Carbon Emissions

Closing China’s energy transition finance gap requires more work

For China to rein in its carbon emissions from its largest polluting segments will require massive energy transition finance, according to a new report.

CCS

Concerns rise over quality of energy industry carbon offsets

There are calls to abandon energy industry carbon offsets in favour of more effective and permanent carbon reducing interventions.

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China pledges “steady” emissions goals at CCP party congress

While China’s President Xi Jinping pledged to end planet warming emissions at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) party congress, he promised to do so at a “slow and steady pace” and opted instead to make energy security the top priority.

U.S. Supreme Court shoots down climate programme

The highly-anticipated case stopped short of an all-out assault on EPA authority, but the Court signalled its hostility to federal climate regulation.

Oil and gas majors’ climate plans under scrutiny

Even burning just the oil, gas, and coal in existing fields and mines would far exceed the carbon budget for a 50% chance of staying below 1.5°C warming, a new report has found.

Policy change may hit Australian CCS

Lack of consultation about recent changes to Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund and an uncertain policy environment could spook investors in CCS, a non profit has said.