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"If this report makes you feel angry, sad and afraid, that is because it is angering, saddening and frightening."

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its long-awaited report. From accelerating emissions to intensifying disasters to rising sea levels, its authors lay out the new findings. Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Malte Meinshausen, A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Michael Grose, Climate projections scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

IPCC says average temperatures in Australia have already risen 1.4°C, warns that each fraction of a degree of warming will take its toll.

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Hundreds on the island of Evia flee to safety by sea as a record heatwave triggers devastating fires.

The ESB's proposals risk compensating assets that either aren’t needed, or don’t show up when you need them most.

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Australia will get no medals for its performance on energy and emissions, with a new report showing it ranks among the worst performing countries on 10 key indicators.

The post Back of the pack: Australia trails world on energy transition and emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The worst outcome of a capacity market is to keep coal generation going without inducing new capacity.

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The new IPCC report report will provide the most comprehensive understanding of the climate system and climate change, now and into the future.

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The report will be a "massive wake-up call" to governments to cut emissions, environmental experts say.

The global battle against climate change is likely to be won or lost in China.

An article in the eminent US magazine Science has triggered debate over whether scientists should use climate models. Here’s what you should know about climate models ahead of today’s IPCC report. Nerilie Abram, Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, Australian National University Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, The University of Melbourne Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Christian Jakob, Professor in Atmospheric Science, Monash University Julie Arblaster, Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Chief Investigator, ARC Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future; Professor, Monash University Lisa Alexander, Chief Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and Professor Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Shayne McGregor, Associate professor, Monash University Steven Sherwood, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AGL chooses Wärtsilä to build 250MW big battery in South Australia which could also be largest in world to deliver "grid forming" capabilities.

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Australia ranks 20th or worse in seven of eight categories despite Coalition claim it is leading the way in reducing emissions

Claims by the Morrison government that Australia has done more to cut greenhouse gas emissions than other countries have been challenged by an analysis that found it has gone backwards compared to similar countries over the past 15 years.

Energy analyst Dr Hugh Saddler ranked the performance of 23 OECD countries and Russia on eight climate measures, including share of electricity from non-fossil fuels, per capita emissions from transport and overall emissions intensity of each economy.

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IPCC’s landmark report will be most comprehensive assessment yet as governments prepare for pivotal UN talks in November

The fires, floods and extreme weather seen around the world in recent months are just a foretaste of what can be expected if global heating takes hold, scientists say, as the world’s leading authority on climate change prepares to warn of an imminent and dire risk to the global climate system.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will on Monday publish a landmark report, the most comprehensive assessment yet, less than three months before vital UN talks that will determine the future course of life on Earth.

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Wildfire’s cause is under investigation but utility company has admitted its equipment may have been linked to the devastation

As relatively cool temperatures and higher humidity slowed the Dixie fire raging across northern California on Saturday, attention shifted to the role an already disgraced utility company may have played in the gigantic blaze.

By Saturday evening, the Dixie fire covered 447,723 acres and had destroyed 370 structures, including residential, commercial and other buildings. The fire was only 21% contained, and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection did not expect full containment until 20 August.

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Many in south Wales are still suffering from havoc of last year – and say not enough is being done to prevent a repeat

In February last year, Storm Dennis wreaked havoc in the Rhondda valley, causing flooding in hundreds of homes and businesses, leaving landslips, ruined roads, smashed bridges and broken hearts in its wake.

Eighteen months on, many people in this close-knit corner of south Wales continue to suffer. “I still have nightmares about the river rising again,” said Katie Whelan, whose end-of-terrace house in the village of Ynyshir, near Pontypridd, was flooded.

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Planting 10 saplings does not replace a twisted old oak. ‘Slow ecology’ is the only way to preserve and restore ancient habitats

We have a slow food movement and a slow travel movement. But we’re missing something, and its absence contributes to our escalating crisis. We need a slow ecology movement, and we need it fast.

The majority of the world’s species cannot withstand any significant disruption of their habitat by humans. Healthy ecosystems depend to a great extent on old and gnarly places, that might take centuries to develop, and are rich in what ecologists call “spatial heterogeneity”: complex natural architecture. They need, for example, giant trees, whose knotty entrails are split and rotten; great reefs of coral or oysters or honeycomb worms; braiding, meandering rivers full of snags and beaver dams; undisturbed soils reamed by roots and holes. The loss of these ancient habitats is one of the factors driving the global shift from large, slow-growing creatures to the small, short-lived species able to survive our onslaughts. Slow ecology would protect and create our future ancient habitats.

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Organization: Climate Policy Initiative Position: Program Assistant, The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Duty Station: Washington, D.C. or San Francisco, US Deadline for Application: 20 August 2021

Campaign seeks pledges for the rewilding of arable land as the Cop26 climate summit approaches

Farmers are being called upon to dedicate 1% of their land to nature and carbon sequestration in an unexpected way – by farming in straight lines.

The call to make a commitment to nature and the climate in the run-up to the crucial Cop26 UN climate summit in Glasgow comes from WildEast, the farmer-led rewilding movement that is encouraging landowners large and small to create wildlife-rich places across East Anglia.

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Verra is looking for a Program Officer to help manage Verra’s sustainable development programs including the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta) and the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards.