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A veteran carbon market analyst is to join hedge fund Andurand Capital Management, where he will advise on the launch of new environmentally-focused investment vehicles.

Melbourne-based Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund has taken a majority stake in an Australian offset developer and carbon advisory firm.

Member of fox family is on list of 20 invasive species likely to reach UK shores and destroy wildlife

They are cute and furry, and could become the UK’s next major non-native pest.

Raccoon dogs, an exotic member of the fox family that is native to Japan, China and Siberia, are one of the most destructive invasive species at risk of becoming established in Britain, experts say.

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Corporate Carbon Advisory is seeking a Carbon Account Executive to play a key supporting role in a team-based approach to developing and operating the firm’s portfolio of Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) projects.

This role is responsible for the development of analytical capability and generation of commercial insights for the Low Carbon Trading business with a focus on compliance and voluntary carbon markets over all time horizons.

Nasa's Juno probe makes the closest pass of the Solar System's largest moon in more than 20 years.

A thick layer of organic matter known as marine mucilage has spread in the Sea of Marmara, covering harbours, shorelines and swathes of the surface south of Istanbul. Some of the ‘sea snot’ has sunk below the waves, suffocating seabed life

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The Crown's Jason Watkins will star as a professor who found himself at the centre of a media storm.

The ambitious $2 billion Forest Wind project, set to become one of the biggest in the southern hemisphere, faces 15 month delay.

The post Massive 1,200MW wind farm planned for Queensland flags 15 month delay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar tax criticised by Tesla and Enphase, the makers of battery technologies the proposal is supposed to support, while networks baulk at removing zero export limits.

The post Victoria, Tesla and Enphase line up against proposed solar export tax appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Landowners to be paid for planting that protects wildlife, reduces flood risk and increases public access

Landowners will be paid thousands of pounds in bonuses for creating new woodlands that boost wildlife, increase public access and reduce flooding, under a new £16m scheme for England announced on Wednesday.

The Forestry Commission plan will for the first time allow payments for natural regeneration, where wind-blown seeds colonise land. This can be the best way to recreate native woodlands and some landowners have complained that past grants only allowed tree planting. Support for planting trees along rivers to improve waterside habitats will also be offered for the first time.

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There are fewer than 30 breeding pairs in Britain, and the one I saw at a Scottish loch was at its springtime finest

Chestnut flanks and neck. Ruby-red eyes. Dagger-like bill. And, on either side of its matt-black head, golden plumes shimmering in the Speyside sunshine. All wrapped up in a buoyant waterbird, gliding across the silky-smooth surface of the loch, before disappearing beneath, then yo-yoing into view again, with a tiny fish as its prize.

The Slavonian grebe’s splendour is enhanced by its rarity: there are fewer than 30 breeding pairs in Britain, spread out across the Scottish Highlands. Being relatively unknown, it might not win a competition for Britain’s most beautiful bird. But it would certainly give any other contenders a run for their money.

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‘Massive biodiversity gains’ to be made, says letter signed by academics and public figures

More than 100 academics, experts and public figures have signed a letter calling on the royal family to rewild their lands as a public commitment to help tackle Britain’s biodiversity crisis and to show climate leadership.

Organised by the rewilding campaign group Wild Card, the letter’s 120 signatories include the broadcasters Chris Packham, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Anita Rani as well as the leading environmental scientist Prof Sir Robert Watson.

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Humpback whales 'bubble-net feeding' in Australian waters has been captured on video for the first time. The drone video was taken at the end of 2020, but researchers have studied the whales' behaviour, confirming they were using the technique. With an estimated 33 whales participating, it is also the largest humpback whale congregation ever observed in Australian waters. Bubble-net feeding, where whales deliberately blow bubbles to form a type of net around their prey, has been witnessed mostly in the northern hemisphere. The video was taken off the Sapphire Coast in southern New South Wales

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Tasmania, thanks to its hydro and forests, has reached 100 pct renewables. Now it can show the world what the other side of net-zero emissions should look like.

The post Tasmania reaches 100 pct renewables – but climate action doesn’t stop there appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Daniel Bleakley on why his Coal miners in Teslas video series has been such a hit, and how his Model 3 performance EV is helping to reduce fears about the future.

The post The Driven Podcast: Coal miners in Teslas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A brown coal generator in Germany is to close six years early because of high carbon prices.

The post German brown coal generator to close six years early due to high CO2 price appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The best way to keep premiums down is to prevent climate change and the disasters it causes

No matter how much you pay for your home or car insurance, if your property is damaged by mouse plague, nuclear radiation, war or rising sea levels you are almost certainly on your own.

If you’re lucky, your insurance might cover you against storms but maybe not against floods (you know the difference, right?). Likewise, your insurance almost certainly doesn’t cover you against storm surges or a dam bursting.

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New Zealand carbon allowances soared past NZ$40 ($28.81) to new record high levels on Wednesday, following the release of the independent Climate Change Commission’s final advice to the government on the country’s carbon budgets out to 2035.

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