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Indian developer to rehabilitate red panda habitats in Nepal through the sale of biodiversity credits
EDF plans to invest billions to extend UK nuclear operations
The climate costs of war and militaries can no longer be ignored | Doug Weir
More than 5% of global emissions are linked to conflict or militaries but countries continue to hide the true scale
Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe
In early 2022, journalists began to ask us how Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was affecting the climate crisis. While we could point to landscape fires, burning oil refineries and the thirst of diesel-hungry military vehicles, the emissions data they sought just wasn’t available. When it came to the reverberating consequences of Russia’s manipulation of Europe’s fossil fuel insecurity, or to the weakening of the international cooperation necessary for coordinated global climate action, our guesses were no better than theirs.
Two decades of international analysis and debate over the relationship between climate change and security has focused on how our rapidly destabilising climate could undermine the security of states. But it has largely ignored how national security choices, such as military spending or warfighting, can have an impact on the climate, and so undermine our collective security.
Continue reading...Japanese gas giant lines up more Asia Pacific CCS partners in ongoing regional decarbonisation push
Hope for rare singing gibbons as pair are released into the wild
Two Siamang gibbons rescued from the illegal pet trade have been rehabilitated in a new Indonesian centre
The forest chorus of South Sumatra in Indonesia has some of its finest singers back: a pair of rare Siamang gibbons, rescued from the illegal pet trade, have been released into the wild.
Siamang gibbons (Symphalangus syndactylus) are known for their distinctive large throat sacs. But their powerful, haunting voices, used for communication and marking territory, are a blessing and a curse.
Continue reading...Group launches Supreme Court bid to block Robbins Island wind farm
A community group has lodged a legal challenge to controversial plans for a 100-turbine wind farm on a remote island.
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Major Japanese power company to provide carbon offset software
War gave us the Red Cross. Now climate disaster means we need a Green Cross too | Lorenzo Marsili
As floods, fires and storms escalate, it’s time for a body with the expertise and resources to protect people and the planet
In 1859 a Swiss businessman, Jean-Henri Dunant, travelled to northern Italy to discuss his investments in Algeria with the French emperor. The business meeting took place near the site of the battle of Solferino – a key confrontation in the war of Italian independence. Moved by the carnage and the sight of 40,000 wounded soldiers, abandoned on the battlefield, Dunant decided to dedicate his life to bringing humanitarian relief to war zones.
He was surprisingly effective. Thanks to his initiative, in 1863 the Red Cross was established, soon to be joined by the Turkish Red Crescent. In 1864, representatives of the main European powers signed the first Geneva convention “for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field”. In 1867 Dunant declared bankruptcy, his business interests entirely eclipsed by his philanthropic devotion.
Lorenzo Marsili is a philosopher, activist, author and director of the Berggruen Institute Europe
Continue reading...NZ Market: NZUs start 2024 flat, market could be rangebound for Q1
After a year of smashing records, will 2024 be the year we take rooftop solar seriously?
The latest SunWiz data shows Australia's rooftop solar market growth is showing now signs of slowing – making 2024 the year we must take its role in the energy mix seriously.
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Norway to approve controversial deep-sea mining
How big a share of our electricity needs can rooftop solar provide? It’s complicated
To fully realise Australia's huge rooftop solar potential we must first work out how to manage the three key challenges of people powered energy.
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NT backs Total Eren plan to build territory’s first green hydrogen plant
NT government awards major project status to Total Eren's Middle Arm green hydrogen plans, as an "an early mover in giga-scale renewables."
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NbS Carbon Manager, Amrut Nature Solutions – Indore, India
Grid Connections 2024: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition
People movements at RayGen, Jemena, EDP Renewables, CS Energy, Redback, Redflow.
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Another big battery joins South Australia pipeline in race to energy storage
Epic Energy adds yet another big battery to South Australia's development pipeline as the state seeks to manage its huge renewables supply.
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