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Invasive species proliferating in Valais is encroaching on natural reserves and posing a biodiversity threat

The residents of the Swiss canton of Valais are used to seeing their mountainsides covered with snow in winter and edelweiss flowers in summer. But as global heating intensifies, they are increasingly finding an invasive species colonising the slopes: cacti.

Authorities say cactus species belonging to the genus Opuntia, or prickly pears, are proliferating in parts of Valais, encroaching on natural reserves and posing a biodiversity threat.

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Spot prices remained shackled to the same level in China’s emissions market over the past week despite an uptick in the trading volume, while reported progress in setting up the nation's new CCER platform in Beijing is sparking some hope that the offset programme might be nearing a return.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including rescued flamingoes, fighting gulls and a huge crocodile

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A CEO-led group focussed on sustainability released a set of guidelines on Thursday to help companies include alignment with 1.5C criteria to their investment decisions for hydrogen projects.

EU leaders gave the green light to the European Commission’s Green Deal Industrial Plan in the early hours of Friday at a summit in Brussels, seeking to bolster the bloc's global competitiveness on clean technologies as major trading partners scale up support.

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved its basic GX plan, a 10-year roadmap for the country towards realising decarbonisation, including initial arrangements for a domestic carbon pricing scheme that will transition to a full-fledged emissions trading system from 2033.

The Clean Energy Regulator has issued its lowest number of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in recent months, as the federal government released a consultation that would see its resource minister have sweeping powers over the country’s LNG export market.

The obliteration of 50,000 buildings a year is crass vandalism – and cost-effective, low-carbon alternatives are being ignored

Last month, residents of the Wyndford estate in Glasgow barricaded themselves in their flats in a last-ditch attempt to save their homes from demolition. The 600 socially rented dwellings, designed by Ernest Buteux and sitting next to the River Kelvin, were denied listed building status in January, and will now make way for a development of half as many homes – and triple the rental value.

Wheatley, formerly called Glasgow Housing Association, has been demolishing social homes in Scotland for decades. In 2014, Wheatley even planned to “wow the world” by dynamiting 1,326 social homes during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Footage of the dwellings being reduced to rubble was to be beamed on to a giant screen in Celtic Park Stadium and broadcast live on TV. The idea was dropped , having provoked international ridicule, but the estate was razed to the ground shortly after the games, and a decade later remains a fenced-off heap of rubble.

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A major Japanese conglomerate has teamed up with government, business, and academic partners in the Philippines to establish the nation’s first reforestation-based carbon credit project.

An Australian company looking at a novel approach to restore coral populations has suggested future biodiversity markets could provide the scale needed to save the fast-eroding species where blue carbon markets so far have not.  

More solar beer for Australian fridges as iconic Queensland brewery goes 100% renewable in an energy offtake deal with Lightsource bp.

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The rest of the nation should follow the ACT’s lead. Incentives to boost the transition to electric vehicles are one of the best ways to tackle Australia’s fastest-growing source of emissions. Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australian energy transition expert officially joins Saul Griffith in his company's mission to "electrify everything" with solar and battery storage.

The post Australian energy transition guru to lead “most exciting climate strategy anywhere” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fully Charged LIVE Australia will be packed with progressive companies and 10-15,000 positive consumers.

The post MG4 debuts in Sydney, as Fully Charged show ‘almost every EV’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The arrival of a Coquerel's sifaka brings the number in European zoos to seven, experts say.

These are interesting times for the previously teflon-coated coal tycoon Gautam Adani and his hydra-like empire. The world is watching.

The post Adani: Are we witnessing a corporate Hindenburg? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the team awarded "Nobel prize" of engineering, and how solar will eliminate fossil fuels, and Australian's leading role in that transition.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Leading solar researcher predicts technology will "wipe fossil fuels" out of the global economy, and help deliver a resilient, reliable and extremely cheap energy grid.

The post Solar’s stunning journey from lab curiosity to global juggernaut wiping out fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iconic biscuit brand announces shift to 100% renewables, in a deal with major Queensland utility that's also making the move from black to green.

The post Cracker of a deal: Arnott’s takes iconic biscuit operations to 100 per cent renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.