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Major UN biodiversity summit delayed for third time due to pandemic
Cop15 negotiations to set this decade’s targets on nature to be split into two, with face-to-face meetings delayed until 2022
A key United Nations biodiversity summit has been delayed for a third time due to the pandemic, the Chinese environment ministry has announced, as environmentalists pledged the delay would “not mean taking our foot off the pedal”.
In a statement, the Chinese ministry of ecology and environment confirmed that Cop15, the biggest biodiversity summit in a decade, would be delayed, and that negotiations for this decade’s targets will be split into two phases so that governments can meet face-to-face in Kunming, China, in the first half of 2022.
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The planet is in peril. We’re building Congress’s strongest-ever climate bill | Bernie Sanders
More than any other legislation in US history it will transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into sustainable energy
The latest International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is clear and foreboding. If the United States, China and the rest of the world do not act extremely aggressively to cut carbon emissions, the planet will face enormous and irreversible damage. The world that we will be leaving our children and future generations will be increasingly unhealthy and uninhabitable.
But we didn’t really need the IPCC to tell us that. Just take a look at what’s happening right now: A huge fire in Siberia is casting smoke for 3,000 miles. Greece: burning. California: burning. Oregon: burning. Historic flooding in Germany and Belgium. Italy just experienced the hottest European day ever. July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded. Drought and extreme weather disturbances are cutting food production, increasing hunger and raising food prices worldwide. Rising sea levels threaten Miami, New York, Charleston and countless coastal cities around the world in the not-so-distant future.
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UK government ‘failing to help local leaders achieve net zero’
Mayors such as Newham’s Rokhsana Fiaz say they do not have the investment or powers they need
The government is failing to provide local leaders with the investment and resources they need to achieve net zero, according to the mayor of Newham.
Rokhsana Fiaz, the first woman to become a directly elected mayor of a London borough, said her council’s “appetite [to achieve net zero] is high: we’ve got the knowhow and we know where the problems are” but, she said, the government isn’t providing local leaders with what they need.
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Call for action to cut climate impact of UK’s ageing fishing fleet
Environmentalists call for fisheries to move away from carbon-spewing engines and harmful practices
Half the UK’s fishing fleet is at least 30 years old and uses fuel oil that is particularly polluting, according to a report that examines the outsized impact of British ships on the climate crisis.
UK fisheries are estimated to have emitted 914.4 kilotons of CO2 over a one-year period, equivalent to the annual energy use of more than 110,000 homes, the report by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), WWF and RSPB says.
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Woodside-BHP oil and gas merger “disastrous” for climate, and some shareholders
BHP and Woodside to merge oil and gas businesses, creating a $41bn giant. It might be good for BHP, but could be a disaster for the climate.
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Battery giant LG inks deal for Australian nickel and cobalt
The world's largest manufacturer of advanced EV batteries inks deal with ASX-listed miner to source mixed nickel and cobalt from its Queensland project.
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Solar Insiders Podcast: Flexible exports and PV pricing pressures
Solar industry faces pressure from rising import prices, shipping costs and Covid. But flexible exports offer hope for a smarter future.
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Queensland coal port pivots to renewable hydrogen as wind and solar pipeline surges
Queensland coal port launches study into renewable hydrogen, eyeing new export opportunities, as state plans new Renewable Energy Zones.
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Australian “dual turbine” wave power breakthrough promises to double efficiency
Australian-led research breakthrough raises fresh hopes that wave power can play a large-scale and commercially viable role in the global shift to renewables.
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Will Torrens Island big battery close the door to vehicle to grid technology in Australia?
Will the boom in big battery storage proposals close the door to vehicle-to-grid technologies even before they get started?
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Tighter climate targets spell end of German coal by 2030, government figures suggest
Germany’s revised climate targets mean its exit from coal generation will need to be completed by 2030, eight years earlier than currently planned.
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5B seeks new funds as orders for its Maverick solar solution boom
Australian clean energy innovator announces new fundraising round, as orders boom for its modular, rapid-deploying solar solution, called Maverick.
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