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1.5 Still Alive, Tunable Windows and Batteryless e-bikes
- 1.5 is still alive
- Offshore wind in the doldrums
- Efficiency becomes law
- Circular economy could slash decarbonisation costs for heavy industry
- Smart, tunable windows
- Harvesting electricity at water outlets
- Save 90% emissions on your next phone
- Batteryless e-bike
TNFD with Us, Chameleon Buildings and Free Hydrogen
- TNFD guidelines published
- Offset markets hitting new heights
- 100 becomes 9 to 15
- UK leads the way
- We need to travel 12 times faster
- Accessing finance in the Pacific Islands
- Chameleon buildings for cooling and warming
- Plastic waste to “free” hydrogen win-win-win
NZ in the Dock, SDGs Achievable and Lithium Price Trends
- NZ in the dock
- G20 strong on rhetoric
- SDGs possible – but not before 2050
- Battery prices expected to continue downward trend
- Large lithium find eases long-term price concerns
- Another SAF breakthrough
- Are we outside the safe operating space for humanity?
ULEZs, Increasing Climate Hazards and SAF Takes Off
- Should we introduce low emission zones?
- 80% of cities faced a climate hazard last year
- Clean energy day
- SAF takes off
- Sustainability credentials crucial for job-seekers
- Green Riders
- Fun climate education
Game Changing RFP, the Co-benefits of Energy Efficiency and Changing Transport Behaviours
- CEP issues game changing RFP
- Australia and California sign MoU
- The co-benefits of energy efficiency
- Changing transport behaviours
- Parts of Amazon now net emitters
Natural solutions, science based targets taking off and Europe to be self sufficient for hydrogen
- Making nature markets work
- High level support for nature funding
- Strong uptake for science based targets
- Europe doesn’t need to import hydrogen
New Standard to Fight Greenwashing, Supply Chain Worries and Expect More Earthquakes
- New Standard to fight greenwashing
- 9 out of 10 energy leaders concerned about supply chains
- More earthquakes and eruptions on the way?
- Hydrogen not the answer for trains
- Auckland Climate Festival
Standards for e-bikes, revolutionary air conditioning and drones taking off
- Do we need standards for e-bikes?
- Massive efficiency improvements in air conditioning coming to market
- ICE vehicles have peaked but not their emissions
- Onwards and upwards for drones
- New old-technology batteries
Will NZ sign COP28 pledge? The cost of clean energy and $400,000 prize opens
- COP28 calls for food systems to be included in NDCs
- The cost of clean energy uncovered
- Germany forcing hydrogen markets
- $400,000 up for grabs
- Proton battery as a hydrogen storage medium
Renewables March On, Performance Contracts Open Opportunities and a Sugar Rush for Batteries
- Renewables to hit a third next year
- Solar and wind to hit a third by 2030
- Recognising skills
- Performance contracts for multi-occupancy dwellings
- A sugar rush for batteries
ISSB Takes Over TCFD, Carbon Capture Accounting Consultation and Glass With 50% Fewer Emissions
- ISSB takes over TCFD
- Carbon capture accounting methodology under consultation
- Mixed news from China
- Graphics of the week
- Perovskite’s other potential use
- New glass saves 50% of emissions
New Carbon Market Rules, Greenhushing and Brand Value and Greener Spaces Command Premium
- Biggest and best CEP conference
- Voluntary carbon market collaboration and new rules
- Greenhushing and brand value
- Greener spaces command a premium
- Forests still shrinking
- Wooden city to become a reality
- Tidal for Tonga
- Pothole plethora
- Ocean indigestion – antacids for the sea
- Battery pioneer passes