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Davos: Trump decries climate 'prophets of doom' with Thunberg in audience
'What will you tell your children?': Greta Thunberg blasts climate inaction at Davos – video
Greta Thunberg told a World Economic Forum panel on climate that activists were demanding an end to all investment in fossil fuel exploration and extraction, calling for a drastic reduction of emissions to zero. She dismissed some of the measures mooted by governments and companies, such as planting billions of trees to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Her comments came after Donald Trump announced the US joined the global 1 trillion tree initiative
Continue reading...Writers and scientists celebrate UK's 67 most endangered birds
Book aims to raise awareness of conservation – and some much-needed funding
From stories about capercaillies strutting around like “cocksure” hedge fund managers to corn buntings shrieking like old fruit sellers, Britain’s nature writers, artists and scientists have flocked together to create an illustrated book celebrating 67 of the country’s most endangered birds.
Red Sixty Seven is an elegy to the growing number of British birds on the “red list” of highly vulnerable species drawn up by conservation scientists for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Continue reading...EU Midday Market Briefing
Davos: 'Forget about net zero, we need real zero' - Greta Thunberg
Trump Davos speech: 'This is not a time for pessimism'
'Live animals are the largest source of infection': dangers of the export trade
Transporting more livestock will increase transmission of diseases, including some that could also threaten humans
The growth of the live animal export trade will make the spread of diseases more likely, experts have warned.
Almost 30% more pigs, goats, cows and sheep were shipped, flown and driven across the world in 2017 than a decade earlier, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
Continue reading...'It was painful to declare it': outbreak of animal disease was blow to Sudan exports
Rift Valley fever led to temporary block on trade, with devastating impact on farmers and livestock
Thousands of sheep waiting to be exported ended up dying of hunger and thirst, after an outbreak of Rift Valley fever led to a temporary Saudi block on trade.
The appearance of the disease in any country that depends on the export trade is potentially catastrophic. Countries are supposed to notify the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), which will then place restrictions on their trade.
Continue reading...Australia’s Woodside expects to buy 50 mln offsets for new LNG project
Study finds shock rise in levels of potent greenhouse gas
Scientists had expected fall in levels of HFC-23 after India and China said they had halted emissions
Efforts to reduce levels of one potent greenhouse gas appear to be failing, according to a study.
Scientists had expected to find a dramatic reduction in levels of the hydrofluorocarbon HFC-23 in the atmosphere after India and China, two of the main sources, reported in 2017 that they had almost completely eliminated emissions.
Continue reading...New solar power source and storage developed
Oceans, biodiversity, deforestation: what's on the climate agenda for 2020?
This year could be crucial in determining the response to the environmental crises
World leaders and business chiefs meeting in Davos this week will be confronted for the first time with an agenda on which the climate and ecological crises take top billing. Financial and economic concerns have been shunted down the list of priorities in favour of five environmental issues: climate breakdown and extreme weather; failure to mitigate or adapt to climate change; human-made pollution; biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse; and natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
Green campaigners and social and human rights activists have been raising concerns on all of these for more than two decades, but it seems that finally the world’s powers are paying attention. In some cases it may be too late to act to avoid the consequences of the delay in taking action.
Continue reading...Green Swans: Central banks may have to foot bill for stranded fossil fuel assets
Central banks may be forced to bail out failing fossil fuel investments, as global banking regulator warns of 'existential' climate risks.
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Australia to add 3.6GW of new solar and wind to grid in 2020
Despite the dive in large-scale renewable energy investment in Australia in 2019, a record number of new solar and wind farms forecast to be completed in 2020.
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Australia’s coal and gas plants are breaking down every three days
Report highlights increasing danger of relying on Australia’s ageing gas and coal power plants, which have broken down once every 3.2 days on average over past two years.
The post Australia’s coal and gas plants are breaking down every three days appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Angus Taylor’s secret consultation on emissions cuts stacked towards big emitters
Taylor's secret review of emissions policy has heavily skewed its consultation towards Australia's biggest emitters and the fossil fuel lobby.
The post Angus Taylor’s secret consultation on emissions cuts stacked towards big emitters appeared first on RenewEconomy.
China – a few policy makers carry a heavy burden, but coal phase out is possible
Climate change is placing a heavy burden on China's policy-makers, but they have a potential roadmap to phase out coal and help cap warming at around 1.5°C.
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Many of our plants and animals have adapted to fires, but now the fires are changing
Vestas commits to zero-waste wind turbines and carbon neutrality
Vestas promises to deliver "zero waste" wind turbines by 2040, with a particular focus on turbine blades which are currently made by non-recyclable composite materials.
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Macquarie signs wind deal with European metals giant
Macquarie's Green Investment Group inks deal to supply power to mining and metals company Eramet Norway from two Norwegian wind farms.
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