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As demand for air conditioning goes through the roof, what are the implications for our planet?

Market participants and other experts are closely watching what Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford's next steps will be in dismantling the province's cap-and-trade scheme, especially after his decision to abruptly pull the plug on the programme was met with a trading ban by WCI partners California and Quebec.

NRDC is looking for a 2-year Fellow with technical and/or engineering expertise to join our Climate & Clean Energy and International teams in Washington, DC. The Fellow will support NRDC’s domestic and international efforts to phase down the climate-damaging super-pollutants called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Shifting financial flows and aligning them with the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs will be essential to unlock the full potential of climate action and bring it to scale. The CAN International Secretariat is therefore increasing its capacity to engage on both public and private finance by strengthening its team and widening the scope of existing activities as well as by launching new ones. 

CDP Europe is seeking a highly motivated individual to join CDP’s corporate engagement team. This position is an exciting opportunity to learn how to engage with global multinationals, such as L'Oréal, Volkswagen and Telefonica, around the reporting requirements of their strategies to mitigate climate change, improve water security and tackle deforestation.

This one-to-two-year role will support CDP in developing and delivering a program of engagement with policymakers in Indonesia, with the goal of addressing deforestation that results from production plantation forests and cash crops, including palm oil. This work forms part of a wider project being conducted by CDP with project partners following support from the Packard Foundation

We are looking for an experienced Senior Environmental Advisor to join our team in Birmingham. You will be providing Uniper UK with industry leading expertise in emissions management, carbon reporting and governance around current legislation.

Australia's business-as-usual plan will not be enough to achieve our 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Shirin Malekpour, Research Leader in Strategic Planning and Futures Studies, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

It took only small teams using ramps and ropes to cap the giant statues of Rapa Nui, a new study says.

Entities regulated under Ontario’s cap-and-trade scheme that suddenly face new trading restrictions due to the province’s pending exit of the WCI programme have been advised by North America's main emissions exchange to “take appropriate action” to honour or exit their existing obligations.

Western ground parrot needs millions spent on it, but volunteers say the Coalition is trying to shift costs to not-for-profits

The Turnbull government helped broker a $200,000 agreement for a German not-for-profit to fund conservation work for a critically endangered Australian parrot, bolstering criticism it is shifting the cost of protecting threatened species to community and philanthropic organisations.

The western ground parrot is one of only three ground nesting parrots found in Australia and is one of 20 birds the government has committed to helping as part of its threatened species strategy.

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UK emitters and other stakeholders may automatically face replacement climate obligations once they exit the EU ETS under Brexit, an industry group has suggested.

A Japanese space probe has been sending back images as it approaches its target, the asteroid Ryugu.

EU carbon prices rose more than 2% on Monday, climbing back towards €15 after bearish sentiment from a fresh one-month low plumbed earlier in the day was erased by a bullish auction result.

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There’s recently been a spate of sea level rise denial in the conservative media, but in reality, sea level rise is accelerating and melting ice is playing an increasingly large role. In the first half of the 20th Century, average global sea level rose by about 1.4 millimeters per year (mm/yr). Since 1993, that rate has more than doubled to 3.2 mm/yr. And since 2012, it’s jumped to 4.5 mm/yr.

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The work honey bees do is critical for our ecosystems, but it comes at a high personal cost. Amélie Cabirol, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Trento Andrew Barron, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

BNEF says EV sales in Australia have started slowly but will finish quick and will beat the global average by 2040, after passing tipping points on affordability in 2025. More intriguingly, the EV fleet will create a "behind the motor" storage market as big as Snowy 2.0.

Macquarie Capital sells two 40% stakes in Lal Lal Wind Farm, which is reported to have off-take deal with “two Australian industrials.”