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Philippines govt, UN agency launch €104-mln initiative to support sustainable farming
China to add three sectors to national ETS this year, first compliance deadline set for 2025
The solar pump revolution could bring water to millions of Africans but it must be sustainable and fair | Alan MacDonald
Solar power could enable 400m Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology
It’s a truly dreadful irony: for many of the 400 million people in sub-Saharan Africa who lack access to even a basic water supply, there is likely to be a significant reserve in aquifers sitting just a few metres below their feet.
Groundwater – the water stored in small spaces and fractures in rocks – makes up nearly 99% of all of the unfrozen fresh water on the planet. Across the African continent, the volume of water stored underground is estimated to be 20 times the amount held in lakes and reservoirs.
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India launches draft green hydrogen certification scheme
Sharks deserting coral reefs as oceans heat up, study shows
Climate crisis is driving key predators from their homes and threatening an already embattled ecosystem
Sharks are deserting their coral reef homes as the climate crisis continues to heat up the oceans, scientists have discovered.
This is likely to harm the sharks, which are already endangered, and their absence could have serious consequences for the reefs, which are also struggling. The reef sharks are a key part of the highly diverse and delicate ecosystem, which could become dangerously unbalanced without them.
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What is 3-phase power? And how do I know if my house needs it?
SwitchedOn Podcast: What the “shiny shoes” brigade is getting wrong in the regions
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Share of renewables hits record high on Australia’s main grid, sends coal to new low
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Australian agtech outfit forms another strategic alliance to develop carbon projects
Huge solar farm and battery project to go ahead after securing federal green tick
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New legislation on corporate emissions reporting has made it through parliament. Will it lead to real action on climate change?
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Competition the key to unlock transmission: Report urges fresh approach to critical grid upgrades
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Origin Energy boosts its bet on the 12-hour battery technology that could help kick out coal
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Investigations underway after turbine blade parts detach at Golden Plains wind farm
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Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?
Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?
Fairtrade charity says people are making ‘conscious’ choice to buy its products
Group praises nearly 70% of UK adults who bought Fairtrade products in past year despite cost of living crisis
Nearly 70% of UK adults have bought Fairtrade products such as bananas, tea or coffee in the past year despite pressure on personal finances, as concern that the climate crisis could push up the price of imported food drives “conscious consumerism”, the charity said.
Against the backdrop of this year’s big spikes in the price of coffee and cocoa, a YouGov poll, commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation, revealed that 79% of Britons were concerned that climate breakdown could affect the price of food while 69% were worried it could disrupt supply to the UK.
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