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Small is beautiful as solar farms look for ways around grid chaos
Developers and off-takers are working with smaller-scale solar farms in a bid to avoid the pitfalls of Australia’s current grid connection and congestion crisis.
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Coal miners given free ride under Morrison government emissions “caps”
A growing number of industrial emitters avoiding limits by using soft rules to secure higher emissions allowances under the Safeguard Mechanism.
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Rio Tinto joins iron ore mining giants making big switch to solar and batteries
Rio Tinto latest iron ore giant to turn to solar and batteries, saying solar will provide all the daytime power needs of new $2.6 billion mining project.
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Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer
Human compost funerals 'better for environment'
A climate emergency: what happens when the taps run dry?
In the second episode of The Frontline, a major series on how Australians are already experiencing the climate crisis, we show what daily life looks like in one of dozens of Australian towns that have run out of drinking water
Continue reading...Major airlines say they're acting on climate change. Our research reveals how little they've achieved
The unequal cost of the drought
2019 was the driest year in Australia’s recorded history. In places like Euchareena in the central west of NSW, water has become so scarce the only option has been to truck it in. But this comes with a serious cost that many can’t afford to pay. In this episode of Full Story we hear from one family about how the cost is not just financial, but cultural and spiritual too
You can read more about Fleur and Lockie Magick Dennis and see them interviewed in this interactive feature.
This story is part of Guardian Australia’s The frontline: inside Australia’s climate emergency series.
Continue reading...Storm Dennis: huge waves and flooded roads in England and Wales – video
Storm Dennis has hit England and Wales creating severe flooding, especially in south Wales where officials have warned conditions are ‘life-threatening’.
Streets have been evacuated by lifeboat in some of the worst-hit areas and people moved to emergency rescue centres after their properties and businesses were devastated by water from overflowing rivers
Continue reading...FRV secures finance for new 85MW solar farm in Victoria
Not all bad news in Victoria for large scale solar projects, with FRV securing finance for a new 85MW solar farm near Benalla.
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The five: things you need to know about locusts
The insects have been swarming across East Africa in numbers not seen for decades – and the phenomenon may be more common in the future
Last week, the UN issued a warning about the numbers of desert locusts currently swarming through much of East Africa; they have now reached Uganda and Tanzania. The outbreak is the largest for decades and has already devastated crops in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, countries with fragile food security. The problem is not confined to Africa, with swarms also occurring in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Continue reading...There is always hypocrisy in politics – but it can be good for the nation | Greg Jericho
From climate change to the budget, we see politicians pretend they think something then do the opposite
You don’t need to observe politics for too long before realising that hypocrisy is the natural scent of the politics.
It is a stench that pervades much of what is said and policy that is enacted. There are two particular types – the hypocrisy where politicians pretend they care about something and then do nothing, and the one where they pretend to think something and do the opposite.
Continue reading...Christiana Figueres on the climate emergency: ‘This is the decade and we are the generation’
The leader of the 2015 Paris accord talks about her new book, The Future We Choose, and why it’s crunch time for humanity
• ‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: the worst case scenario for 2050
• ‘Air is cleaner than before the Industrial Revolution’: the best case scenario for 2050
Christiana Figueres is a founder of the Global Optimism group and was head of the UN climate change convention when the Paris agreement was achieved in 2015.
Your new book is called The Future We Choose. But isn’t it too late to stop the climate crisis?
We are definitely running late. We have delayed appallingly for decades. But science tells us we are still in the nick of time.
‘Air is cleaner than before the Industrial Revolution’: a best case scenario for the climate in 2050
The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the worst case scenario here)
• Christiana Figueres, author: ‘This is the decade and we are the generation’
It is 2050. We have been successful at halving emissions every decade since 2020. We are heading for a world that will be no more than 1.5C warmer by 2100
In most places in the world, the air is moist and fresh, even in cities. It feels a lot like walking through a forest and very likely this is exactly what you are doing. The air is cleaner than it has been since before the Industrial Revolution. We have trees to thank for that. They are everywhere.
Continue reading...‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050
The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers two contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the best case scenario here)
• Christiana Figueres, author: ‘This is the decade and we are the generation’
It is 2050. Beyond the emissions reductions registered in 2015, no further efforts were made to control emissions. We are heading for a world that will be more than 3C warmer by 2100
The first thing that hits you is the air. In many places around the world, the air is hot, heavy and, depending on the day, clogged with particulate pollution. Your eyes often water. Your cough never seems to disappear. You think about some countries in Asia, where, out of consideration, sick people used to wear white masks to protect others from airborne infection. Now you often wear a mask to protect yourself from air pollution. You can no longer simply walk out your front door and breathe fresh air: there might not be any. Instead, before opening doors or windows in the morning, you check your phone to see what the air quality will be.
Continue reading...EU research head optimistic on post-Brexit future
Extinction Rebellion protest at Gatwick and London fashion week
Activists aim to raise awareness of sustainable design and the need to reduce emissions from flights
Activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked traffic outside a London fashion week venue on Saturday and also staged a protest at Gatwick airport.
Dozens of demonstrators prevented traffic from passing through a busy intersection leading to the Strand in Westminster, where the fashion trade show was being held.
Continue reading...Climate summit calls for urgent action after Australia's fire-hit summer
Forceful declaration calls for governments to set short-term zero emissions target to avoid catastrophic warming
The megafires of Australia’s summer “are a harbinger of life and death on a hotter Earth”, a climate summit has said in a forceful declaration for urgent and dramatic climate action.
The Climate Emergency Summit, held in Melbourne this week and of which Guardian Australia was a partner, released a declaration saying the warming world was a clear threat to Australian society and civilisation.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday February 14, 2020
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