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Plan is part of ‘green new deal’ but campaigners say it is not enough to tackle climate crisis

The first EU-wide “climate law” would enshrine a legally binding target of reaching net-zero carbon by 2050, and Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions would be halved by 2030, under a set of proposals being discussed by the incoming European commission.

Cars would be subject to new air pollution standards, following the disastrous cheating that allowed diesel pollutants to be masked, and all vehicles may be brought within the EU’s carbon emissions trading scheme, which would affect drivers across the bloc. Three quarters of road transport would have to be moved to rail and inland waterways, and pricing would have to be adjusted to reflect the carbon output of different modes of transport, which is likely to prove controversial.

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EUAs on Friday stayed pinned near to the €25 handle that has drawn the market's focus this week, with prices poised for a 1.6% weekly gain following a stronger auction.

The incoming European Commission will only look to publish a proposal next October to deepen the bloc’s 2030 GHG target underpinning its ETS, according to a document leaked to media that suggests officials have not been swayed by lawmaker pressure to fast-track the plans.

Lawmakers in the upper house of Germany’s parliament on Friday approved the bulk of the government’s €54 billion climate package, but blocked sections of it relating to costs.

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

The climate crisis is the biggest global threat that humanity faces. But despite action being demanded for years, many governments have continued to sustain an economy that is bad for the environment. The Green New Deal proposes a different way forward and has been mentioned by the Labour party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders in the US, and school strikers around the world. But what does it mean? Maya Goodfellow explores what the Green New Deal is and how would it work. 

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A fridge recycling plant believes it has found a more sustainable way to dispose of them.

A UK team arrives in Antarctica to test its theory for why so few iron meteorites are found there.

China’s Hubei province on Friday sold all 3.51 million CO2 allowances on offer as emitters and investors alike swept in to pick up permits at price levels not seen in the secondary market since July last year, while a Shanghai sale restricted to compliance buyers attracted interest in just a fraction of its permits.

Agri-park high in the Andes preserves the expertise to breed strains fit for a changing climate

With a climate changing faster than most crops can adapt and food security under threat around the world, scientists have found hope in a living museum dedicated to a staple eaten by millions daily: the humble potato.

High in the Peruvian Andes, agronomists are looking to the ancestral knowledge of farmers to identify genetic strains which could help the tubers survive increasingly frequent and intense droughts, floods and frosts.

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Pupils to declare December vote a ‘climate election’ after new data highlights urgency of crisis

Children and young people in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK will walk out of classrooms on Friday for the latest youth strike to highlight the escalating climate crisis.

Strikers in the UK will focus on the forthcoming election, which they have vowed to make a “climate election” by demonstrating the growing public concern about the ecological crisis.

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Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.6% last year, preliminary environment ministry data showed Friday, meaning the country is almost hallway through to meeting its 2030 obligations under the Paris Agreement.

But growth in LNG sector alone almost enough to offset decline and result of increase in renewables

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have flatlined due to the effects of the drought, which has caused a large drop in carbon dioxide from the agriculture sector.

The government’s quarterly greenhouse data for the year to June 2019, published on Friday, shows Australia’s emissions fell by 0.1% on the previous year – equivalent to 0.4m tonnes of carbon dioxide.

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ARENA has today announced $6.5 million in funding to the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) to develop a pathway to low emissions for the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) sector.

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The future energy system is not only affordable, it is cheaper than the energy system we have today.

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Stockland to offer discounts of between 15-20% on solar and storage to up to 25,000 residents in properties developed by the company since 2015.

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The change in South Australia's grid continues to surprise energy experts, and is now accelerating towards its net 100 per cent renewable target.

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Drought and floods drive slight fall in Australia's emissions as Taylor denied an early pass to skip Parliament and head to Paris.

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Booming Victorian renewables market has delivered bumper year for solar and wind power, with 12 new licences issued to generate renewable electricity.

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Australia’s latest reports to the World Heritage Committee outline the comprehensive action being undertaken by the Australian and state governments to protect and sustain the Great Barrier Reef and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Areas ...