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Scott Morrison opts to spend time touring a US box factory owned by a Liberal Party donor, instead of attending the UN climate leaders summit in New York.

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The 95MW Tailem Bend solar farm in South Australia has become the first renewable project of its kind to be granted approval for self-forecast generation.

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Australia’s peak body representing some of Australia’s largest energy users, the Energy Users’ Association of Australia (EUAA), welcomes the appointment of Clare Savage to the role of Chair of the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).

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Small but potentially significant solar farm officially opened in NSW that state agriculture minister says is a glimpse of the future for regional areas.

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United in Science report warns world needs to lift its efforts 5-fold to cap warming at 1.5°C, and reinforces call to end fossil fuel subsidies and bring an end to new coal plants.

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UN is drawing on the strength of youth climate strikes, and the vision of big companies like Atlassian to try and reshape rules of climate diplomacy.

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More than 11 large coal units were offline at various times last week, and the grid coped just fine. But we still deserve better planning for a renewable future.

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UK to get first subsidy-free offshore wind farms after contracts awarded for nearly 6GW that will make it cheaper than gas, and less than half the cost of new nuclear.

The post Record-low price for UK offshore wind cheaper than existing gas plants by 2023 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In an Australian first, the CEFC and the NFF have collaborated to back ready-made clean energy solutions for Australian farmers, with the twin goals of increasing on-farm efficiency and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Brown coal generation hits record daily and weekly low in Australia due to outages and impact of wind and solar.

The post Graph of the Day: Brown coal generation hits record low in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Company behind South Australian compressed-air storage project gets major secures more than $55 million in new investment, including from GE company.

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Tim Washington from Jet Charge on why household batteries may replace electric vehicles, and why they may be more valuable as batteries on wheels, rather than wheels with batteries.

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United in Science report ahead of UN summit says climate is changing faster than forecast, and current plans would lead to ‘catastrophic’ global temperature rise

An assessment backed by the world’s major climate science bodies has found commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions must be at least tripled and increased by up to fivefold if the world is to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

The report, launched as leaders gather at a UN climate action summit in New York on Monday, says current plans would lead to a rise in average global temperatures of between 2.9C and 3.4C by 2100, a shift likely to bring catastrophic change across the globe.

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Later today, nations will unveil new plans for curbing their emissions at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, but Australia will not be among them.

World leaders are gathering for the UN Climate Action Summit in New York today, as the WMO releases a disturbing report on the current state of climate change.

Himalayan villages are growing food in the forests, a traditional model that can fight both land clearing and world hunger. Jagannath Adhikari, Sessional Lecturer, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

‘Our future demands it,’ says tech entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes as Trump and Morrison snub the New York session

Australian tech entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes will travel to the United Nations summit on climate change in New York to announce that Atlassian will adopt a target of net zero emissions by no later than 2050.

The commitment, offered through UN Global Compact’s Business Ambition for 1.5C and the Science-Based Targets initiative, will see Atlassian become the first major Australian company to join the Business Ambition for 1.5C.

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A snapshot of the latest science, published as politicians gather in New York, says climate change is speeding up.

Paul Ramos was in Borneo to film the work being done to save the orangutan population.

Sunday 22 September is World Car Free Day - but in Ethiopia it happens once a month, in cities across the country.