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Australia's subtropical regions are drying, but if we can slow the global temperature rise then rainfall should increase again. Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Jon Woodhead, Research Scientist Josephine Brown, Senior research scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

South Africa’s long-awaited carbon tax may be delayed just a bit longer, a consulting firm has said.

Switzerland’s carbon credit procurement agency is inviting entities to apply to partner with it, the first step for forging post-2020 international emission trade agreements under the Paris Agreement.

High hopes for Hornsea One as developer says its output could fill the gap left by nuclear

An offshore windfarm on the Yorkshire coast that will dwarf the world’s largest when completed is to supply its first power to the UK electricity grid this week.

The Danish developer Ørsted, which has installed the first of 174 turbines at Hornsea One, said it was ready to step up its plans and fill the gap left by failed nuclear power schemes.

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Arctic bears are being driven off their normal migration routes and into human habitation. We should feel pity – and fear

Russian islands declare emergency after mass invasion of polar bears

Polar bears prowling around a children’s playground. Polar bears lumbering along the corridors of apartment blocks and offices. Polar bears descending on a sleepy Russian town in their dozens.

To state the obvious: polar bears should not be wandering into human habitation, and certainly not in these numbers. That they are doing so in Belushya Guba shows how they are being driven off their normal migration routes and hunting trails by a changing climate. This has long been predicted – with the Arctic heating twice as fast as the rest of the planet, winter temperatures are rising and the sea ice – which is the primary habitat of polar bears – is shrinking.

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Houseflies and cockroaches will thrive as bees, butterflies and beetles decline, says a new analysis.

Australia is not able to boast much about its take-up of electric vehicles, but it does have some innovative companies achieving significant break-throughs in the sector.

The post The Driven Podcast: Happy Days! Fonzarelli’s Michelle Nazzari appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Office of Global Change (EGC), within the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), oversees the design and implementation of the U.S. Government’s Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI). OES/EGC requires a GCCI Project Manager for Outcomes, Evaluation and Communications capable of leading outcome, evaluation and communication activities for the GCCI portfolio.

Eight women from rural Malawi travelled to India to train as solar engineers. Now they are lighting the way for their communities, in a country where just 10% of households are powered by electricity

Photographs by Peter Caton/VSO

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A NSW court's decision to rule out a coalmine on the basis of climate change could signal a turning of the tide in an arena where environmental litigants have previously struggled to gain traction. Justine Bell-James, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Going to the toilet is something most of us easily take for granted. In poverty-stricken areas of the world, a lack of toilets and the exposure to toilet waste can lead to serious health and security issues. Oliver Balch says that there are some possible creative solutions to this– including one that involves poo-eating worms.

Sweeping in scope, an agenda to transform the US into a green leader has been launched in Washington DC, here are the key points.

The post Seven take-aways from the Green New Deal launch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Shell tipped to deepen ties with battery storage maker Sonnen as it accelerates its push into green technology.

The post Shell tipped to deepen links with battery storage maker Sonnen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Five projects and 7 studies aimed at boosting integration of distributed energy resources on Australia's grid have won total of $9.6m funding from Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

The post ARENA tips nearly $10m into distributed energy projects, pilots appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The boom is small-scale rooftop solar installations has continued into 2019, with total installs at record level for January.

The post Small-scale rooftop solar installs reach record 159MW in January appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW Coalition and Labor unveil separate pledges to boost distributed renewables in state: a rooftop solar rebate from Labor and zero-interest loans for PV and batteries from LNP.

The post Rooftop solar, batteries early winners in NSW election race appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Families in West Virginia say the coal mines have poisoned their water. Now they're fighting back.

The Department has published a new Recovery Plan for the Macquarie Perch (Macquaria australasica).

Grattan debunks conservative claims that an increase in renewable energy will inevitably make the electricity system less reliable, and says such views are both wrong and dangerous.

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A new report predicts that one-third of the ice in the Himalayas will melt, even if we contain global warming to 1.5C. So what does that mean for the flood-prone valleys below? Anthony Dosseto, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.