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And following on from my last post, some ways we can start to learn, live and love regeneration at the scale of bioregions. #regeneration #practice #bioregions #collectiveintelligence #learningthroughdoing

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🌎 California's second carbon market auction of the year has raised significant revenue at a critical time for climate funds! 💰🌿 The latest Western Climate Initiative auction results show continued demand for allowances and confidence in the program's stability. This auction is expected to generate approximately $1.1 Billion for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which funds initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building climate resilience. 🌱🚉 📈 Key Highlights: - All 51,589,488 current vintage allowances were purchased, marking the 15th consecutive sold-out auction. - The current auction settled at $37.02, significantly above the $24.04 price floor. - All 7,211,000 future vintage allowances offered were sold, settling at $38.35. 💼🌟 Over the past decade, investments from the GGRF have reduced California's emissions by 109.2 million metric tons—equivalent to removing 80% of the state's gas cars from the road! These funds have supported zero-emissions transport, affordable housing, and other critical projects. 🔥 As California faces another summer with heightened wildfire risks and evident climate change impacts, the importance of the GGRF is clearer than ever. Despite the slight dip in settlement prices, strong demand continues, reflecting the market's stability. 🌿🌍 Let's continue to invest in a sustainable future and support initiatives that make a real difference! https://lnkd.in/grvTCJ-y #ClimateAction #Sustainability #GreenFuture #CaliforniaClimate #CarbonMarket

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The SBTi just published an evidence review that pretty comprehensively trashes carbon credits: "[V]arious types of carbon credits are ineffective in delivering their intended mitigation outcomes." "There could be clear risks to corporate use of carbon credits for the purposes of offsetting. This includes potential unintended effects of hindering the net-zero transformation and/or reducing climate finance." "All Tier A evidence challenge the legitimacy of offsetting claims, arguing that treating carbon credits as fungible with other sources, sinks, or reductions of emissions is inadvisable, illogical, or damaging to global mitigation goals." https://lnkd.in/eJfTuPyD

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Regulators in 14 states, including State of California, State of Texas, State of Florida and New York , have resilience plan requirements for regulated utilities, according to a July study from Berkeley Lab. Through June, at least 30 utilities had filed resilience plans. Pillars Identify the threats Vulnerability assessment quantifying utility assets Financial Risks Adaption Measures Duke Energy Corporation Central Hudson Gas and Electric Pacific Gas and Electric Company Arizona Public Service - APS Puget Sound Energy CenterPoint Energy Florida Power & Light Tennessee Valley Authority PacifiCorp   Startup – Oklo – Nuclear – Electricity Power Generation - https://lnkd.in/gvNw_zJC  

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I run the risk of making myself unpopular today - Sorry in advance. Report states (Click on the picture): "The Lower Carbon Grants Program - Gorgon Fund was established in 2024 to provide funding for local innovations and projects which support decarbonisation in Western Australia (WA). The program is part of a $40 million Lower Carbon Grants Program and GreenTech Hub funding agreement between the WA Government and the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project and is funded by the Gorgon Joint Venture. The agreement will provide funding for both the Lower Carbon Grant Program - Gorgon Fund and the creation of a GreenTech Hub, which aims to support and grow local emerging and established green technology businesses in Western Australia". Let's agree that this is a step in the right direction, albeit a tiny incy wincy step. Mr Roger Cook and Mr Mark Hatfield $40m would seem to me to be little more than a token, some feel-good window-dressing. Particularly given my understanding that, and I quote from Chevron's Website: "Gorgon is one of the world's largest LNG projects..... The Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project is one of Australia’s largest resource developments and the nation’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub.....Home to our Gorgon and WA Oil operations, Barrow Island remains one of our nation's finest Class A Nature Reserves.....Chevron is an equal one-sixth foundation participant in the North West Shelf (NWS) Project – Australia’s first LNG project". I certainly acknowledge and applaud the massive contribution Chevron has made, and continues to make, to the WA and Australian economies, local industries and communities, however as one of the massive extractors and producers of LNG and domestic gas, it sure would be great to see a few more zeros on the back of the $40m. I'm guessing that WA innovators seeking to make a significantly positive impact on the Local and global environment need a heck of a lot more financial support than $40m. I may very well be wrong, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that together Gorgan and Wheatstone were a ~$80bn investment. Suggestion, perhaps Mr Roger Cook and Mr Anthony Albanese it should be legislated that 10% of the investment being made toward extracting Australia's valuable resources should be invested in a genuine GreenTech Fund directed at supporting Australian innovators and start-up entrepreneurs in this space and uplifting local communities. Am I wrong? Would not be the first time. PLEASE join the conversation.

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I know a lot of folks are itching for climate events to attend post election and ways to get more involved in their community. Here are some local and virtual events you can attend this week: San Francisco • “Collective Comfort: Airing on Possibilities” Reception - Thursday, Nov 21 · 6 - 8pm PST All about climate resilient design in extreme desert climates. •Climate Tech Action Network (CTAN) 1.5C Presents: AgTech for Climate - Thursday, November 21 · 6 - 9pm PST New York • Urban Tech Summit 2024 – Intelligence for Climate Adaptation - November 19 · 10am - November 20 · 5pm EST • ISRM Technologies Urban Resilience & Major City Management - Tuesday, December 3 · 9am - 4:30pm EST Virtual • How to have conversations about climate change By Larger Us - Monday, November 18 · 10am - 12pm PST • Climate Cafe® - Thursday, November 21 · 4 - 5pm PST • Elections in the Climate Crisis: How Extreme Weather Impacts Democracy by Grist - Tuesday, November 19 · 11am - 12pm PST • To the End Film Screening - November 20 · 9:01pm - November 23 · 8:59pm PST Which event are you most excited about? Or do you have any other upcoming climate events we should know about? What other cities do you want to see? Drop them in the comments! #ClimateAction #Sustainability #ClimateEvents #GreenFuture #ClimateChange #GetInvolved

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What's wrong with self-interest? "Advocates of offsetting are currently focused on rebuilding trust in the industry after a slew of damning reports of failures and abuses. In this line, many actors with direct financial interests in expanding offsets celebrated the SBTi’s proposal, as it would significantly increase demand for the credits." To my mind, the carbon offset industry is very transparent in its self-interest hence rebuilding trust won't be difficult. "The industry is set up in such a way that it’s nearly impossible for auditors and certifiers to meaningfully assess what is going on at the offset project site. The documentation that underpins the offset market is largely a “paper reality”, riddled with misleading, incomplete and sometimes false claims and assumptions." I could actually write this paragraph on any industry and get away with it. As for the offset industry - the project sites are in the Global South. Now, who wants to go there. Most conferences and meetings in this industry are held in UK, Switzerland and US because the buyers of credits are sitting there. And they definitely don't want to go South. So if there are a few false claims then that's a small price to pay for the convenience of discussing global warming in some of the most exotic locations in the world while lowering your cost of capital or increasing margins. Oh, and even that gap is closing fast. Whether it is the offset programs or simple carbon accounting, the value is increasingly getting captured in the Global North. These hit and run pieces are nothing short of SPAM - selling, promoting, advocating, and marketing of ulterior motives. #carbonwire #carboncredits #carbonoffsets

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California’s new Climate Accountability Package (SB 253 & SB 261) infographic explanation. As sustainability executives, we are all closely monitoring the shifts in climate-related legislation. #VesselBot has developed an infographic that breaks down California’s new Climate Accountability Package (SB 253 and SB 261), which introduces important reporting requirements for many large companies operating within the state. Download the infographic: https://lnkd.in/dqbry5z4 VesselBot-Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains #SB253 #SB261

🌿 Now is the time to act for nature. We have the tools and frameworks—like the Science-based Targets Network (SBTN) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)—to make meaningful strides toward a hashtag #NaturePositive future. The science is clear: we must urgently scale up our collective efforts. With the adoption of the 2022 Global hashtag #BiodiversityFramework, we now have a comprehensive global plan to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. But the real challenge lies in turning this plan into action. For the first time in the history of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Biodiversity Plan recognizes the vital role of non-state actors, including indigenous peoples, local communities, businesses, and financial institutions. Under Target 15, business and finance must assess and disclose their nature-related risks, impacts, and dependencies—and transform to help halt biodiversity loss. Voluntary action alone won’t suffice. We must work together, across sectors, to drive the systemic change needed to secure a thriving planet. 

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This new research note from the folks at Yale Climate Communication finds that 43% of the American population believes that they can make a different politically when it comes to climate change. These analyses are based on data from October 2023. When I asked similar questions of activists participating in the March to End Fossil Fuels in November 2023, I find a much higher percentage of the protesting population believes they can personally make a difference (84%), which tells us a lot about who participates in activism (and one of the reasons why--because they think they personally can make a difference). Ed Maibach Anthony Leiserowitz #climate #efficacy #climateaction https://lnkd.in/gk3E2_5M

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Have any interest in climate change and climate science? I just posted a newly updated draft of my e-book all about #climatechange -- Too Little, Too Late? I have finished my prep of the first half of the book, which discusses climate science, data, history, and evidence: https://lnkd.in/gMiz3VC9 … Yes, you can download and start reading using the link above. I don't really care about making money on this -- just trying to spread the word. Next step -- update the chapters on possible solutions for the #climatecrisis. That is the majority of Part 2. I will be posting those as I get each chapter updated. (I work on this hobby/passion on the weekends!)

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ABOUT THE BIPARTISAN SENATE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS CAUCUS We each acknowledge our climate is changing, human activity is contributing, and Congress must play a central role in developing strategies for mitigation and adaptation. We affirm that bipartisan action on climate must strengthen American competitiveness and international leadership while protecting and promoting the economic interests of all Americans. We know that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents can find common ground on climate solutions. The Climate Solutions Caucus will consider and discuss a wide variety of topics in the context of policy solutions to address our changing climate. These topics may include, but are not limited to:  Promoting affordable energy and environmental protection through research and innovation in clean and advanced technologies, such as carbon capture and energy storage. Encouraging energy efficiency through strategies for the private sector, non-profit organizations, and federal, state, and local government. Addressing the unique needs of specific sectors such as manufacturing or transportation. Sequestering or reducing emissions through reforestation, agricultural practices, and conservation. Strategies to promote resiliency and adaptation to the effects of our changing climate. Coordinating actions between federal, state, and local government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. Working collaboratively with other nations, in particular major emitting economies, to take meaningful actions to address this global issue. Crafting policies that meaningfully reduce emissions while also creating 21st century jobs and ensuring that no American is left behind. We at The Dandy Horse, Inc. thank you all for using common sense and for doing what is right! Christopher Coons Senator Mike Braun Jeanne Shaheen Senator Mitt Romney Senator Angus S. King, Jr. Senator Lisa Murkowski Senator Mike Bennett Us Senator Lindsey Graham Senator Debbie Stabenow Marco Rubio Senator Tammy Baldwin U.S. Senator Susan Collins Senator Jacky Rosen Consider this #VIDAT The Transportation CO2 #Avoidance Credit Act A Circular and Sustainable Economy geared towards a Greener, Safer Bicycle Infrastructure for Commuting #Verified #Transportation CO2 Avoidance Credits, implemented as an incentive to support the funding of current and local bicycle infrastructure needs, to operate under a system known as Avoid and Reward. Reducing carbon emissions one bicycle at a time. A #bicycle commuter emits just 34 grams of #Co2 per mile. Any other mode of commuting emits more Co2 per mile. State bicycle policy officials are responsible for posting approved projects that necessitate financial support from companies within the transportation sector that operate within their respective jurisdictions. This provides Future Rights to all Transportation Co2 Avoidance Credits associated #ESG Trek Bicycle IBM Microsoft for Startups Sequoia Capital Fifth Wall

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Embrace imperfect progress. In the #VCM, scrutiny is high, and the wait for clear guidance, COP outcomes, SBTi updates—it’s endless. But we can’t afford to wait. The reality is, we have to keep driving the ship forward, balancing the unknowns while taking decisive action. Progress often starts with doing what we know works: reducing emissions, targeting super pollutants, collaborating to reach scale. We learn from successes, adapt when needed, and continue to communicate openly about the journey, even when it’s messy. Perfect solutions don’t happen overnight, but every step forward counts. So don’t wait—lean in, lead with intention, and remember that progress is built one decision at a time.

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🌍 From COP16 in Cali to COP29 in Baku: A Pathway to Equitable Climate Action As COP16 in Cali concluded with historic steps toward inclusion—like a permanent body for Indigenous and local voices—our journey to COP29 in Baku is one of building trust and strengthening frameworks. ALLCOT stands ready to advocate for robust climate finance targets, high-integrity carbon markets, and ambitious NDCs that prioritize the Global South. COP29 is a chance to operationalize Article 6, reinforcing carbon markets and ensuring that finance flows equitably, benefiting vulnerable communities worldwide. Together, we aim to lay a strong foundation for COP30, pushing for a net-zero future that serves people and planet alike. https://lnkd.in/dH7RpFXW #COP29 #ClimateAction #ALLCOT #NetZero #Article6 #SustainableDevelopment Sergi Cuadrat ALLCOT IO Ousmane Fall SARR Nathalie F.

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We must maintain—and in some cases reopen—debates about big structural changes. Incrementalism (e.g. in climate action) isn't cutting it now, and definitely won't after whatever lies ahead. Thanks to everyone who keeps talking about co-ops, debt jubilees, decarbonization, decolonization, defunding / abolishing police and the carceral state, healthcare, landback, municipalization, nationalization, redistribution, reparations, universal public services, and the like. Systems change or bust.

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🚨 Big News in Climate Reporting! 🚨 On September 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 219 into law. Starting in January 2026, companies with over $500M in revenue that do business in California will be required to disclose their climate risks by filing TCFD reports. 🌎📊 This is a major step forward in climate transparency, and it means that businesses need to start preparing now to meet these new regulations. Here’s what you need to know: 💡 What does SB 219 mean for your company? - All companies with $500M+ in revenue must assess and disclose climate-related financial risks using the TCFD framework. - You’ll need to report on the impacts of climate change on your operations, supply chain, and long-term financial outlook. - Failure to comply could lead to regulatory scrutiny, a $50,000 fine, and reputational risk in an increasingly climate-conscious marketplace. 💡 How can you start preparing today? - Assess your current climate risk exposure: Start gathering data on risks like heat waves, wildfires, floods, and more. - Hire someone: Reach out to a consultant or use platform like Beehive Climate (if you're in tech or services) to start working through your climate risk strategy - Work on governance: A key part of this reporting is ensuring you have the right executives and board members engaged. You can start that process now. Reach out if you're not sure where to start! #TCFD #ClimateRisk #Sustainability #ESG #ClimateAction

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