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IEA says current climate pledges not nearly enough to get to zero net emissions, more must be done to shake the "stubborn incumbency" of fossil fuels.

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Populations of noisy miners have boomed since colonisation, and today they’re a huge threat to other native birds. 45 attempts to cull them in 30 years have left us with more questions than answers. Courtney Melton, PhD Candidate in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland April Reside, Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Jeremy Simmonds, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Michael Clarke, Emeritus professor, La Trobe University Paul McDonald, Associate professor, University of New England Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is due to launch above Earth for real within hours.

Community members, First Nations peoples, farmers, fishers, business owners and other interested people are invited to attend an online Q and A session about water for the environment on Tuesday October 19, 2021.

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Bombora wave technology to be used in project in Mauritius that has received a subsidy from the Japanese government.

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SafeWork to carry out safety checks at NSW solar farms and construction sites following reports of poor practices.

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Tassie to become first state to formally legislate a net zero target for 2030, and will ramp-up support for low emission industry, including green hydrogen.

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Report warns England faces more floods and droughts, rising sea levels and greater demand on water supplies

England faces more floods and droughts, rising sea levels and greater demand on water supplies due to climate change, the Environment Agency has warned.

Ahead of the UN Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, the government agency is warning that adaptation – becoming resilient to the already inevitable effects of climate change – is just as important as actions to cut greenhouse gases.

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Judged on design excellence, innovation and impact – whether it be social, commercial or environmental – the best in class gong at the Good Design awards is one of the country’s highest design honours.

Winners are chosen by a panel of more than 70 industry experts. This year’s awards received a record 930 applications across 12 design disciplines, from Australia and around the world.

The best in class product design winners were a mix of futuristic and common-sense objects, ranging from a fishing rod cases to smart home devices.

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Two US firms on Tuesday announced a new voluntary emissions reduction (VER) platform to allow organisations to browse through available offset projects and make commission-free purchases, cutting out brokers and large corporates.

Shadow business secretary hits out at Boris Johnson and says Britain is stalling on climate pledges

Boris Johnson needs to “get off the sun lounger and start being a statesman” with less than three weeks to go before the Cop26 global climate change summit in Glasgow, Ed Miliband will say on Wednesday.

With Johnson on holiday in Spain, the shadow business secretary will say the UK is in danger of allowing “greenwashing” at Cop26, with insufficient pledges from countries across the world so far to make the summit a success.

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Winning images from this year’s competition, which will be exhibited at the Natural History Museum, London, from 15 October

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Oil-rich Gulf state Kuwait has pledged to cut its emissions 7.4% under BAU levels by 2035 in its revised NDC submitted on Tuesday, far off the 45% global GHG cut thought needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C warming goal.

An image of a bursting cloud of eggs and sperm as groupers mate in the Pacific is the judges' pick.

The New Zealand ETS needs to be encouraged to make gross carbon reductions, potentially relying less on forestry offsets in the future, the government said Wednesday as it launched a public consultation process for its first long-term emissions reduction plan.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values reached a one-month high on Tuesday, as market participants reported importers were on the bid and helping drive prices up.

Nationals’ concerns about the effects on regional Australia are legitimate, but greater forces in favour of a net-zero emissions target will likely push the policy over the line. Geoff Cockfield, Honorary Professor in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate activist group was responding to injunctions that ban protests on M4 and M25 and around Dover

Insulate Britain protesters have accused the government of delaying taking action against them to avoid the embarrassment of having demonstrators in prison while Glasgow hosts a crucial climate summit.

Members of the climate activist group, who have blocked motorways and busy roads in and around London, were in the high court on Tuesday morning. They were responding to three injunctions granted to National Highways that ban the group from protesting on the M25, on the M4 and around the port of Dover.

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Costa Rica will work with Gold Standard on principles for corresponding adjustments (CAs) under the Paris Agreement, as the offset project certifier gears up for what it dubs ‘Article-6 authorised units' for global carbon trade.