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Country was down four places on greenhouse gas index and was the only one to score zero on policy

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The Australian government’s policy response to the climate crisis was ranked last in an assessment of 60 countries released at the global climate summit in Glasgow.

The Morrison government’s lack of policies, high per capita greenhouse gas emissions, weak targets, low levels of renewables and high levels of energy use, saw the country given an overall ranking of 54 among individual countries.

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• Climate crisis is driving up deadly combination of temperature and humidity, says study released at Cop26
• Tuvalu minister gives Cop26 speech while standing in the sea – video

The foreign minister of Tuvalu, the low-lying Pacific island nation, has recorded a video speech for Cop26 while standing knee-deep in seawater.

Simon Kofe stood in a suit and tie to deliver his speech about Tuvalu’s struggle against rising sea levels.

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Five things you need to know about COP26 - the United Nations climate change conference - on Tuesday.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has unveiled a new lending policy to provide cheaper funding to carbon reduction efforts, a move analysts say can inject at least a trillion yuan ($160 billion) into the market.

It’s science day in Glasgow, while negotiations carry on under the guidance of ministers appointed by the UK COP Presidency.

Not so long ago Morrison said Labor’s electric cars policy would ‘end the weekend’. Now he’s spruiking his own plan, but there’s no substance to it

• Scott Morrison denies attacking electric vehicles in 2019 as he unveils new Coalition policy
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It’s hard to say which element of Scott Morrison’s new electric vehicle strategy is most galling.

If you missed the unveiling on Tuesday, there’s not much to catch up on, given the strategy has all the substance of a Corn Thin.

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A recent warning from a shipping industry group that lack of investment in green technologies presents the biggest hurdle to the industry’s decarbonisation targets has sharpened focus on the technical and financial challenges facing the sector, whose emissions are seen as hard to abate, if it is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Hawaiian Electric commits to adding nearly 50,000 new rooftop solar systems across the islands as part of an ambitious new emissions reduction target.

The post Hawaii targets another 50,000 rooftop solar systems, to close last coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A review of studies of Parramatta demonstrates an extensive deep-time archive of Indigenous activity extending over 14,000 years. Alan N Williams, Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW Jo McDonald, Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the state of the environment, but many don’t feel a strong enough connection to nature to become involved in conservation projects. Scott Burnett, Research assistant, Massey University Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As the global corporate renewable energy purchasing market matures, three new trends are shaping its journey.

The post What is corporate renewable energy purchasing and how is it changing? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scott Morrison's electric vehicle strategy has completely missed the bus. Little wonder that it was launched at a hydrogen refuelling station.

The post Scott Morrison’s hopeless spin and failure on electric vehicles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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We asked climate experts from around the world what they want to see agreed at COP26 this week.

A photographer is using her art to inspire, hoping to keep the iconic animals at home on the range.

Climate crisis is driving up deadly combination of temperature and humidity, says study released at Cop26

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A billion people will be affected by extreme heat stress if the climate crisis raises the global temperature by just 2C, according to research released by the UK Met Office at the Cop26 climate summit. The scientists said that would be a 15-fold increase on the numbers exposed today.

The key goal of Cop26 is to keep the chance of limiting global heating to 1.5C alive but delegates said there is much work to do to achieve this in the summit’s final week.

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Firms often claim they are eco-friendly but how can you check they are as green as they make out?

The PM has sent the clear message there is no ‘us’ in Team Australia’s climate approach, only ‘me’

Australia’s Prime Marketer has returned from the international launch of this new The Australian Way brand and, much like his previous forays on to the world stage, it has been a polarising affair.

In a brazen reimagining of his “Cool Coal” range, the PM has raised the middle finger to a gathering meant to be about global cooperation by sending the clear message there is no “us” in Team Australia’s climate approach, only “me”.

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A former JP Morgan director’s London-based offset project developer and carbon advisory firm is being supported by a C$50 million capital raise.

It’s encouraging to see the Morrison government move past its claim electric vehicles would ‘end the weekend’. But the new plan is not the national electric vehicle strategy Australia deserves, and badly needs. Jake Whitehead, Tritum E-Mobility Fellow & Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Jessica Whitehead, Industry Fellow, The University of Queensland Kai Li Lim, St Baker E-Mobility Fellow, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.