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A shareholder activist group known better for being the scourge of the oil and gas and high-emitting resources industry and those who fund their polluting work has welcomed new, tough transition plans from Australia’s leading bank.

The rate of global warming is expected to decline over coming years under current climate policies, though the downward trend could be greater if both NDCs and long-term net-zero targets are met, according to new analysis.

Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts say

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The Australian government is ramping up preparations for a highly pathogenic and contagious strain of bird flu potentially reaching Australia via its Antarctic territory and Macquarie Island, warning it could devastate wildlife and be passed to people.

Government agencies led by the Australian Antarctic Division at a planning exercise in Hobart on Wednesday were told an influx of the virulent H5N1 Avian flu strain that has killed millions of seabirds, wild birds and poultry overseas was a case of “not if, but when”.

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An Abu Dhabi-based asset management firm has teamed up with two international partners to promote a sustainable rice farming method and generate carbon credits deemed eligible under Japan's bilateral framework in Indonesia, it announced Wednesday.

A substantial share of private finance will flow towards biodiversity credits as investors are confident demand for them will surge in coming years, a think tank researcher has said.

A Korean financial institution is planning to provide deposit services for a planned consignment carbon trading platform that will likely be added to the country's national emissions trading scheme next year, local media reported.

Five organisations in Thailand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a carbon trading platform for small- and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to hold sustainable events, they announced Wednesday.

Kits emerge for after-dark dips in Northumberland, London, Kent and the Cairngorms after reintroduction drive

A beaver baby boom is under way across Britain this summer in places where the species had been extinct for centuries.

From Ealing in London to the Cairngorms in Scotland, and from Canterbury in Kent to the Wallington Estate in Northumberland, new kits have emerged from their lodges for an after-dark dip in the water.

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One of Japan’s largest power retailers and generators has signed a long-term offtake agreement with a Singapore-based trading house for Australian carbon credits.

Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis

Anti-sewage campaigners have warned of “extreme anger” if the Labour government does not radically reform the water regulator.

Sources at the Environment Agency (EA) and in the Labour party have told the Guardian that while Labour had spent time considering reforms of the EA and Ofwat in order to fix the sewage crisis, some stricter options that had been proposed were now off the table.

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Essential Energy says it could connect more than 8GW of large-scale renewables “right now” using the existing NSW electricity distribution network. But the rules prevent it from doing so.

The post Faster, fairer, cheaper: Regional network says renewables gap could be filled quickly, if the rules allowed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor introduces Future Made in Australia bill, but Coalition says it will oppose it and the Greens want guarantees fossil fuels won't be funded.

The post Coalition says no to Future Made in Australia bill as Greens question fossil fuel funding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The rise of ‘pyrokaryotes’ could reduce the availability of fish humans eat, and hamper the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon emissions. Ryan Heneghan, Lecturer in Environmental Modelling, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate protesters were removed from Parliament House by police on Wednesday morning. In a statement, the protesters said they felt 'betrayed by the Albanese government’s abandonment of major reform to our environment laws earlier this year, following pressure from coal and gas companies'

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The automotive finance arm of a major carmaker in South Korea has created a business model that can generate carbon credits for electric vehicles by leveraging the parent group's resources.

Investigations into the turbine blade failure at the first commercial offshore wind farm in the US point to a manufacturer fault that "should have been detected."

The post Embarrassing blade failure and the struggle for answers at first offshore wind farm in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ARB issued a 15-day notice late Monday for accepting public comments to modifications of proposed changes to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), sending credit futures in the secondary market trading through a wide intraday range on Tuesday.

Australia's biggest coal generator celebrates success of its first big battery, and says waiting for nuclear to replace its coal assets will put it out of business.

The post AGL hails performance of first big battery, says waiting for nuclear would put it out of business appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Another electric van is about to enter Australia's nascent market, but they are already hugely popular in Europe. Here's why.

The post The Driven Podcast: The case for electric vans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Market participants expect the upcoming WCI auction on Wednesday to settle at the lowest level in more than a year and at a discount to front-month futures, while analysts forecast a broad range of estimates considering a mix of bearish market sentiment and opportunistic buying from speculators.