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The European Parliament’s environment (ENVI) committee is due to vote this week on its position on a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), with a large majority of political groups endorsing a gradual phaseout of the free EU carbon allowances currently given to the bloc’s heavy industry.

Danish team predict possible 1.35m rise by 2100 and highlight issues with previous modelling

The rise in the sea level is likely to be faster and greater than previously thought, according to researchers who say recent predictions are inconsistent with historical data.

In its most recent assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said the sea level was unlikely to rise beyond 1.1 metre (3.6ft) by 2100.

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The largest holder of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits reduced its share of the surplus bank to the lowest level in nearly three years, programme data showed.

Waste policy, climate adaptation and reform of conservation laws top government agenda, letter reveals

The Morrison government has nominated waste policy, climate adaptation and reform of national conservation laws as its environmental priorities for 2021, prompting criticism that it is not focused enough on improving the plight of the country’s declining wildlife and threatened species.

In a letter to her state and territory counterparts, the federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, said the prime minister had written to her suggesting “three critical priorities” for the year. She asked her counterparts for their feedback.

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Protesters told to immediately stop tunnelling under London station and give details of people down there

An emergency application to the high court by environmental protesters to stop HS2 evicting them from a tunnel close to Euston station because of safety concerns has been rejected by a judge.

Mr Justice Knowles ordered that Larch Maxey, a protester who lodged the application on Monday night, should immediately stop tunnelling and give details about the layouts of the tunnels and how many people were down there.

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Six hundred trees to be planted as part of nationwide initiative to bring more precious woodland into cities

A scrap of ground, the size of a tennis court, beside a river in Bristol is being transformed into a “tiny forest” featuring 600 trees as part of a nationwide initiative to bring more precious woodland into cities.

The area, on a plateau next to the River Trym in Southmead, will be one of a string of such projects across the UK featuring trees ranging from mighty oaks to birch, elder, blackthorn and guelder rose.

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Campaigners welcome fishing restrictions to help restore habitats including Dogger Bank, but say government must go further

Government proposals to ban destructive bottom trawling fishing in the Dogger Bank, announced on Monday, marked a “really big day” for Britain’s seas, conservationists said.

Under proposed bylaws put out for consultation by Britain’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO), bottom trawling, which involves weighted nets being dragged over the sea bed, would be prohibited in the Dogger Bank special conservation area, alongside three other English marine protected areas (MPAs). There are 40 MPAs in England and 76 in the UK.

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Uzbekistan’s energy ministry plans to carry out a subsidy reform in its gas-dominated electricity generation sector to be followed by the introduction of a carbon pricing mechanism in a bid to cut energy-related carbon output to net zero by 2050.

Patrick Murfet says he tried to import bees via Northern Ireland but was told they would be destroyed

A beekeeper trying to bring 15 million bees into the UK says he has been told they may be seized and burned because of post-Brexit laws.

Patrick Murfet wants to import the baby Italian bees for his Kent business and to help farmers pollinate valuable crops. But new laws that came into effect after the UK left the single market mean bringing bees into the country is banned.

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Every single American has a right to live and work in a safe environment. President Biden can help ensure we can

In his first 100 days, President Biden is racing to secure comprehensive reforms that both address the immediate challenges of today’s concurrent crises and make our economy and society more resilient for the future. Next month, he’ll unveil the second part of his recovery plan which is expected to focus on infrastructure investment and job creation. It is crucial that this plan includes an emphasis on protecting the health and safety of communities that are consistently failed – and often seriously harmed – by ageing infrastructure. Biden has already put equity and justice at the center of his climate plans, but he’ll need to do the same for any infrastructure plan he puts forward.

Related: Flint review – a humanitarian disaster doc for toxic times

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Beekeeper Patrick Murfet says the "monumentally stupid situation" could cost him nearly £100,000.

Singapore is preparing a multi-ministerial climate plan, with MPs pushing for the government to speed up the review of the nation’s carbon tax in order to increase levels sooner than previously planned.

Landmark review calls for fundamental change in our approach to economics to stem nature loss.

NZUs jumped by a dollar on Tuesday to nearly NZ$40, as the market responded to carbon budget proposals by the government’s independent advisors that would tighten the ETS cap. 

Survey shows bird species that vanished from UK in 17th century is making a successful comeback

Cranes, which became extinct in the UK 400 years ago, have continued their recent comeback with a new high of 64 pairs recorded in a survey.

The common crane, which stands about 120cm (4ft) tall and is famous for its dancing courtship displays, vanished from Britain in the 1600s as a result of hunting and a decline in their wetland habitat.

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Landmark report says GDP should be ditched as measure of wealth and nature valued to protect wildlife and humans

“Our economies, livelihoods and wellbeing all depend on our most precious asset: nature. We are part of nature, not separate from it.” These are the opening lines of a newly published landmark review of the economics of biodiversity.

Biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history and the review aims to create a new economic framework, grounded in ecology, that enables humanity to live on Earth sustainably. “Our demands far exceed nature’s capacity to supply us with the goods and services we all rely on. We would require 1.6 Earths to maintain the world’s current living standards,” says Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta in the review, which was commissioned by the UK Treasury.

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New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds

• What does the UK’s biodiversity review recommend?

The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of the natural world and needs to find new measures of success to avoid a catastrophic breakdown, a landmark review has concluded.

Prosperity was coming at a “devastating cost” to the ecosystems that provide humanity with food, water and clean air, said Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta, the Cambridge University economist who conducted the review. Radical global changes to production, consumption, finance and education were urgently needed, he said.

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More rapidly deployable standalone power systems are set to be rolled out across Western Australia, as part of a new joint venture aiming to slash network maintenance costs.

The post Horizon’s new solar and battery standalone power systems can be deployed in just 90 minutes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia gets poor rating on climate policies from BNEF scoreboard, and even worse rating on clean transport.

The post Australia’s climate policies rated worst of major developed economies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland secures deal with Japanese firm to investigate the production of solar-fuelled green hydrogen at the Kogan Creek power station.

The post Queensland considers solar-fuelled green hydrogen plant at Kogan Creek coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.