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Met Office says 117 flood warnings in place after downpours continued through the night

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Villagers in South Yorkshire have described how they suffered “almost biblical” amounts of rainfall overnight.

Kathleen Overton, a Post Office worker in Toll Bar, a village near Doncaster, told PA news agency: “It must have started at around 9am yesterday when I was taking my grandson to school, and then it just didn’t stop.

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In Derbyshire, locals are bucketing water out of their cars this morning. The BBC’s Heidi Booth reports from Darley Dale:

Residents are bucketing water out of their cars in Daley Dale this morning. Properties and businesses are also affected. More on @BBCDerby throughout the morning. #flooding #Derbyshire pic.twitter.com/KslJiZFtyt

Live in Darley Dale this morning, the A6 here is inpassable and it seems like the water is rising. #floods #Derbyshire @BBCDerby pic.twitter.com/AKz3XGNETA

The carpark at @premierinn in Darley Dale is completely submerged as well. @BBCDerby pic.twitter.com/iMbrdUVVeE

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Australian secondary market offset prices have risen to a six-month high amid a dearth of available supply, while new issuances and delivery to the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund were modest this week.

NGOs report fourfold increases in investments in carbon-reducing projects in developing countries

Growing concern about the climate crisis and the “Greta Thunberg effect” are driving huge increases in individuals and businesses choosing to offset their emissions by investing in carbon-reducing projects in developing countries.

NGOs and organisations involved in carbon offsetting have seen as much as a fourfold increase in investment from people who want to try to mitigate their carbon footprints.

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Scientists say the decline of Arctic sea ice is connected to the spread of disease among marine mammals.

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• UK flooding - live updates

Torrential rain has caused flooding in Yorkshire and the Midlands. On Thursday hundreds of shoppers were trapped in shopping centres in both Sheffield and Rotherham.

Many homes have been forced to evacuate and 116 flood warnings remain in place, the majority of them in Yorkshire. The Met Office predicts flooding rains will clear, moving south-east by lunchtime. But, as the clean-up operation begins, flood warnings are expected to remain in place for several days.

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Sheffield shopping centre cut off by rising waters as torrential rain deluges large areas and Met Office warns of more to come

Dozens of people have been trapped in Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre overnight after torrential rain caused flooding throughout the city and transport chaos across large parts of northern England.

Heavy rain across the region on Thursday made roads impassable and forced the cancellation of train services, while 35 homes were evacuated in Mansfield after a mudlside.

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New era begins for Volkswagen as first all-electric ID.3 hatchback rolls off factory floor at Zwickau on same day as Germany hikes electric vehicle subsidies, and the carmaker looks to make EVs in the China and the US.

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Shell set to enter Australian electricity market as ERM Power shareholders overwhelmingly approve $617M takeover offer.

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Where will the Netherlands accommodate a forecast 27GW of solar by 2030? The completion of its largest floating solar project offers a clue.

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SolarEdge financial results for third quarter of 2019 include record revenues, record solar product revenues, and 1.5GW of inverters shipped.

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ADB grant to install rooftop solar, storage and ground mounted PV across Tuvalu promises to take daytime electricity supply to 35%, and 100% at times.

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New Zealand passes landmark legislation enshrining its zero-carbon target into law with bipartisan support, although concerns linger about plans to tackle agricultural emissions.

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Much at stake for Australia at upcoming UN climate talks, but no word on who will lead the small negotiating team tasked to defend its use of Kyoto credits.

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Lazard's annual analysis shows wind and solar costs continue to fall, and now match even the "marginal" costs of coal and nuclear, and are a fraction of their overall costs.

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Continent is set for massive urbanisation but can avoid relying on fossil fuels, says IEA

Africa is poised to lead the world’s cleanest economic revolution by using renewable energy sources to power a massive spread of urbanisation, says an IEA report.

The IEA, or International Energy Agency, predicts that solar energy will play a big role in supporting the continent’s growing population and industrialisation over the next 20 years.

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Finance ministers from nine EU nations are calling on the incoming European Commission to ease the path for their countries to impose taxes on flight emissions.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices rose to a five-month high this week as market participants reacted positively to Democrats sweeping the Virginia legislature, while California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) rose slightly following the linked WCI programme's publication of 2018 emissions data.