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COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... COP30 in 2025, announced the creation of a US$250 billion Tropical Forests Forever Fund, a global funding mechanism to protect forests in up to 80 countries. The instrument will be fully operational by COP30. The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... legislation. The scheme covers all land tenure and water, eligible landholders who undertake voluntary projects that enhance or protect biodiversity would receive a tradeable certificate tracked through a national register. "The Nature Repair Market ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... pledged for health, US$2.6 billion has been committed for food systems transformation, US$2.6 billion has been pledged to protect nature, US$467 million has been announced for urban climate action, and US$1.2 billion has been committed for relief, recovery ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Nature Positive Summit will be held in Sydney next year. "Our new Nature Finance Council will strengthen our efforts to protect more of what's precious and repair more of what's damaged," Minister Plibersek commented. "Working alongside industry, scientists ...

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has released guidance to help direct finance to climate mitigation initiatives and commitment beyond science-aligned emissions cuts. The new guidance for the Claims Code of Practice aims to accelerate ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors support the federal government's announcement of an expansion to the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to 32 GW of renewable energy - up from 9 GW - to enable the federal renewable energy target of 82% by 2030. Federal Climate and Energy ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has named two co-CEOs to replace its outgoing leader, one based in Australia and one based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Estelle Parker and Dean Hegarty will take the helm of the organisation in early ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A range of new tools have been released from organisations including Moody's Investors Service, ISS STOXX, Global Impact Investing Network, UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment, Bloomberg and Riskthinking.AI. Moody's releases framework ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... into a position to consider the materiality of such risks, take advice on how they should be managed and disclosed, and protect themselves from personal risk and liability by informing themselves and taking action appropriately so as to engage available ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... support higher biodiversity compliance, with 85% expressing deep concern about biodiversity loss. "They want more action to protect nature, even if they don't know the full extent of the biodiversity crisis," Center said. "Organisations that are ...