EU may allow carbon credits from developing countries to count towards climate goals

Exclusive: Green groups furious at plans to let member states buy controversial carbon offsets from abroad

EU member states may be allowed to count controversial carbon credits from developing countries towards their climate targets, the European climate commissioner has said as states meet for a crucial decision on the issue.

The EU will discuss on Wednesday its target for slashing carbon dioxide by 2040, with an expected cut of 90% compared with 1990 levels, in line with the bloc’s overarching target of reaching net zero by mid-century.

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‘They shoot people deliberately’: Gazans testify that Hamas intentionally targets aid sites – The Jerusalem Post

  1. 'They shoot people deliberately': Gazans testify that Hamas intentionally targets aid sites  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Israel releases conversations with Gaza residents amid criticisms of aid delivery system  Fox News
  3. Hamas Shoots At Civilians To Prevent Them From Taking Aid - Gazan Testimony  i24NEWS
  4. GHF head: Claims Gazans were led into pit to get surgar completely false  Israel National News
  5. Israel digs trap for starving Gaza aid-seekers, buries victims alive  SKWAWKBOX
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France leads Europe in saying au revoir to beach and park smoking – CNN

  1. France leads Europe in saying au revoir to beach and park smoking  CNN
  2. France bans smoking in most public areas, enacting stricter anti-smoking laws with costly fines  CBS News
  3. In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches  NPR
  4. Can France, land of smoking and joie de vivre, end its cigarette habit?  The Washington Post
  5. France bans smoking at parks and beaches in effort to protect children  New Hampshire Public Radio
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Live Updates: Israel Katz condemns settler attacks on Israeli soldiers – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Live Updates: Israel Katz condemns settler attacks on Israeli soldiers  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon kill three people  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel strikes Lebanon in one of biggest attacks since November ceasefire  The Washington Post
  4. 1 killed and 11 wounded in intense Israeli strikes on south Lebanon  AP News
  5. Aid group denies delivering drugs to Gaza  thenationalnews.com
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra Suspended Amid Cambodia Dispute – The New York Times

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  2. Thailand’s prime minister suspended over leaked phone call with former strongman  CNN
  3. Top Thai Court Suspends Prime Minister Pending Ethics Investigation  Foreign Policy
  4. Thailand: PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra suspended over leaked phone call  BBC
  5. Blow for Thailand's government as court suspends PM from duty  Reuters
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China sanctions former Philippine senator on maritime claims – Reuters

  1. China sanctions former Philippine senator on maritime claims  Reuters
  2. China sanctions former Filipino lawmaker who defended Philippines' South China Sea claims  AP News
  3. Beijing sanctions South China Sea legal claim architect Francis Tolentino  South China Morning Post
  4. China Sanctions Former Philippine Senator as Tensions Swell  Bloomberg.com
  5. China Philippines Sanction  New Castle News
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China sanctions former Filipino lawmaker who defended Philippines’ South China Sea claims – AP News

  1. China sanctions former Filipino lawmaker who defended Philippines' South China Sea claims  AP News
  2. China sanctions former Philippine senator on maritime claims  Reuters
  3. Beijing sanctions South China Sea legal claim architect Francis Tolentino  South China Morning Post
  4. China Philippines Sanction  New Castle News
  5. China Sanctions Former Philippine Senator as Tensions Swell  Yahoo Finance
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74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food – NPR

  1. 74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food  NPR
  2. LIVE: Over 600 starving Palestinians killed in 5 weeks at GHF sites in Gaza  Al Jazeera
  3. 24 said killed in strike on Gaza City cafe; troops dismantle 3-km tunnel network  The Times of Israel
  4. Israel accused of killing dozens in stepped-up Gaza operations as Trump hopes for a ceasefire in days  CBS News
  5. Israel strikes pound Gaza, killing 60, ahead of US talks on ceasefire  Reuters
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Australia news live: some Central Coast residents told ‘evacuate now’ amid coastal erosion threat; children’s commissioner says child safety ‘not a priority in this country’

NSW braces for damaging winds and heavy rain from coastal low. Follow the latest updates live

Gas market review will ‘drive efficiencies in the system’, King says

The resources minister, Madeleine King, says a review into gas market regulations will drive efficiencies into the system.

Our existing policy has made sure that that gas is available. So that’s that combination of existing policies brings in that extra 600 petajoules. So indeed, that work is already happening.

What we’re trying to do and will endeavour to do, and the industry is very supportive of, is to make that more coherent, and how we can make sure we learn from the whole system, reduce duplication in some of the regulation, some of the reporting factors, simply how we can make it work better for consumers, for industrial users, and for the Gas industry itself. And that drives efficiencies in the system, which we expect will help with pricing.

We were honest with the public from day one: the toll situation would get worse before it got better. That’s the reality of the infrastructure pipeline locked in by our predecessors.

And now, the most recent NSW Budget reflects that – with toll revenue projected to rise from $180m to $283m in the 2028–29 financial year.

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