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The climate crisis and soaring temperatures are worsening air quality, WMO says, with ‘knock-on effects’

Heatwaves across the world are worsening air quality and pollution, scientists have said.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said extreme temperatures are not the only hazard from heatwaves but that they also cause pollution-related health problems.

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The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) Alliance has partnered with impact data and analytics provider GIST Impact to help investors access its information.

Conservation International and the Peace Parks Foundation have committed $150 million to a new initiative during Africa Climate Week that aims to boost biodiversity and climate resilience through climate-smart grazing practices.

A major oil trading company and a US-based software firm on Wednesday launched a platform helping clients to calculate supply chain carbon emissions in the energy sector.

The former heads of state of Colombia, Ethiopia, and Uganda have this week urged global leaders to ensure that the nature finance commitment made at the UN biodiversity COP15 summit to deliver at least $20 billion per year to developing countries by 2025 is kept to.

A Tokyo-based climate startup is planning to kick off a methane reduction project in Vietnam next year through collaboration with a local partner, based on a rice cultivation methodology that has started to gain popularity among Japanese developers.

As the the inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi continues this week many countries and companies have announced pledges and partnerships with African stakeholders as they look to close the climate finance gap in the region and aid the continent's efforts to establish itself as a green energy and carbon markets hub.

There are systemic flaws pertaining to nature-based offset projects in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), a European environmental advocacy group outlined in a report on Wednesday, while offering several recommendations to ensure and improve climate integrity in the sector going forward.

The Clean Energy Regulator has issued almost 1.4 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) for a second consecutive week as one developer received more than 500,000, while the spot price for generic units has crept below A$29.

Australia’s biosecurity system is on high alert for alien invaders. Here’s a hit list of eight baddies we believe pose the greatest threat to Australia’s biodiversity. Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University Patrick O'Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Heavy rain in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria has triggered flash floods that have left at least seven dead and many missing. In Turkey, some holiday makers were feared dead after flash flooding at a campsite in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria. Nikolai Denkov, the prime minister of Bulgaria, said two people died and three others were missing.

• Seven dead as severe storms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria

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Victorian government kicks in $500,000 for feasibility study into developing a renewable methanol facility in Portland with huge production goals.

The post Million-tonne renewable methanol plan wins $500k in state backing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nasa said its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took the image four days after India's historic Moon landing.

Shenzhen, a major city in southern China, is set to auction off the country's first batch of mangrove-based offsets verified under a local scheme in late September amid growing domestic interest in blue carbon.

A planning application to fix Snowy 2.0 sinkhole and un-pause Florence offers insight into how the boring machine got stuck – and why more troubles could lie ahead.

The post Snowy 2.0 documents suggest the $12 billion project’s boring troubles are far from over appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW becomes the latest state in Australia to lift coal royalties, with minimal public pushback, and calls to push for more.

The post About time: NSW hailed for finally hiking coal royalties to raise $2.7bn appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW energy minister Penny Sharpe discusses Eraring closure, fast tracking renewables and consumer equity: Plus, Marinus blow out and Queensland green hydrogen plans.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Coal-keeper or Green-keeper? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The controversy over Eraring is not really about the lights going out, but about bill shock and equity. How NSW manages this is key to the success of the switch out of coal.

The post Eraring is more about bill shock and equity than lights going out: Batteries and Bowen can help appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carnegie Clean Energy has won a competitive tender to deploy its "born in Australia" wave power technology in waters off the coast of Spain.

The post “Remarkable:” Australian wave energy pioneer wins major tender to build first unit in Spain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Even cut in half, Marinus will be a dead-weight, facilitating a trade in which Tasmania has no competitive advantage. Here's why.

The post Marinus Link is a boondoggle – cutting it in half won’t change that appeared first on RenewEconomy.