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The EU on Tuesday unveiled a framework to support the issuance of €250 million in green bonds to help fund its post-pandemic recovery, including “green” criteria for member state spending of the proceeds.

‘Shape shifting’ animals are evolving to deal with heat – by changing the size of their ears, tails, bills and other appendages. Sara Ryding, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Matthew Symonds, Associate professor, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices surged towards all-time highs Tuesday morning before retracing towards the previous day’s settlement, as participants said financial firms could be deploying additional capital after the quarterly sale.

Opponents say document contradicts company’s claim it will principally supply industries closer to home

The coal extracted from the planned Cumbrian mine may go further overseas, rather than be used in Britain and the EU as the company has claimed, the public inquiry into the scheme heard on its opening day.

West Cumbria Mining’s (WCM) proposals to extract 2.7m tonnes of metallurgical coal a year from a site off the Cumbrian coast at St Bees are being examined by the Planning Inspectorate.

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Exclusive: At least nine mines have received special permission from regulators allowing them to avoid penalties

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Promised environmental offsets for new and expanded coalmines in New South Wales have been delayed for years because governments have allowed companies to push back deadlines for protecting sites for conservation.

At least nine coalmines in NSW, including several in the Hunter Valley, received special permission from federal and state regulators on multiple occasions that allowed them to avoid penalties for not securing permanent protection of habitat.

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Study finds 40% of resident and regular migrant dragonflies and damselflies have increased in number since 1970

Six new species of dragonfly have colonised Britain in the last 25 years as dragonflies and damselflies boom in a warming climate.

More than 40% of resident and regular migrant dragonflies and damselflies have increased in number since 1970 with just 11% declining, according to a study of 1.4m dragonfly records.

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Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security

Wild relatives of some of the world’s most important crops, including potatoes, avocados and vanilla, are threatened with extinction, according to a study.

Vanilla, an orchid native to South and Central America, is facing the highest risk of extinction, with all eight wild species found in the region listed as endangered or critically endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list of threatened plants and animals.

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New Zealand carbon allowances on Tuesday reached a record high for the tenth successive session, as last week’s bumper auction and patchy supply continue to fuel the market’s latest bull run.

China launched a pilot market for green power trading on Tuesday that some observers say might put the squeeze on offset-generating renewable projects.

A man on a train told me to go back to where I’m from – and so I did. Walking alone in nature, I felt liberated from prejudice

I was sitting on a stage inside a tent recently, surrounded by the mountains and valleys of the beautiful Brecon Beacons national park, and gazing out into a sea of hundreds of faces – audience members, mostly silhouetted.

“Put your hand up if you’re a person of colour,” I said.

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Australia-headquartered New Forests and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) will assess soil carbon opportunities after agreeing to purchase a 90,000-hectare agricultural land estate from Macquarie Asset Management.

The expansion of dragonflies across Britain and Ireland is an indicator of climate change, say experts.

Rooftop solar sends minimum "operational demand" to a new low in WA's main grid, some 10 per cent below the previous benchmark.

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IFM Investors, one of the world’s biggest infrastructure investor firms, has set an interim 2030 emissions reduction target of 40% for its infrastructure asset class, the company announced Tuesday.

Vaccine inequality and travel challenges risk excluding many delegates from poorer nations.

Livestock companies with large emissions receive billions of dollars in funding, campaigners say

Twenty livestock companies are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than either Germany, Britain or France – and are receiving billions of dollars in financial backing to do so, according to a new report by environmental campaigners.

Raising livestock contributes significantly to carbon emissions, with animal agriculture accounting for 14.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Scientific reports have found that rich countries need huge reductions in meat and dairy consumption to tackle the climate emergency.

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South Korea on Tuesday released an administrative notice that will give financial institutions limited access to trading CO2 allowances, perhaps as early as next month.

Coal power has been the foundation for much of what Europe is today. But what has been the cost? Since 2016, half of the continent’s coal plants have closed, or are scheduled to close, as markets shift and the race to save the climate gathers speed. NGOs and grassroots organisations are working with communities to ensure the transition from coal is rapid, focused on renewables, and, most importantly, fair.

This increased attention on the people who have long lived with coal has revealed unsteadiness, illness and deep seams of injustice in communities across the continent. The photographer Dan Wilton joined the environmental law charity ClientEarth to investigate and document Europe’s journey beyond coal

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Plans to export Queensland-made renewable hydrogen to South Korea are being weighed in a memorandum of understanding between Ark Energy and Port of Townsville.

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Investment experts say coordinated and comprehensive climate policies needed for Australia to seize full potential of energy transition.

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