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Tweet viewed millions of times claimed ground temperature was being confused with air temperature

As thermometers creep upwards, it has become harder and harder to deny the reality of the climate crisis. Some, however, are questioning whether temperatures are being measured properly in the first place.

In a tweet seen millions of times, the influencer Robin Monotti said in July that media outlets were repeating a report from the European Space Agency (ESA) that confused air temperature with ground temperature, which is generally higher.

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An academic paper on debt-for-nature swaps published this week found that of 67 highly indebted countries studied, over half could protect all their biodiversity for only a fraction of their debt relief.

Billionaire says renewables will drive Australia’s next commodities boom as his Grok Ventures finalises acquisition

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The tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has renewed plans by the Sun Cable project to develop giant solar farms in inland Australia to supply electricity to Darwin – and to Singapore via an undersea cable.

Grok Ventures, the private investment company of Cannon-Brookes, on Thursday finalised its acquisition of Sun Cable, months after a dispute between its billionaire backers threatened to derail the huge solar project.

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Introducing mandatory natural capital accounting and nature risk disclosure schemes would create the foundation for demand in a New Zealand voluntary biodiversity credit market, according to government-commissioned advice.

Japan's Mitsubishi Electric has teamed up with a Singapore-based software provider to develop and market solutions that support carbon neutrality in the manufacturing sector, it announced Thursday.

UK-based scientists and institutions will have access to the £85bn fund from today.

To mark Threatened Species Day, Perth zoo has shared footage of 13 newborn numbat joeys. With less than 2,000 remaining in the wild, it is hoped these baby marsupials will contribute to the survival of the species. Careers and zookeepers have provided around-the-clock care for the joeys, raising three by hand after one of the mothers was showing signs of mismothering. They are expected to be released into the wild by the end of the year

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• Home of endangered marsupial hit by state-sanctioned logging in NSW, environmentalists say

• Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list

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Secondhand fashion supports many livelihoods, but by nurturing local resources the country can wean itself off the used rag trade

“Stop buying secondhand clothes, these clothes are for dead people.” At the opening ceremony of the Sino-Uganda Mbale industrial park in late August, our president announced an unexpected ban on imported secondhand clothes. The audience responded to Yoweri Museveni’s rhetoric with laughter. A dead white person’s clothes being packed and shipped to Uganda is a compelling image with which to galvanise the masses.

But secondhand clothes don’t come from the dead. That’s not how fast-fashion systems work. People don’t die quickly enough for fast fashion, only trends do.

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Indonesia’s state oil company Pertamina would like to see a carbon trading mechanism for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Some of the world’s largest forestry companies on Thursday jointly launched the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC) to support a greater role for the forestry sector in the sustainability transition.

BP’s planned clean fuel and green hydrogen hub at its shut-in oil refinery in Perth in Western Australia would have struggled to get past the first post without A$70 million in funding from the Australian federal government in April last year.

A $500 million deal will install 50MW of solar and 300MWh of battery storage across ESR Australia's commercial property portfolio by 2033.

The post Massive solar and battery deal promises to cut commercial energy costs in half appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Reducing air pollution is one of the best investments for Australians’ health, the environment, the economy and social equity. But achieving cleaner air requires a new approach from government. Deren Pillay, Researcher and Advanced Trainee in Public Health Medicine, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania Bill Dodd, Knowledge Broker, Centre for Safe Air (NHMRC CRE), and Adjunct Researcher, Media School, University of Tasmania Bin Jalaludin, Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If all goes well, the lunar lander that the rocket is carrying will attempt a Moon landing in February.

Consumer-owned resources like rooftop solar and battery storage have a key role to play in ushering out coal-fired power. Origin gets this better than most.

The post How the consumer energy sharing economy can help Eraring close on time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s east Africa global development correspondent, Caroline Kimeu, about the challenges and tensions at play at the inaugural climate summit

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NSW announces $1.8 billion, including a new focus on consumer energy resources, such as neighbourhood batteries, in its Energy Security Corp.

The post “Moving beyond baseload:” NSW turns to consumers and local storage to fill Eraring gap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There are very sharp diminishing returns for longer duration storage under current market arrangements, which makes it difficult for private investors.

The post Long or short on energy storage? A deep dive into price signals for duration appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A solar farm proposed for central Queensland's Calliope renewable energy zone has found itself the subject of some bizarre news reports this week.

The post What imperils the Great Barrier Reef? If you ask Murdoch media, it’s a solar farm 70km away appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A recently settled class action lawsuit against the Australian government could help drive greater disclosure of climate financial risk by governments, central banks and companies. Arjuna Dibley, Head of Sustainable Finance Hub, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.