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Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Mechanism. Researchers are also exploring how to value co-benefits, such as First Nation's community outcomes and biodiversity. International trade considerations - how we keep up with the rate of development overseas - will also be included, as ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The shape and scope of a global fund on loss and damage, the integration of climate into biodiversity, and how human rights and the just transition figure into government, business and investor commitments are all topics of interest at the forthcoming ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... should grab it with both hands," Rayner said. She called on Canberra to amend its 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to ban the development of fossil fuel projects.

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... about the interlinks between climate and getting to net zero and the energy transition and what we need to do around biodiversity, but I don't really think we're talking a lot about the rest of the issues - everything else that sits under the E and the ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... June found the world's largest 77 asset managers lack ambition on net zero, deforestation, and other climate and biodiversity issues.

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... resources, transition to a circular economy, pollution prevention and control, and protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems. The expansion includes new technical screening criteria, as well as amended criteria for climate change mitigation ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... shareholder in ANZ has sued the bank over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter, who ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... in opportunity," she said. "The real estate sector offers multiple opportunities to address climate, resource, and biodiversity issues - but it can't do it by itself. The finance sector has a key role to play." Green loans and bonds are accelerating ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... they don't understand". Public support for higher compliance is overwhelming. 97% of Australians support higher biodiversity compliance, with 85% expressing deep concern about biodiversity loss. "They want more action to protect nature, even if they ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental plantings will be completed on less productive or un-arable areas of assets and designed to maximise biodiversity value. Food production is responsible for approximately 26% of global GHG emissions. But the CSIRO estimate the Australian ...