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Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from Australia's PM.

A Honduran court finds seven men guilty of killing renowned environmental campaigner Berta Cáceres.

Consultants Klimapolitika is looking for an intern to assist with analysis as well as handling website and social media activities.

The United Nations biodiversity chief on why extinction is a "silent killer" and deserves more attention.

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UK researchers develop an early warning system to prevent crops in Africa being devastated.

Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos.

More than 40% of the world’s coal power stations are already running at a loss, and new wind and solar plants will provide cheaper electricity than almost all coal generators by 2030, according to a study published Friday.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative (PC) government on Thursday unveiled its new carbon tax-free climate strategy, which will see it use output-based performance standards (OBPS) for large emitters while incentivising additional GHG cuts through a fund to reach weakened 2030 reduction targets.

Hyundai launches Ioniq range, including first battery EV under $50,000, while the EV crowd show off their wares at a V8 festival in Newcastle.

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‘Strike 4 Climate Action’ will involve students in capital cities and 20 regional centres such as Ballarat and Newcastle

Thousands of schoolchildren across the nation plan to walk out of class to demand federal government action on climate change.

The ‘Strike 4 Climate Action’, inspired by 15-year-old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg, will involve children in capital cities and 20 regional centres such as Ballarat and Newcastle.

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A Hawaii climate commission this week urged lawmakers to enact a carbon tax to help the state curb its transportation emissions, despite the legislature failing to pass an CO2 pricing bill earlier this year.

The BBC's Vineet Khare visited the controversial Carmichael project by Indian energy giant Adani.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) saw little price movement this week despite a surge of volume after the Thanksgiving holiday, while RGGI allowances (RGAs) continue to see limited activity ahead of the final auction for 2018.

Public climate finance from developed to developing countries totalled $56.7 billion in 2017, marking a 17% rise over the previous year and a 44% increase on 2013, according to data compiled by the OECD on Thursday.

New report says Australia is heading to a 78 per cent renewables share by 2030 on current trajectories, and any smaller targets would lead to a huge slump in investment and jobs.

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A year ago, the world's largest lithium-ion battery began dispatching power to South Australia's grid. It has been a remarkable success but there are some concerns that have so far escaped scrutiny Aleesha Rodriguez, Phd Student, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Use of tropical plywood from Malaysia and Indonesia risks destruction of orangutan habitat, say NGOs

Wood from threatened south-east Asian rainforests has been used to build venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, according to complaints filed with organisers.

At least 134,000 large sheets of tropical plywood from Malaysia and Indonesia have been used as concrete moulds to build stadiums, causing what campaigners say is irreversible harm to precious biodiversity reserves.

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WWF rates Australia a zero due to the absence of biodiversity measures in our Paris climate change commitments

Australia has been named as one of the worst performers among a group of 100 nations due to the absence of biodiversity measures in our climate change commitments, according to a new report by WWF.

The report, published this week during the conference of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Egypt, examines whether climate commitments from countries under the Paris agreement also offer benefits for nature and biodiversity.

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