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Australian Graphene Industry Association launched with support from Victorian Government
The AGIA has been established to act as a point of contact and information for businesses interested in pursuing the use of graphene to improve their products
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The grim reality about China ‘s building boom and coal burning
The basic fact remains that the extent of global warming depends on China’s emission control, or lack of it, more than any other single factor.
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The UN's 1.5°C special climate report at a glance
Victoria approves 30MW Shepparton project, smooths way for big solar rush
State govt approves 30MW solar farm near Shepparton, releases draft guidelines to help councils, developers and communities negotiate the state’s boom in large-scale solar proposals.
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Great Barrier Reef faces dire threat with 2C global warming, UN report says
Distinct difference in amount of coral that would remain under two climate change scenarios
Limiting global warming to 1.5C rather than 2C would likely be the difference between the survival of some Great Barrier Reef coral and its complete decline, according to the latest United Nations assessment of climate change science.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report on the impact of global warming of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, released in South Korea on Monday, found coral reefs were likely to decline between 70% and 90% if the temperature increased to that level. If global warming reaches 2C, more than 99% of coral reefs were projected to decline.
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We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero or face more floods | Nicholas Stern
The world heating up by even 1.5C would have a brutal impact on future generations
The authoritative new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sets the world a clear target: we must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to net zero by the middle of this century to have a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C.
Every government should read this report and recognise the clear choice we now have.
Continue reading...How the UN climate panel got to 1.5C threshold – timeline
Five reports and an agreement: the IPCC has been raising the climate alarm for 30 years
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set up by the UN and the World Meteorological Organisation, bringing together the world’s leading climate scientists to assess knowledge of climate change and provide scientific advice to policymakers.
Continue reading...Huge risk if global warming passes 1.5C, warns landmark UN report
Urgent changes needed to cut risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty, says IPCC
The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.
The authors of the landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday say urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to reach the target, which they say is affordable and feasible although it lies at the most ambitious end of the Paris agreement pledge to keep temperatures between 1.5C and 2C.
Continue reading...Energy sector's carbon emissions to grow for second year running
IEA head says growth in renewables needs to be paired with coal plant closures
Carbon emissions from the energy sector are on track to grow for the second year running, in a major blow to hopes the world might have turned the corner on tackling climate change.
Preliminary analysis by the world’s energy watchdog shows the industry’s emissions have continued to rise in 2018, suggesting that an increase last year was not a one-off.
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IPCC climate change report calls for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels - live
UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says coal-fired electricity should end by 2050 if we are to limit global warming rises to 1.5C
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In a little under an hour, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be releasing its highly anticipated special report on global warming of 1.5C.
The news is not good, with the report - based on more than 6,000 scientific works - expected to warn that the world is nowhere near on track to reach its targets unless there is drastic, world-changing action, immediately.
Continue reading...Tesco to scrap 'best before' dates from fruit and vegetable lines
Labels will be ditched from a further 116 lines of produce to help reduce food waste
The UK’s largest supermarket is to scrap potentially confusing “best before” dates from dozens more of its fresh fruit and vegetable lines after research found ditching the labels helped customers reduce their food waste at home.
Tesco shoppers will from this week no longer find date labels on a further 116 items of produce – including own-brand apples, oranges, cabbages and asparagus. Tesco hopes this will prevent food from being thrown away while still edible. The supermarket removed guidance dates from about 70 fruit and vegetable lines earlier this year.
Continue reading...Morrison says Australia won't provide more money for global climate fund
PM resists calls to withdraw from Paris agreement as energy minister claims Australia is ‘well on target’ for 26% emissions reduction
Scott Morrison has resisted conservatives’ calls to withdraw Australia from the Paris climate agreement but ruled out providing more money to the global climate fund.
The prime minister made the comments on 2GB Radio on Monday, before the release of a Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which is expected to call for a phaseout of coal power generation to help limit temperature rises to 1.5C.
Continue reading...Maoneng reaches financial close on 250MW Sunraysia solar farm
Financing secured for 250MW solar farm near Balranald that will be one of the biggest in Australia.
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Pilbara wind and solar plans jump to 11GW as Macquarie provides capital
Plans for a huge wind solar hybrid project in the Pilbara region in north-western Australia have jumped from 9GW to 11GW, with Macquarie Group jumping on board to provide development capital.
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Trust Me, I'm An Expert: Cyclone season approacheth, but this year there's a twist
Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery
Kevin Rushby joined the crew aboard the Summer Rose fishing boat seeking insight into the state of our seas. He found life hard for fishermen and marine creatures alike – but can conservation measures such as Michael Gove’s ‘blue belt’ help?
It takes 20 minutes of sailing to get into position under the cliffs, then we begin. Matthew grabs the rope connected to the marker buoy and loops it up over the winch. Mike, his father and the captain, turns the boat and starts to follow the rope as the pots come up. Each one is hauled on to the gunwale where Matthew deftly removes the creatures within. Large lobsters and edible crabs to the left, the rest thrown back overboard alive: the females with eggs, the ones with scarred tails or soft shells and the undersized, plus the cod that have unwisely ventured into the creels, the tiny green crabs and the arm-long catsharks. The crewman, Jim, grabs the empty pots, re-baits and stacks them. Some need repairs, a whip of line to tie up a hole – a job completed in a few seconds. At 20 pots the line is finished and Mike sails us back to the start point. He checks the GPS and Jim chucks the creels overboard in a steady stream. There is no time for conversation and anyway you would struggle to hear anything above the engine, the sea and the screams of the gulls. The next buoy is captured. The first pot arrives, alive with silver water and thrashing bodies. This relentless pace will be kept up for the next five hours.
I am sitting in the bows, out of the way. It is shortly after dawn on a glorious summer morning. Golden light bursts on the chalk cliffs of Flamborough, East Yorkshire. In the water are rafts of puffins and the air is filled with movement and noise: gannets, kittiwakes, sandwich terns and herring gulls. This is one of the government’s new marine protected areas (MPAs), part of a big expansion in habitat protection. Environment secretary Michael Gove has called for a third of the world’s oceans to be protected by 2030, and in June announced 41 new protected areas to add to the 50 already declared since 2013, adding 11,700 sq km to the existing 209,000 sq km of protected British seas. The stated aim is to ban damaging activities such as dredging in these areas, and to protect and restore rare or threatened marine habitats; there are more than 5,000 MPAs worldwide.
Continue reading...Electric car prices to soar as axe falls on green subsidies
Pressure on Philip Hammond for extra money to save grants for low-emission vehicles
Thousands of pounds will be added to the price of some electric and hybrid vehicles as one of the government’s main green initiatives falls victim to cuts, the Observer can reveal.
The Treasury is being warned that emergency funds will be needed to avoid an imminent cut in the subsidies given to people buying plug-in cars, which some fear will dent Britain’s green credentials.
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