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Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... government has received the final reports of two reviews into the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme and the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is required to review the CFI Act ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... a net zero plan. How are you going to take what you do now to 2050? What will survive of your business model in a zero-carbon economy that has changed immensely? And of course, build the governance structures that will help with delivering the outcomes ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... consider climate-related risks, including the development of transition plans, supporting a just transition and the use of carbon offsets. New expectations also seek companies to disclose their exposure to material 'circular economy' risks and opportunities. ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... committing to decarbonising their direct emissions and reducing methane emissions, and over 100 countries committing to reduce carbon emissions in food and land-use. The Australian government rejoined the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... self-determination the Wudjari Nyungar people will own legal title to land and long-term income from landscape rejuvenation, carbon sequestration through certified carbon credits, and regenerative agriculture. The land and biodiversity restoration project ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... out fossil fuels. Most of them invite the continued use of planet wrecking coal, oil and gas, or suggest that nuclear and carbon capture and storage could be considered solutions," Carvalho said. "If this text on phasing out fossil fuels is not significantly ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... up to 80 countries. The instrument will be fully operational by COP30. The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's major carbon sinks and accounts for more than half of the planet's remaining rainforest but is in decline due to deforestation and ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... supporting women's economic empowerment during the transition to a low climate global economy. COP28: climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage At COP28 leaders are highlighting the need to make climate finance more accessible and affordable. ...

Progress on Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... decarbonising across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions even if decarbonisation is not yet economically feasible, and the risk of carbon lock-in can be mitigated. Importantly, the transition period is not indefinite, and activities must be phased out over ti ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... noted that there is value in a voluntary market-based mechanism for nature-positive activities alongside the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) framework, but it should be in addition to, rather than a substitute for, public investment and regulatiosn. ...