FEATURE: In tight race with Turkiye, Australia and the Pacific look likely to win COP31
The Australia-Pacific bid to host COP31 next year is looking more and more likely to win out over rival Turkiye, according to observers, thanks to a stronger reputational standing and the chance to shift the annual UN summit out of the Northern Hemisphere for the first time in a decade, but Turkiye is not ceding ground just yet.
Read MoreFEATURE: Italian renewables developers breathe sigh of relief as court overturns restrictions
Italy’s renewable energy sector received a lifeline last week, after an administrative court decided to dismantle a controversial decree that threatened to gridlock solar and wind project development across the country.
Read MoreFEATURE: Carbon capture major faces turning point as it enters voluntary carbon market
Following 17 years of developing technology to capture CO2 from industrial sources, a Canadian company said that becoming a voluntary market project developer was essential to its scale-up despite the risks, detailing its near-term plans to Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: Polish energy companies lay out their own coal exit plans as government proposal faces delay
Amid further delays to the Polish government’s plans to wrestle coal assets away from energy companies, two of the country’s major energy producers have taken matters in their own hands, casting doubts over the success of Warsaw’s push.
Read MoreFEATURE: Readiness, scale biggest barriers for Article 6 in the Pacific
A lack of capacity and the small-scale of potential emissions reductions are holding Pacific Island nations back from fully participating in Article 6 mechanisms, according to market participants.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU juggles energy security and high prices as it tries to source cleaner gas
The EU faces a moment of reckoning as it seeks to source less emissions intensive fossil fuels, cut dependence on Russian gas, lower energy prices, and secure an LNG trade deal with the US.
Read MoreFEATURE: Liberal victory will have ‘tremendous’ impact on Canadian CDR, industry experts say
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s win will have “tremendous” impacts on the future of CO2 removal (CDR) in Canada, experts said Wednesday.
Read MoreFEATURE: As Australia’s Labor appears poised for victory at the polls, experts look to what comes next
The Labor government is cautiously tipped to return to office at this weekend’s federal election, however experts and observers have noted stark climate and energy choices will need to be made very soon no matter who forms the next government.
Read MoreFEATURE: Vietnam takes third swing at nuclear amid push to diversify power mix, cut emissions
Vietnam has confirmed plans to move back to nuclear power as it seeks to address increasing electricity demand while cutting its emissions and diversifying its grid, with the most recent update to the Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8) outlining a target of 4-6.4 GW to come online between 2030-35.
Read MoreFEATURE: Bad idea or trailblazer? Sweden’s e-bike project in Ghana draws polarised views
A Swedish project to finance 48,000 electric motorcycles in Ghana via Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement has sparked debate in Europe, with one EU lawmaker calling it “a rare, catastrophically bad idea”, while others highlight the project’s potential to drive the transition to e-mobility in the West African country.
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