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• Electric commercial fleets don’t increase insurance risk: Zurich
  
• Global trade of "green goods" hits record high: UN
  
• Strategic water purchasing tender now open

• Hydrogen injection technology for diesel generator goes into field testing
  
• Victoria begins ban on single use plastics
  
• Mild early winter leaves Europe with coal stockpile
  
• Plibersek's circular economy advisory group gets underway

• ACCU forwards trade up to $41
  
• New survey to identify key labour requirements for energy transition
  
• Australia and the Netherlands ink new green hydrogen deal
  
• Hydrogen company to use waste plastics as feedstock

Global upstream oil and gas methane emissions are likely to be severely underestimated according to a new study that found the UK's offshore methane leakage levels are five times higher than reported, due to outdated emission factors.

• Plastic packaging faces tighter restriction
  
• COP pushing forward on climate finance
  
• Macron calls for new financial pact

• Don't work for "climate-wreckers", UN chief tells students
  
• Quad leaders launch climate package, energy ministers to hold Sydney meeting
  
• Global nature risk disclosure taskforce establishes Australian consultation group

The UN Environmental Assembly has agreed to negotiate a new binding treaty that will target the entire plastics lifecycle.

The Morrison government will join efforts to develop a global standard for disclosing business impacts and dependencies on nature, Environment Minister Sussan Ley has announced.

The first draft of a Paris-style biodiversity agreement sets a target of sourcing 10 gigatonnes of carbon abatement annually from nature, proposes tough controls on nutrients, pesticides and plastic, and calls for a huge increase in biodiversity funding.

• CarbonNet Bill passes Victorian Lower House
  
• State government holds back review of Port Pirie lead program
  
• Investors managing US$41 trillion urge stronger emissions targets