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The Western Australian government's decision to green-light fracking in selected areas aims to walk a line between industry interests and community opposition. But across Australia the picture varies widely. Hanabeth Luke, Lecturer, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University Martin Brueckner, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, Murdoch University Nia Emmanouil, Research associate, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A nationally important terminal on the Norfolk coast is to be protected by a new "sandscape".

Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft moves alongside the 500m-wide rock from which it hopes to grab a sample.

Royal Dutch Shell will implement short-term emission reduction goals amid increasing investor pressure, it announced Monday, supplementing its longer-term targets as the oil major factors takes into account global climate progress and other internal activities.

With long nights and wet weather we’d like to hear how you stop yourself from going stir-crazy when you’re stuck at home

From Almaty to Zagreb, from London (England) to London (Ontario), the days are getting colder, the nights are getting longer and the clouds are getting lower.

How do you cope when you can’t face the gloom, the rain, the wind or the snow, yet have already spent far too many hours at home? What stops you going stir-crazy? Do you put on your wooliest jumper and an Abba CD, or leaf through Nigella and bake a cake? Do you gather the family for a game of Twister? Perhaps there’s a film you turn to because of the dreams it inspires or the lover you first watched it with. Do you reach for your guitar? A skipping rope? The knitting needles?

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I moved with my husband and kids to rural Kent to try to grow our own food to alleviate even the harshest crisis next year. Unfortunately, crops are as complicated as the latest withdrawal agreement

In January 2017, my husband, Jared, and I moved our family from a semi in Ramsgate to a ramshackle house in rural Kent that came with two acres of mud. Our desire for change was born of the political, social and environmental turmoil. There was certainly a naive pursuit of the good life, but we were also reeling from the outcome of the Brexit referendum and feeling sick about Trump’s presidency. We needed a personal survival plan.

In the face of a world shifting in a direction we could no longer understand, predict or rely on (and despite having no practical skills or experience), we sought a shared vocation that was less tied to systems and structures that appeared to be wobbling. We planned to grow and raise some of our own food and – as wildfires, floods and landslides hinted at the impact of climate change – move towards a more sustainable way of life. It felt like a personal resistance that would be good for our family life and physical and mental health, as well as teaching us new skills.

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As part of the Portfolio Management team you will be responsible for overseeing and developing business for the sales of carbon credits and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). You will also take responsibility for research and analysis of new opportunities in environmental markets in different countries around the world.

As part of the Portfolio Management team, you will be primarily responsible for structuring and closing carbon credit sourcing transactions. In addition, you will develop business with project developers, retailers, intermediaries and wholesale companies active in carbon markets.

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Naturalist tells leaders at UN climate summit that fate of world is in their hands

The collapse of civilisation and the natural world is on the horizon, Sir David Attenborough has told the UN climate change summit in Poland.

The naturalist was chosen to represent the world’s people in addressing delegates of almost 200 nations who are in Katowice to negotiate how to turn pledges made in the 2015 Paris climate deal into reality.

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Laser labs sense gravitational waves from a black hole collision at least five billion light-years away.

Three astronauts from Russia, Canada and the US left from Kazakhstan on Monday morning.

Sum available for 2021-25 represents doubling of current five-year plan

The World Bank is to make about $200bn (£157bn) available to fund action on climate change from 2021-25, helping countries adapt to the effects of warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The sum represents a doubling of the five-year investment plan put in place after the landmark Paris agreement of 2015.

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The World Bank Group will double its climate spending to $40 billion per year over 2021-2025, it said Monday, with funding renewable energy and creating markets for climate business among its priorities.

WRI is seeking an innovative and technically strong expert to fill the role of Subnational Climate Action Associate.

Volunteers catch and tag migratory waders as the birds arrive to spend winter on the East Anglian coast

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Ecofys – A Navigant Company is currently recruiting a Senior Consultant for the Smart Policies team in our Berlin office. As part of a dynamic team, you will work on projects for public and private sector clients in various areas of national, European and international energy and climate policy and international cooperation, in particular with the MENA region.

This position is central to maintaining and advancing the University of Waterloo (UW) as a leading centre for research and knowledge mobilization on the impacts of global climate change and the transition to a decarbonized and climate-resilient society in Canada and around the world.

The OECD is looking for an energy innovation programme officer for its Clean Energy Transition team.

President Trump's actions are restricting global efforts to cut carbon, a study suggests.