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When the European Commission presented its recommendations for a 2040 climate target last month, it also raised expectations – and a few eyebrows – by announcing the creation of a dedicated task force on “carbon market diplomacy”.

Freshwater wetland restoration can turn degraded wetlands from net carbon sources into carbon sinks, though it takes far too long for Paris Agreement purposes, meaning climate projects should prioritise conserving existing ones, a study has found.

The EU will provide grant funding to a Ukrainian startup looking to scale up its direct air capture (DAC) technology, with the CO2 intended to be used in agricultural applications.

Zimbabwe's government plans to launch a regulatory framework for the trading of voluntary carbon credits in the next year, hoping to generate around $400 million in annual revenues as project investments accelerate, a senior government official told local media.

Human activity in the past century has dramatically altered freshwater flows, jeopardising their capacity to regulate vital ecological and climatic processes, a study has found.

A South Korean offset project developer and investor has deepened its partnership with a provincial government in Mongolia in the hope of generating international carbon credits from forestry projects.

The Perth business that has helped oil giants Ampol and Shell navigate EV charging, has big plans for Europe and the US.

The post Energy and EV software company Gridcog raises $6.4m for Euro trip appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As part of the state-sponsored programme to restore arctic fox populations, Norway has been feeding the animals for nearly 20 years, helping boost numbers from as few as 40 in Norway, Finland, and Sweden, to about 550 across Scandinavia today. ‘Without these conservation measures, the arctic fox would surely have become extinct in Norway,’ said Bjørn Rangbru, a senior adviser on threatened species with the country’s environment agency

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One of the world's largest shipbuilders has built an alliance to develop onboard carbon capture systems (OCCS) as part of its decarbonisation plan, with a pilot project set to be launched next year.

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund will sell off ownership stakes in a major Indonesian conglomerate after concerns that its gold mining ambitions in Sumatra represents an unacceptable threat to a critically endangered species of orangutan.

Exclusive: Ex-employees of Australian Agribusiness Group allege dozens of injuries occurred as blue gums cleared for agricultural use, claims which the company rejects

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Dozens of koalas have been killed or injured and left for dead during logging of blue gum plantations in South Australia, according to former employees of the harvesting company and a conservation organisation that tried to save the marsupials.

Ex-employees of the company managing the plantation estate Australian Agribusiness Group said they tried to save at least 40 injured koalas and saw about 20 that had been killed as plantations on Kangaroo Island were cleared for agricultural use.

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City of Sydney lord mayor reveals testing of potentially contaminated mulch has cost $200,000 with remediation costs likely to be ‘substantial’

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Sydney’s lord mayor, Clover Moore, has accused the New South Wales government and the state’s environment watchdog of a “massive” and “costly” regulatory failure over the ongoing asbestos contamination crisis.

City of Sydney councillors gathered at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday to discuss how contaminated mulch came to be used across numerous city parks. Moore revealed testing alone had already cost the council more than $200,000.

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Four-metre shark euthanised after becoming beached on shore at Kingscliff on Tweed Coast

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A great white shark washed up on to a beach on the New South Wales north coast, shocking locals and attracting a crowd of beachgoers.

The 4m shark was seen swimming close to shore near Kingscliff beach on the Tweed Coast on Monday morning, with lifeguards tracking its progress until it was beached.

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On a planet getting hotter and drier by the year, governments are wilfully ignoring a looming crisis

There’s a flaw in the plan. It’s not a small one: it is an Earth-sized hole in our calculations. To keep pace with the global demand for food, crop production needs to grow by at least 50% by 2050. In principle, if nothing else changes, this is feasible, thanks mostly to improvements in crop breeding and farming techniques. But everything else is going to change.

Even if we set aside all other issues – heat impacts, soil degradation, epidemic plant diseases accelerated by the loss of genetic diversity – there is one which, without help from any other cause, could prevent the world’s people from being fed. Water.

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The three men and one woman will conduct scientific experiments, including a study of degenerative diseases.

With new penalties for exporting solar to the grid expected in July, sustainable energy advisor Norman Koslowski says, ‘buy a battery.’

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Why a home battery is a good idea if you have rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ignoring the potential of small-scale and local generation creates a risk of building too much transmission infrastructure – at great cost.

The post The National Electricity Market wasn’t made for a renewable energy future. Here’s how to fix it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trevor St Baker backed companies agree to ramp up production of batteries, install EV infrastructure and demonstrate industrial solar and storage in the Philippines.

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Platypuses are drowning in Australian waterways, tangled in fishing line and trapped in closed nets meant for freshwater crayfish or yabbies. But we can fix this. Katherine Warwick, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Michelle Ryan, Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Consumer NZ’s case against Z Energy under the Fair Trading Act may be a sign of things to come. But new legislation would be a cleaner way to regulate fossil fuel advertising. Matthew Hall, Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.