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Bush Connections mixes nature therapy with land conservation techniques to build lasting benefits for people with disabilities, whilst restoring the hidden gem of Greswell Forest.

The EU should toughen rules that exempt wood-burning power plants from the EU ETS or put at risk global climate targets due to emissions resulting from dozens of new facilities, a report found on Monday.

Conservationists condemn New South Wales government as feral horse numbers increase by 16,000 since 2014

The feral horse population in Australia’s alpine national parks has more than doubled in the past five years, with conservationists blaming what they have called a disgraceful lack of management by the New South Wales government.

The updated population figures come from an aerial survey of the alpine national parks and surrounding state forests in NSW and Victoria conducted in April and May of this year. It mimicked a survey of the same area in 2014.

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COP25 has come and gone, another missed opportunity to use women's knowledge to mitigate climate change. Maria Tanyag, Lecturer, International Relations, Australian National University Jacqui True, FASSA, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Director Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Cheops space mission will get beyond just counting worlds to start describing their properties.

Tonnage numbers already creeping up on day one of talks, say campaigners

Haggling over EU fishing quotas for next year has begun in Brussels, and fisheries ministers from member states look likely to ignore scientific advice and argue for higher quotas for key stocks.

Fish populations have shown signs of recovery in some areas but key stocks including cod, seabass, hake and herring are still overfished, scientists say. The EU pledged to end overfishing by 2020 as part of changes to the common fisheries policy agreed in 2013.

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Three California-registered offset projects are looking to transfer into the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) next year, with higher prices in the complimentary programme incentivising such a transition, participants said.

Kigali residents demand compensation as hundreds of houses vulnerable to flooding are knocked down.

EUAs rebounded from a one-month low struck early on Monday as the final auction of the year attracted strong demand and Germany signalled a step-up in climate ambition in its non-ETS sectors.

Water company issues Christmas plea for customers to stop pouring fat down drains

Two huge fatbergs together weighing almost 100 tonnes and threatening to cause floods in homes and businesses over Christmas have been cleared from sewers in central London.

Thames Water said a fatberg weighing 63 tonnes – several tonnes of which was concrete – was cleared from a Pall Mall sewer after being broken up by engineers with power tools and by hand.

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In this role within the Portfolio Management unit, you will be responsible for South Pole's procurement strategy and for structuring and closing carbon credit sourcing transactions. You will develop business with project developers, retailers, intermediaries and wholesale companies active in carbon markets.

In this role you will be collaborating and supporting senior managers on managing Climate Action Platforms (including funds) in the areas of sustainable land-use, low-carbon energy, climate-smart cities and/or clean technology.

To support our Climate Solutions Business Line, we are looking for an Operations Specialist who will help us improve and maintain our tools and templates. You will also support the development of new operating procedures and in some cases, take the lead in these initiatives.

As part of the Corporate Risks and Opportunities team, you will focus on the delivery of high quality consultancy advice on climate change mitigation solutions to the corporate sector, and be responsible for the management of project teams.

As part of the Renewable Energy Services team within the Consultancy & Services Unit, you will focus on the delivery of high quality consultancy advice on renewable energy solutions to the corporate sector, and be responsible for the management of small project teams.

Germany will raise its non-ETS carbon prices, more than doubling the €10/tonne starting rate for 2021 following criticism that the fixed price mechanism for transport and heating would have little effect in cutting emissions.

These tiny pests adapt so successfully to changing conditions that they have become humankind’s deadliest predator. We might soon be able to eradicate them – but should we? By Timothy Winegard

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River waters fall to a record low as dams continue to be built, putting hundreds of species at risk

Tbong sits in the shade of a makeshift stilt hut over the edge of Tonlé Sap lake, surrounded by curious children.

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Experts horrified at large-scale forest removal to meet wood pellet demand

Plans to shift Europe’s coal plants, including the giant Drax complex in North Yorkshire, to burn wood pellets instead could accelerate rather than combat climate crisis and lay waste to forests equal to half the size of Germany’s Black Forest per year, according to campaigners.

Climate thinktank Sandbag said the heavily subsidised plans to cut carbon emissions will result in a “staggering” amount of tree cutting, potentially destroying forests faster than they can regrow.

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Unsavoury flavour may explain why certain species do not flee from predators, scientist says

It might seem like they are being lazy but some moths do not bother to flee from predators because they make themselves taste disgusting.

That is the case for a certain species of tiger moth, which researchers have found displays a nonchalant approach when faced with potential predators, on account of its disgusting flavour.

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