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Here’s some good news to kick things off:

• Across all OECD countries, consumption of fossil gas was down 0.2% in August compared to a year before, says the International Energy Agency. Demand slumped 6% in Europe.

• In the electricity sector, coal-fired generation across the OECD was down 6.5% in August, with coal’s share of the mix falling to 16.9%.

• New York’s car congestion pricing programme for Manhattan has been revived and is set to begin in early January.

• Indonesia plans to offer to international investors opportunities to build 75GW of renewable power in the country in the next 15 years, Reuters reports.

• 60% of all passenger cars sold in Europe in September were either fully electric, plug-in hybrids, or traditional hybrids, according to CleanTechnica.

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Decarbonising manufacturing: Most processes are no longer ‘hard to abate’

Until recently, it was exceptionally difficult to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from steel, cement, and chemical manufacturing plants. These industries, among others, are considered ‘hard to abate’ since they’re highly energy-intensive and require plenty of heat — making them difficult to electrify.

However, a new generation of plants is cropping up across the world and proving that industrial decarbonisation is both possible and efficient.

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Inside Denmark’s bold new nature restoration plan

Danish policymakers have agreed to spend DKK 43 billion (US$6 billion) on rewilding and reforesting 10% of the country’s total land area, including some farmland.

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Australia’s electricity sector emissions slide amid wind and solar ‘revolution’

Australia’s emissions from generating electricity have fallen 30% since 2015 thanks to a “quiet revolution” in which wind and solar technologies have reduced the country’s reliance on coal and gas, a new report finds.

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Solar installations are now mandatory for large parking lots in France

The French government has published a decree requiring large parking lots to have solar canopies installed.

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Global electric vehicle sales on track for another record year

Electric vehicle sales are heading for another record year in 2024, despite all the talk of waning interest, according to an analysis by BloombergNEF.

- Read the full story here.

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