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Taiwan publishes new geothermal project development policy

ThinkGeoEnergy

” The new law, which came into effect on the 13th of May, provides the regulatory framework for geothermal exploration and development permitting. The Minister also reiterated Taiwan’s ambitious goals of building 20 MW of installed geothermal power capacity by 2025 and scaling this up to 200 MW by 2030 and 2 GW by 2040.

Policy 105
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The role of antitrust law in creating energy democracy

Renewable Energy World

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast of episode 127 of the Building Local Power Podcast , host John Farrell speaks with guest Jean Su. Farrell and Su discuss how legal advocacy for energy democracy can overcome utility barriers to a renewable energy economy.

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Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 It is estimated that today’s policy ambitions and targets would likely lead to global warming of around 2.7C license ). by the end of the century – a temperature that will result in the planet facing climate disaster.

Carbon 130
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The NICFI Satellite Data Program: Celebrating Three Years of Using Space to Help Reduce & Reverse Tropical Forest Loss

Planet Pulse

Strategic Area #1: Land Use Policies Land use governance is critical to reducing deforestation, decoupling deforestation from commodities production, and meeting global climate and sustainable development goals. Increasing REDD+ capacity in Africa: NICFI-Planet data has been used for Cameroon and by Mozambique for MRV on REDD+ programs.

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A United Kingdom? The case for a net zero Just Transition Commission

Business Green

This has led to many voices calling for a green and equitable recovery, able to combine social and environmental concerns in climate change policy. Building on the interplay between these concepts, the critical importance of a Just Transition is beginning to make headway in policy. A Just Transition must be twofold.

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'For a clean, inclusive and resilient UK recovery plan'

Business Green

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Yours, Ron Cowley, CEO, Active Building Centre.

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‘Narratives of Delay’: How the Animal Pharma Industry Resists Moves to Curb the Overuse of Antibiotics on Farms 

DeSmogBlog

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. said the veterinary medicines industry had been working with regulators on farm antibiotics for 30 years.