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ICF, a global consultancy firm, is searching for an junior climate change and sustainability consultant to support climate, energy efficiency and transportation line of business. The role will be responsible for carrying out domestic and international projects in the sustainability and climate fields.

New research has shown how to measure conservation progress for Australia's 238 endangered bird species Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Alienor Chauvenet, Lecturer, Griffith University April Reside, Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Brendan Wintle, Professor Conservation Ecology, University of Melbourne David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Elisa Bayraktarov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland Hayley Geyle, Research Assistant, Charles Darwin University Hugh Possingham, Professor, The University of Queensland Ian Leiper, Geospatial Scientist, Charles Darwin University James Watson, Professor, The University of Queensland Jim Radford, Principal Research Fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University John Woinarski, Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University Les Christidis, Professor, Southern Cross University Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Molly K Grace, Postdoctoral Fellow in Zoology, University of Oxford Paul McDonald, Associate professor, University of New England Sarah Legge, Associate Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Assisting CBI’s Market Development Director and the Latin America team on the delivery of key objectives for the LatAm Green Finance Programme. The Programme Manager will act as a project lead, executing all aspects of activity planning, budgeting and delivery for the programme.

The list of suggested scientists who might appear on the new £50 note includes Stephen Hawking and Ada Lovelace.

Environment secretary says climate change will make flooding more likely and severe

People may have to be moved away from high-risk areas as climate change makes flooding more likely and more severe in the UK, the government has said.

Announcing the biggest review of climate change in Britain for nearly a decade, the environment secretary, Michael Gove,said flooding was one of the key ways in which changes would become manifest in the UK.

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The shortfin mako is at risk due to failure to halt overfishing, with EU ‘most to blame’

The world’s fastest shark may be swimming towards disaster after a major fisheries body failed to address continued overfishing of the highly vulnerable species, conservationists have warned.

The shortfin mako – which can reach speeds of up to 43mph – is fished worldwide but is not subject to any international fishing quotas. It is considered exceptionally vulnerable in the North Atlantic, where scientists have recommended all landings be reduced by at least two-thirds to prevent overfishing.

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More than 140 pilot whales have died after they became stranded on a remote beach on Stewart Island. Marine strandings are common in New Zealand, the country being a 'hotspot' according to the Department of Conservation

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The chances of a summer as hot as 2018 could be as high as 50% by 2050 according to new Met Office study.

Strong winds and a towering ‘sand wall’ of almost 100 metres hit the city of Zhangye.

China has already met two of its three climate commitments for 2020 and is in a good position to meet its 2030 goal under the Paris Agreement, officials said Monday, without committing to strengthening those goals.

Prime minister is labelled ‘out of touch’ after he says let the politicians not schoolchildren deal with the issue

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Scott Morrison has been labelled “out of touch” for angrily condemning a national student strike to protest government inaction on climate change.

The prime minister implored children to stay in class rather than protesting things that “can be dealt with outside of school”.

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Chloe Hooper on Victoria's 'Black Saturday' bushfires, the arsonist responsible for two of the fires, and why we are living in an age of fire.

Hyundai unveils pricing and delivery details of its long-awaited Ioniq range of electric vehicles, including the first battery EV under $A50,000.

The post Hyundai formally unveils Ioniq electric range, with pricing and timing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Without Jones, the world might have lost the Mauritius kestrel, the pink pigeon, the echo parakeet and more – but the biologist’s methods are controversial

The last surviving bird of prey on Mauritius seemed doomed. In 1974, there were only four Mauritius kestrels left in the wild and attempts to breed them in captivity were failing. Extinction was “all but inevitable”, in the words of Norman Myers, one of the world’s leading environmental scientists.

Carl Jones, a biologist who arrived on the island in the 70s as an idealistic 24-year-old, remembers his employers, the charity that became BirdLife International, instructing him to “pull out elegantly” and leave the kestrel-saving to Mauritius government officials. “That actually meant closing it down, because the Mauritians didn’t have the resources or capacity for doing it,” he says.

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As Nasa prepares to land on Mars, Victoria Gill has been to the centre of operations and found out about an unusual tradition.

Team will collect samples in the Antarctic to prove role of mammal in function of the oceans

Most people go out of their way to avoid even the faintest whiff of excrement, but a team of scientists is now preparing to voyage for seven weeks to the Antarctic so they can collect blue whale faeces and examine its impact on biodiversity and climate change.

“The most detailed whale poo expedition ever,” as the participants have dubbed it, aims to test a theory that waste from the world’s biggest mammal plays a far more crucial role in maintaining the productivity of southern oceans than previously believed.

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Brown coal generation hits record low, as coal units in heatwave affected Queensland and NSW experience multiple trips.

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Labor's win in Victoria sets whole country on target for a rapid clean energy transition. The question now is only the pace, and that will be resolved by the upcoming federal poll.

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Locally sourced renewables – not coal – promise the most resilience in times of catastrophe. The US military has embraced clean energy in the name of national security.

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Victorian election illustrates ca positive stance on renewables wins elections, even if the right wing are proud to be martyrs and to martyr their colleagues for the cause. Meanwhile, there's fantastic optimism about rooftop solar and batteries.

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