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His space company Blue Origin hopes its venture will replace the International Space Station.

Australia on Tuesday committed to reaching net zero emissions by mid-century while keeping its 2030 target unchanged, relying on technology developments and offsets to meet its ambition rather than new policies.

China’s environment ministry has ordered regional authorities to re-examine all ETS emissions data for 2019 and 2020 with just weeks to go before the first compliance deadline, amid revelations of reporting fraud this summer.

Small changes to our lifestyles and choices could limit our personal carbon footprint.

Hypernova hopes that its thruster technology will be adopted on thousands of future small satellites.

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Large-scale solar, battery storage and green hydrogen production have been added to pumped hydro plans for Australia’s oldest open-cut coal mine.

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Nationals MP says wind farm don't work in the dark. No wonder they are scared of net zero.

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Coalition spends $13M promoting growing share of renewables, but makes no mention of the biggest source of renewables in Australia - wind energy.

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British Columbia (BC) released a new climate plan Monday that will meet or exceed federal carbon pricing requirements and implement the most stringent Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) in North America alongside a swath of other strategies to meet its emissions reduction targets.

Economists have failed to take account of ‘immense risks and potential loss of life’, says author of landmark review

Many economic assessments of the climate crisis “grossly undervalue the lives of young people and future generations”, Prof Nicholas Stern warned on Tuesday, before the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.

Economists have failed to take account of the “immense risks and potential loss of life” that could occur as a result of the climate crisis, he said, as well as badly underestimating the speed at which the costs of clean technologies, such as solar and wind energy, have fallen.

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Actor proposes system under which people would have limited points to spend on holidays and luxury items

Joanna Lumley has suggested that a system of rationing similar to that seen during wartime, under which people would have a limited number of points to spend on holidays or lavish consumer goods, could eventually help to tackle the climate crisis.

The Absolutely Fabulous actor, who has long campaigned against single-use plastic, said legislation could be the only way to curb the amount of waste produced by the public. “These are tough times, and I think there’s got to be legislation,” she told the Radio Times.

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"If we don't act now, it'll be too late," warns Sir David Attenborough ahead of COP26 climate summit.

Carbon trading and advisory firm ClearBlue Markets has hired a new director of nature-based solutions (NBS), with the offset expert joining after spending just eight months at Natural Capital Partners (NCP).

Standardised voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices for CORSIA- and nature-based units trended up towards fresh record highs on exchanges this week, with voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants citing involvement by speculative firms and crypto traders for the increase.

Climate finance flows in 2020 fell short of the $100 billion per year promised to developing countries and central to achieving the Paris Agreement, but a new delivery plan released Monday shows this could happen by 2023.

Astronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.

Fossil fuel companies are brazenly greenwashing by marketing shipments bundled with offsets as "carbon neutral", environmental campaigners concluded on Monday in a report scrutinising the burgeoning trade. 

UK scientists are likely to be "frozen out" of EU research programmes, a committee of MPs warns.

The Recycling Association responds by saying Boris Johnson has "completely lost the plastic plot".