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EUAs lifted towards €23 early on Friday as financial markets bounced back from Thursday's huge losses as governments worldwide took action to control and limit the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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

A large crowd of monkeys has been filmed brawling over a pot of yoghurt in a street in Thailand. A fall in tourist numbers amid the Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in far fewer people offering them food. The video was filmed in Lopburi, a city north-east of Bangkok that is famed for its monkey population

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Data seen by the Guardian shows ‘extreme rainfall events’ have soared over past 30 years

About 150 people have been killed or are missing following record-breaking heavy rains, landslides and flooding in three Brazilian states this year.

Scientists say global heating is contributing to more “extreme rainfall” events in the country, and warned that such disasters could become “the new normal”.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has issued nearly 168,000 fresh carbon credits this week, it said Friday, only around a third of last week’s volume.

From loss of livelihoods to domestic abuse, women bear the brunt of natural disasters. Without change, progress on gender equality will be undone

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her to leave her ancestral atoll and move to the main island, Funafuti.

She is now a climate activist. She can no longer visit her home island, yet remains committed to her country with a burning desire to prevent her own children from inheriting an underwater ghost town. This is not just Milikini’s story.

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The UK National Parks and Campaign for National Parks are delighted to announce the winner, runner up and shortlisted entrants for our joint photography competition underscoring the importance of nature in our national parks.

The competition, around the theme of ‘inspired by nature’, drew about 1,700 entries via social media. Outstanding wildlife shots, landscapes and portraits from across the 15 national parks in the UK blew away the judges.

The dramatic winning shot from Peter Stevens depicts a rare osprey swooping in on its prey in the Cairngorms national park.

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IEA says global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 for the first time since 2009, as the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread around the world.

The post Oil demand set to contract, says IEA, after 2.5 per cent drop in Q1 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Conservative UK government allocates £1 billion ($A2 billion) to increase roll-out of electric car charging hubs and extend Plug-In Grant under its 2020 budget.

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Carbon Tracker warns that more than $1 trillion in planned coal investments is at risk of becoming stranded, as the costs of wind and solar continue to fall.

The post Governments warned: $1 trillion in coal power investments at risk appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As Australian governments scramble to formulate the appropriate response to the newly declared pandemic proportions of the Coronavirus, a new report from the Climate Council reminds us of the burningly urgent need to address that other global catacstrophe, climate change.

The post While we self-isolate, it’s a good time to reflect on the urgency of the climate crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Aerial baiting has been Australia's foremost weapon against pest species for the past 74 years. But at what cost? Justine M. Philip, Doctor of Philosophy, Ecosystem Management, Museums Victoria Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Online retailing giant inks new deal for supply of renewables in Australia, agreeing with Canadian Solar to buy output of 146MW Gunnedah solar farm in NSW.

The post Canadian Solar inks its first Australian PPA with Amazon for output of NSW solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's clean energy industry announces raft of postponements of major events and conferences in response to COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legislation to implement a Washington state low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) and extend the market-based Clean Air Rule (CAR) to fuel suppliers will not pass in the 2020 session because the Senate does not have the votes to approve the policies, the sponsor of the bills told Carbon Pulse.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices plunged to a nearly one-year low this week as the unravelling stock market and spreading COVID-19 virus stoked fears of a global recession, while RGGI allowances (RGAs) saw more modest drops ahead of Q1 auction results.

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IEA warns that Covid-19 could cause a slowdown in world’s clean energy transition

The coronavirus health crisis may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions this year but the outbreak poses a threat to long-term climate action by undermining investment in clean energy, according to the global energy watchdog.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the economic fallout of Covid-19 to wipe out the world’s oil demand growth for the year ahead, which should cap the fossil fuel emissions that contribute to the climate crisis.

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