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Ed Miliband visits Beijing as part of plan to create global axis working in favour of climate action

• Ed Miliband: ‘The global battle against the climate crisis needs China’

The UK is hoping to shape a new global axis in favour of climate action along with China and a host of developing countries, to offset the impact of Donald Trump’s abandonment of green policies and his sharp veer towards climate-hostile countries such as Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Ed Miliband, the UK’s energy and net zero secretary, arrived in Beijing on Friday for three days of talks with top Chinese officials, including discussions on green technology supply chains, coal and the critical minerals needed for clean energy. The UK’s green economy is growing three times faster than the rest of the economy, but access to components and materials will be crucial for that to continue.

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A Croatia-based carbon project financier has inked an “exclusive” 10-year deal with a regional park in neighbouring Slovenia to develop “high-quality” carbon credits.

Early-rising UK stargazers woke up to a "blood Moon" lunar eclipse early on Friday.

Chinese carbon permit prices remained in a narrow trading range over the past week with shrinking volumes, while trading of the first voluntary carbon credits issued in China since 2017 has caused significant fluctuations in price.

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Indonesia is looking to lift its moratorium on international credit issuances next month, according to a source familiar with the matter, a move that could breathe life back to the bruised voluntary carbon market (VCM).

I will be the first UK energy secretary since 2017 to visit. It is negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this critical topic

The climate crisis is an existential threat to our way of life in Britain. Extreme weather is already changing the lives of people and communities across the country, from thousands of acres of farmland being submerged due to storms such as Bert and Darragh to record numbers of heat-related deaths in recent summers.

The only way to respond to this challenge is with decisive action at home and abroad. Domestically, this government’s clean-energy superpower mission is about investing in homegrown clean energy so we can free the UK from dependence on fossil fuel markets while seizing the immense opportunities for jobs and growth.

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Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more nature

The richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Farming groups and climate experts have warned that such a plan would “leave farmers in the cold” and make it more difficult for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.

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What’s happening to our native wildlife across the country is just as horrific as what we witnessed in that video – it’s just occurring behind closed doors

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We’ve all seen the distressing footage of an American influencer taking a wombat joey away from its mother. The joey hisses and stirs, while the distraught mother circles the woman until she eventually drops it back to the side of the road.

The tourist calls herself both a conservationist and an ecologist. But most of us can recognise that this is not the behaviour of someone who values our native wildlife.

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Australia on Friday continued its clean energy spending, announcing it will invest A$750 million ($471 mln) in critical minerals and their development and processing through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming

It was one of China’s most ambitious environmental endeavours ever.

The Loess plateau, an area spanning more than 245,000 sq miles (640,000 sq km) across three provinces and parts of four others, supports about 100 million people. By the end of the 20th century, however, this land, once fertile and productive, was considered the most eroded place on Earth, according to a documentary by the ecologist John D Liu.

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Albanese pledges more funds to make the mining and refining of critical metals – including alumina, aluminium, iron and steel – cleaner and greener.

The post Albanese pledges another $750 in funds for green industry and metals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Cuttings of tree captured by John Constable being planted on restored Devon floodplain

Captured by John Constable in one of his most celebrated paintings, the black poplar tree was once as common as oak and beech in Britain.

Now the rarest and most threatened native species in the country, the National Trust is creating a living gene bank of the black poplar to ensure Constable’s The Hay Wain does not become a tribute to an extinct breed.

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With most Dickson homes using solar but few affording batteries, Independent candidate Ellie Smith has called for rebates and loans to boost resilience and cut costs.

The post Independent running against Dutton wants bipartisan focus on home batteries after cyclone outages appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal and state energy ministers call on AER to "further interrogate" inputs to its final decision on benchmark electricity prices, after this week's proposed hike.

The post Energy ministers push for rethink on how regulator sets electricity price benchmark appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coalition refuses to commit to backing the 2026 UN climate summit that Australia's current government wants to host with Pacific Island nations.

The post Coalition refuses to back Australia and Pacific Island nations hosting 2026 UN climate summit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California regulator ARB shifting goalposts in releasing the Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) signalling formal ETS rulemaking once again pummelled California Carbon Allowances (CCA) prices, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) gained momentum after a strong first quarterly permit sale earlier this week.

Upsized plans to build wind farm to help power a massive zinc mine in the remote north-west of Queensland have been waived through the federal environmental queue.

The post Zinc miner wins federal green tick to triple size of wind farm, slash crippling gas costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victorian government continues push to get millions of households across the state off gas and on to efficient electric appliances, with the launch of a new community grant scheme.

The post New grant scheme seeks to make getting of gas easier for Victorian households appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New study showed that short-term exposure to wind turbine noise had no impact on cognitive functions, and 93 pct did not find turbine noise intrusive.

The post No more stressful than road traffic noise: New study adds to debunking of “wind turbine syndrome” appeared first on RenewEconomy.