissed threats of political crisis from the far-right Sweden Democrats, who want the currently undecided government to reduce the number of biofuels that must be blended into petrol and diesel from the current 30% mandate to virtually zero.

China to ship climate change aids to developing nations

13 Apr 2023

China will soon ship a series of aids to three developing nations to help beef up their capabilities to cope with climate change, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

Fossil fuel emissions from electricity set to fall - report

13 Apr 2023

The world will likely use fewer fossil fuels to produce electricity this year in a "turning point" for planet-friendly energy, a new report says.

PMorgan, H&M join Google, Meta to buy, collectively, more than $1 billion of carbon removal

13 Apr 2023

Four new companies have committed $100 million to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of an effort started by several major tech companies to jumpstart the nascent carbon dioxide removal industry.

IEA chief slams climate 'contradictions' from oil companies

12 Apr 2023

The head of the powerful International Energy Agency (IEA), a Paris-based organization led by the energy ministers of mostly rich countries, has warned that companies who increase fossil fuel production are contradicting goals to stop the planet heating.

BP invests in carbon capture project

12 Apr 2023

This week, Harbour Energy announced it is teaming up with British oil and gas multinational BP on the Viking carbon capture project in the UK.

Aussie roof top solar sends grid demand to record lows

12 Apr 2023

Rooftop solar made its mark on the grid in a mostly sunny and mild Easter weekend, forcing grid demand down to new record lows in a dramatic weekend that also saw new highs for wind and solar output, and also record levels of wind and solar curtailment.

Amsterdam’s ‘smart’ blue-green roofs reduce urban flooding

12 Apr 2023

The city scaled up the planting of self-watering residential rooftop gardens that mitigate flooding and lower temperatures.

Canada wants more Indigenous knowledge in IPCC climate reports

12 Apr 2023

Canadian delegates to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have called for broader inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in future climate reports.

Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero'

12 Apr 2023

How the logic of carbon neutrality got “lit on fire” by big polluters.

The U.N. could have a secret legal weapon to fight climate change

11 Apr 2023

Long a matter of political disputes, how to address climate change is increasingly becoming a legal question.

Climate change is making the skies less friendly - prepare for a future where you always have your seatbelt on

11 Apr 2023

In his early days in the business, aviation expert John Nance used to make “Tornado Alley runs,” as he and other pilots with Braniff Airlines called them.

The World Bank is getting a new chief. Will he pivot toward climate action?

11 Apr 2023

Under pressure from world leaders, development experts and shareholders, the bank opens its spring meeting on Monday, poised for big changes.

Thailand to impose a carbon tax on three major economic sectors

11 Apr 2023

BANGKOK – The Excise Department plans to impose a carbon tax on the energy, transport and industrial sectors to help Thailand achieve its goals of carbon neutrality by 2050 and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2063, as well as cut the cost of imported fuel.

Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

11 Apr 2023

Every spring, shareholders in publicly-traded companies get to weigh in on how they're run. It's a chance for investors to vote on proposals to shape corporate policies for things like executive pay and political spending.

Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution

11 Apr 2023

Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless. To understand why, think of carbon dioxide removal as a time machine.

Former Australian defence leaders urge govt to release climate change report

6 Apr 2023

The Australian government has brushed aside a call from former defence leaders who are urging it to release a secret report into the national security risks posed by climate change.

Native Americans get the $720 million for climate they deserve

6 Apr 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act directs unprecedented funding to tribes and Native communities for climate resilience and solutions.

Chemists use bacteria to convert CO2 in the air into bioplastic

6 Apr 2023

A new simple hybrid setup allows bacteria to capture CO2 and produce biodegradable plastic for days, boosting output by 100 times previous efforts.

EU energy experts see hydrogen/CO2 e-fuels as the future

6 Apr 2023

While hopes remain high that the evolving hydrogen economy will eventually lead to a point at which hydrogen fuelled vehicles and aircraft will one day be common, there are those who believe it is more likely that hydrogen will be fuelling vehicles only when combined with CO2 to form e-fuels.

Australia's home battery boom

6 Apr 2023

Home batteries were installed in record numbers in almost every state and territory in Australia in 2022, as power prices hit record new highs and tens of thousands more households opted to invest – or invest further – in energy independence.

Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions and energy transition targets

5 Apr 2023

Germany aims to become greenhouse gas neutral by 2045. It has set the preliminary targets of cutting emissions by at least 65% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and 88% by 2040.

China may meet solar, wind goals five years earlier

5 Apr 2023

China may reach its 2030 target for wind and solar energy development five years earlier than planned.

A kingdom built on oil now controls the world’s climate progress

5 Apr 2023

In the months before the signing of the Paris Agreement, the then-crown prince of oil-rich Abu Dhabi wondered aloud about the fate of his sheikhdom at the end of the fossil fuel era.

Oil and gas production in Gulf of Mexico has twice the climate impact of official estimates

5 Apr 2023

Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is belching out significantly higher levels of potent, planet-heating gas than previously thought, according to new research, which found the climate effects of the operations are twice that of official estimates.