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France should resume annual increases to its domestic carbon tax due to the threat posed by climate change and despite the fact that the levy helped trigger widespread and violent protests in the country, an advisory institution to the national government budget auditor said.

The US president ended up skipping the climate summit as the Swedish activist told leaders, ‘you are failing us’

Greta Thunberg briefly crossed paths with Donald Trump at the United Nations in New York on Monday.

Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, fixed Trump with a steady stare as he arrived at the UN to attend a meeting on religious freedom. The US president decided to snub a major UN climate summit, held on the same day.

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Slovakia is joining the growing number of member states opting to use the EU's Modernisation Fund next decade to finance the decarbonisation of energy systems in various emitting sectors.

Greta Thunberg briefly crossed paths with Donald Trump at the United Nations in New York on Monday. Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, fixed Trump with a steady stare as he arrived at the UN to attend a meeting on religious freedom. The US president decided to snub a major UN climate summit, held on the same day

• Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN
  

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Past vintage California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) added to the upcoming WCI auction are likely from regulatory accounts closed over the past three quarters, according to Carbon Pulse analysis.

• Thunberg, 16, says governments have betrayed young people
• ‘You are not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us’

Greta Thunberg has excoriated world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people through their inertia over the climate crisis at a United Nations summit that failed to deliver ambitious new commitments to address dangerous global heating.

Related: If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them | Greta Thunberg

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Here’s what an ethical red carpet looks like: the event celebrating sustainable style, now in its third year, saw celebrities and designers wear vintage, rented and ethically produced outfits

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A collection of global leaders, businesses, civil society organisations, and others announced ambitious plans to slash GHGs at the UN secretary-general’s Climate Action Summit on Monday, coming ahead of the 2020 deadline for countries to revamp their Paris Agreement commitments.

The Swedish teenage activist makes an emotional plea at a special UN climate summit in New York.

Warning follows joint investigation that uncovered hundreds of regulation breaches by farms, packing stations and wholesalers

The government has issued a salmonella warning after an investigation revealed that at least 100 people had been poisoned by British eggs in three years.

On Saturday, following the joint investigation, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a food alert, warning consumers that eggs from a specific English flock could be contaminated with salmonella. The eggs in question were marked with the British Lion stamp, which is supposed to guarantee they are safe.

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'You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,' climate activist Greta Thunberg has told world leaders at the 2019 UN climate action summit in New York. In an emotionally charged speech, she accused them of ignoring the science behind the climate crisis, saying: 'We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth - how dare you!'

• UN secretary general hails 'turning point' in climate crisis fight

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In order to prepare for the major planned expansion due to the implementation of ICAO’s CORSIA on a global basis, and to build up a team of professional auditors, Verifavia is recruiting aviation auditors for its Paris and Chandigarh offices.

A barrister has called for new laws against practices that harm the environment – including eating meat. But some experts say criminalising carnivores could do more harm than good

That late-night kebab might be considered a guilty pleasure, but could it one day be seen as a crime against the planet? Will the time come when the only means of procuring a slab of Aberdeen Angus is from a dodgy dealer with a cool box? The barrister Michael Mansfield has suggested that we should have new laws against ecocide – practices that destroy the planet – and that under them, meat could be targeted. “I think when we look at the damage eating meat is doing to the planet, it is not preposterous to think that one day it will become illegal,” he said.

A study last year by researchers at the University of Oxford, published in the journal Nature, showed meat and dairy produces 60% of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions and takes up 83% of farmland, but delivers just 18% of calories and 37% of protein.

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Action on capital’s bridges and roads from 7 October expected to be bigger than April protests

Thousands of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists are planning to shut down parts of central London for at least two weeks in October to demand governments take urgent action to tackle the climate crisis.

Organisers say the next round of protests, centred around parliament and surrounding government departments, will be bigger than those in April, when Extinction Rebellion activists brought key sites across the capital to a standstill for two weeks and more than 1,000 people were arrested.

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UK-based Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm, went into administration on Monday, resulting in the exit of yet another large airline from the EU ETS.

European carbon sank back below €26 on Monday, giving back the previous session's gains amid losses across the energy complex, signs of a worsening economy, and as EUA auction demand appeared tepid.

Carbon prices of up to $50-100/t could be introduced over the next decade without jeopardising industrial competitiveness, according to a report backed by nearly 50 businesses and business groups.

Tesla Model 3 deliveries in Australia could push it into the ranks of the top 10 new vehicle sales for the month of September.

The post The stunning Model 3 delivery numbers that will rock Australia’s car industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chemicals in the air, soil and water which are the by-product of manufacturing can pose a risk to human health. In this era of social media there's often conflicting information about hazardous chemicals and the best way to clean them up. Who do communities turn to for information and remediation?

South Korean carbon allowances rose to fresh record highs for the sixth session in a row on Monday, as the market entered its last week before the Sep. 30 deadline for 2018 compliance.