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Global decarbonisation is happening too slowly andthe world is getting further behind in efforts to get on a 1.5C pathway, according to a report from PwC released on Wednesday.

Rio Tinto plans up to 7GW of wind and solar to power smelters and iron ore mines as part of $7.5 billion plans to slash emissions by 2030.

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The astonishing story of how the US entered the second world war should be on everyone’s minds as Cop26 approaches

Fatalism creeps across our movements like rust. In conversations with scientists and activists, I hear the same words, over and again: “We’re screwed.” Government plans are too little, too late. They are unlikely to prevent the Earth’s systems from flipping into new states hostile to humans and many other species.

What we need, to stand a high chance of stabilising our life support systems, is not slow and incremental change but sudden and drastic action. And this is widely considered impossible. There’s no money; governments are powerless; people won’t tolerate anything more ambitious than the tepid measures they have proposed. Or so we are told. It’s a stark illustration of a general rule: political failure is, at heart, a failure of imagination.

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Sun Cable says world's biggest solar and storage facility to begin construction in 2023, names "powerhouse" consortium to help develop it.

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Government plans to extract coal, oil and gas are incompatible with safe temperatures, says the UN.

If we all collect and understand scientific data as citizens, we’ll be a step closer to a society able to make better collaborative decisions. Hugh Possingham, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Despite pledges of action from many nations, almost none have policies to wind down production, report says

Fossil fuel production planned by the world’s governments “vastly exceeds” the limit needed to keep the rise in global heating to 1.5C and avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, a UN report has found.

Despite increasing pledges of action from many nations, governments have not yet made plans to wind down fossil fuel production, the report said. The gap between planned extraction of coal, oil and gas and safe limits remains as large as in 2019, when the UN first reported on the issue. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, called the disparity “stark”.

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A new UN backed report finds Australia's plans to expand fossil fuel production are massively out of step with global climate commitments.

The post Australia accused of helping to blow global carbon budget with fossil fuel plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Contract awarded to massive solar and storage facility to power a huge luxury resort to be built in Red Sea.

The post Red Sea solar and battery project to feature 1,300MWh of energy storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Synergy awards $155 million contract for what will be biggest battery in W.A., and which could be expanded.

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Johnson's 'ten point plan' to tackle climate - set to create 440,000 new jobs this decade - shows climate action and job creation can go hand-in-hand.

The post “Green is good”: Johnson delivers conservative vision for green jobs and zero emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gelion, whose non-flow zinc-bromide battery technology was spun out of the University of Sydney, is gearing up to become a publicly traded company – but not in Australia.

The post Australian battery hopeful targets “surging” UK and EV markets, with London IPO appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's is pitching its future on a "gas-led recovery", but new report says gas plants are not viable because renewables and storage are cheaper, and cleaner.

The post The folly of gas: Most new gas generators not viable, says Carbon Tracker appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carnegie finds new application for its wave energy technology, promises to deliver reliable renewable power for offshore operations, starting with aquaculture.

The post Carnegie to power moored and aquaculture vessels with wave energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bad weather hits production across Europe as flowering seasons become earlier and shorter

French beekeepers expect their worst harvest in decades as unseasonably cold and wet weather due to climate change has prevented bees from producing honey.

Beekeepers association UNAF said that based on information received from regional associations it expects the honey harvest for 2021 to come in at 7,000 to 9,000 tonnes, or about a third of the 2020 harvest.

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The US EPA may not put forth preliminary biofuel quotas for 2021-22 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) until Congress can hammer out an agreement on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrat-led reconciliation package, a conference heard Tuesday.

The party line of the bush ‘footing the bill’ for the nation’s emissions reduction is a false narrative

The narrative of the beleaguered farmer runs deep in the national psyche. It’s one often weaponised to berate pampered city slickers who don’t understand what life in the bush – what real life – is about.

The National party has come up with a new twist on the old grievance – farmers have been paying for Australia’s emission reductions while city folk have been luxuriating in the benefits.

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