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The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos including rescued pangolins and hyacinth macaws

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China plans to backdate the start of compliance obligations to Jan. 1, 2019 for its national emissions trading scheme, according to several sources who have seen a draft allocation plan circulated by the environment ministry this week.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Climate activists linked to Extinction Rebellion projected protest messages onto hull of the World vessel in Falmouth, Cornwall

A “sea-faring sister” of climate resistance group Extinction Rebellion (XR) launched this week with a protest against a 196-metre (644ft) luxury cruise liner docked in Falmouth, Cornwall, aimed at highlighting the environmental impact of cruise shipping.

In its first action, Ocean Rebellion used guerilla advertising tactics to project films, slogans and messages, including “Turn the Tide” and “Fuck this ship”, on the hull of the World, a converted ocean liner that bills itself as the largest private residential ship on the planet. Residents aboard the ship are promised “a life of adventure at the pinnacle of luxury” as the ship continuously circumnavigates the globe, according to its website, although there are currently no residents aboard because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The sport offers hope to millions. Now it can lead the way in taking radical steps to create a carbon-neutral world

Like everything else in 2020, the football season in Europe has been unusual. The Champions League final this Sunday, its traditional climax, is three months late. All eight quarter-finalists have been quarantined in Lisbon. What normally are two-legged home-and-away ties have been reduced to one match played in an eerie, empty and neutral stadium. Even games of the calibre of Bayern Munich’s 8-2 evisceration of Barcelona were rendered hollow and bizarre.

Related: The football industry needs to wake up to the climate emergency

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In the last decade, amid drought and searing heat, California has entered the ‘era of megafires’ and has become the ‘examplar for climate change extreme events today’

There’s an idea that when the climate crisis begins, we will know it. Movies present it as a moment when the world’s weather suddenly turns apocalyptic: winds howl, sea levels surge, capital cities are decimated. Climate messaging can bolster this notion, implying that we have a certain number of years to save the day before reaching a cataclysmic point of no return.

Living in expectation of a definitive global break can blind us to the fact that gradually, insidiously, the climate crisis has already arrived.

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The resumption of trade in the EU ETS registry system has been delayed until early Friday afternoon, the European Commission said, as emergency repairs following a bloc-wide outage continue.

Covid-19 led to 9.3% reduction in humanity’s ecological footprint compared with same period last year

The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth’s resources declined sharply this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers.

Consequently, Earth Overshoot Day, the point at which human consumption exceeds the amount nature can regenerate in a year, has moved back by over three weeks from 29 July in 2019 to 22 August this year.

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Works begin on 12MW ground-mounted solar array for SA Water reservoir that supplies the drinking water for nearly half of metropolitan Adelaide.

The post Solar drinking water for Adelaide, as Happy Valley Reservoir adds 5B array appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Forests seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Marketing Analyst to be primarily responsible for supporting the Investor Relations team deliver the company’s global marketing strategy with institutional investors, with a specific focus on sustainable plantation forestry investment.

Eco-friendly technology could potentially replace concrete and revolutionise sector

Scientists have developed a method to 3D-print greener buildings using local soil that they say has the potential to revolutionise the construction industry.

The technology is designed to be a sustainable alternative to concrete, which accounts for approximately 7% of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the International Energy Agency.

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Facilities experience jump in online traffic as people take to internet to view marine life

Aquariums closed to visitors because of the coronavirus pandemic have reported big increases in traffic to their exhibit webcams as people turn to the underwater world for stress relief.

Since Monterey Bay aquarium in California closed to the public in March, visits to its website have tripled compared to the previous year. Nearly 80% of traffic goes to its 10 live webcams, with the sea otter, jellyfish and shark exhibits proving the most popular.

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South Korea could pull the power sector out of its emissions trading scheme from 2021 over a disagreement between ministries on how to best regulate CO2 emissions from the sector, according to sources, a move that would gut the world’s second biggest carbon market.

Investment needed to achieve target of 75% rivers rated good, Environment Agency told

Wildlife and countryside campaigners are urging the head of the Environment Agency not to weaken key rules which are driving the clean-up of rivers in England.

Leading figures in the environmental sector have written to Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the EA, after a speech in which he suggested weakening the EU water framework directive now that the UK had left the union. To do so, the signatories to the letter say, would be a backward step.

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One Stop Warehouse is delighted to announce will now be distributing a select range SolarEdge Products across its national Warehouse network.

The post SolarEdge now distributed by One Stop Warehouse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If Origin wants to appeal to investors, it's got to get back on the path of making a future for itself. And that path lies in taking advantage of nature’s bounty.

The post Origin is living proof that incumbents don’t manage disruption well appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Westwind's 800-1000MW Golden Plains wind farm set to begin construction in 2021, after legal challenge dismissed by Court of Appeal.

The post Golden Plains wind farm set for 2021 construction after Supreme Court win appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Suncorp’s decision to pull out of industry by 2025 puts it at odds with government push for gas-led recovery

Major Australian insurer Suncorp will end any financing or insuring of the oil and gas industry by 2025, adding to the group’s existing ban on support for new thermal coal projects.

The insurer revealed on Friday it had already stopped insuring, underwriting or directly investing in new oil and gas projects and would phase out underwriting and financing existing oil and gas businesses by 2025.

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Norwegian research team finds painting one of three blades of a wind turbine black reduces collision-related bird deaths by 70 per cent.

The post Researchers find black and white solution to wind turbine bird deaths appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar smash output records in the National Electricity Market, combining to hit 11.8GW for the first time.

The post Wind and solar output surge to new record high in main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.