COP30 decision by South Korea to shut down coal a reckoning for Australian exports
South Korea has vowed to phase out thermal coal in a move that spells trouble for Australia’s fossil…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #australianexports #belém #Brazil #climateconference #climatetargets #coalexports #COP30 #fossilfuelexports #greenhousgasemissions #southkoreacoal
https://www.newsbeep.com/257847/
#GreenParty Leader #ElizabethMay says she WILL support #Budget2025 after receiving confirmation of #Canada ’s commitment to #climatetargets as laid out in the #ParisAccord from PM #MarkCarney in question period on Monday, AHEAD of the final confidence vote on the budget. 🇨🇦
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May says she'll vote yes on bu...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/change-course-now-humanity-has-missed-15c-climate-target-says-un-head #UN #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateTargets #GlobalHeating #ExtremeWeather
@smartenergycouncil.bsky.social said while 62 to 70 per cent was a signal that Australia was "serious" about tackling climate pollution, 70% should be considered the minimum ambition.’
#ClimateCrisis #auspol #ClimateTargets #renewables
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“In the government’s own words, this must be a floor, and not a ceiling. We continue to believe Australia is well placed to achieve reductions in excess of 70% “ said John Grimes CEO @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social #ClimateTargets #auspol
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Renewable energy at the heart ...
The brief assesses its potential role alongside the associated risks, offering policy considerations for governments to evaluate renewable hydrogen’s place in broader energy transition strategies.
Key insights from the brief:
💡 Renewable #hydrogen adds value as seasonal storage and peaking capacity.
💡 Co-firing H2 and ammonia in coal and gas plants offers limited emission reductions at relatively high costs. Scaling renewables and grids offer a lower-cost route to reach #climatetargets. 2/x
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570686/officials-warn-of-damage-to-diplomatic-relations-in-secret-climate-change-memo Not good enough Minister. Honour our obligations!
#nzpol #ClimateTargets #ParisAgreement
At the same time what's up with the UK?
"the share of people concerned about climate change has fallen over the past year, dipping from 68% to 60%.
Support for the UK’s target to hit net zero emissions by 2050 fell even further, plunging from 62% to 46%."
All this while the southern Europe fries under scorching heat wave and forest fires.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/04/europe-heatwaves-failing-support-climate-action
Whilst we endure another day of sweltering temperatures, we will keep our eyes peeled to see what the @ec.europa.eu intends to do in order to curb the emissions that are turning Europe into a hot stove 🔥
#ClimateTargets ⬇️
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The EU is on track to meet its 2030 emissions goal thanks to strong progress on renewables.
The EU is “well on track” to reach its 2030 climate targets, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
An assessment of updated National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) shows the EU is on course to achieve a 54% emissions reduction by 2030 - just one per cent shy of its legally binding 55% target.
#EU #Emissions #ClimateTargets #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #CarbonEmissions
Can CCS meet Europe’s climate targets? Three projects beset with problems suggest not.
The European Union is betting on carbon capture and storage (CCS) to decarbonise heavy industrial emitters.
High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.
The rapid expansion of the AI industry, led by Nvidia, is fueling concerns over soaring energy consumption and carbon emissions, threatening global climate targets as chip production and data center power usage surge.
#YonhapInfomax #Nvidia #AIIndustry #ElectricityConsumption #ClimateTargets #DataCenters #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=64906
Scholz increases pressure on Commission to delay deforestation law [Advocacy Lab Content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/scholz-increases-pressure-on-commission-to-delay-deforestation-law/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ChancellorOlafScholz #climatetargets #environment #reforestation
Campaigners sue #EU over ‘grossly inadequate’ 2030 #ClimateTargets
Groups challenging #emissions limits in key sectors including #agriculture, #waste and #transport
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/27/campaigners-sue-eu-over-grossly-inadequate-2030-climate-targets
#ClimateCrisis
BNEF report says that Australia needs to scale up its emission reductions targets from 43% by 2030 – it suggests 71 per cent reduction from 2005 levels by 2035, and it makes clear that the investment and spending also needs to treble, from a record $18 billion in 2023 to around $55 billion a year now and to $83 billion in the 2030s.
#Australia #ClimateTargets
Expressing targets in absolute terms is an improvement over the gameable ways of expressing things we have now
But 2050 is unreasonably far away. Civilization could have collapsed by then, or sooner. There is no safe speed to apply needed changes. Any timeline that is not "now, immediately, without delay" risks politicians saying it's deferable or not their job, or saying that whatever unmetered thing they do in the interim, no matter how feeble, is all that's required to set up future success.
Plus some other nations will not do their part. It matters for everyone to. But everyone must overachieve hugely to cover others' failures.
We need governments to just say "now, highest priority, all hands on deck, all other considerations secondary". Talk of far off dates, with paced action, is just so much spinning of fairy tales and will get us all killed.
#climate #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #politics #ClimateTargets #ClimateTimelines #carbon
No need for countries to issue new #oil, #gas or #coal licences, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/no-need-for-countries-to-issue-new-oil-gas-or-coal-licences-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other “The world has enough #FossilFuel projects planned to meet global energy demand forecasts to 2050 and governments should stop issuing new oil, gas and coal licences, according to a large study aimed at political leaders.
If governments deliver the changes promised in order to keep the world from breaching its #ClimateTargets no new fossil fuel projects will be needed,”
The #steel sector accounts for 8% of global CO2 #emissions and therefore plays an important role in meeting the world's #climatetargets. Most steel is currently made via the coal-fired blast furnace route (BF-BOF), a highly emissions-intensive process. 1/x
#Netzero U-turns will hit #UK #infrastructure, say government advisers
#SirJohnArmitt urges ministers to act swiftly or risk impeding growth and jeopardising #ClimateTargets
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/16/net-zero-u-turns-will-hit-uk-infrastructure-say-government-advisers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #Economy
