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The UK confirmed the country’s sixth carbon budget (2033-37) on Tuesday, agreeing with its independent advisors on the front-loading of its effort towards hitting net zero.

EU carbon rallied in early Tuesday trading amid a generally flat energy complex, as traders eyed Wednesday's scheduled unveiling of the Fit for 55 reform package.

The municipal government of Beijing released instructions for corporates, institutions and event organisers to qualify for carbon naturality, including listing rules of eligible offset projects, which set up examples for other Chinese cities to follow.

Goldfish released into the wild can grow much bigger and cause major disruption to ecosystems.

China’s national emissions trading scheme is said to launch on Friday, according to sources with knowledge of the issue.

Southern Water was one of the worst-performing companies in 2020, according to report

The water industry in England is failing to cut pollution from spills of raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters, the Environment Agency has said.

Southern Water, which was fined a record £90m last week for dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea, was one of the worst-performing companies in 2020, according to the EA report on Tuesday.

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The first draft of a post-2020 UN-led global biodiversity framework targets annual carbon reductions from natural ecosystems of 10 billion tonnes of CO2e by 2030, though observers doubted the number would survive upcoming negotiations.

Trina Solar has formally joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and signed the Business Ambition for 1.5°C pledge.

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Solar sales guru Dean Mannix on how to compete in a brutally competitive environment.

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Research led by Monash Uni says accuracy of wind and solar forecasts boosted by 45%.

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How do we ensure solutions to climate change doesn't make biodiversity loss worse? Fifty of the world's leading researchers on biodiversity and climate have sought to answer this question. Michelle Lim, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Adani says it wants kids to take personal responsibility for climate action, while new research shows the depth of its fossil fuel ambitions.

The post Adani says it wants kids to take climate action, while it grows fossil fuel empire appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealanders have planted just over a quarter of a billion trees, about half of it native species, as part of an effort to increase carbon storage. Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

There are many new forms of cryptocurrency, collectively termed “altcoins”, which are far greener than bitcoin – and to which investors are now turning.

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Australia's biggest wind farm finally obtains registration - at least for part of the project - after a long delay, and can now begin production.

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A site in WA the size of greater Sydney has been chosen for the $100bn project to convert wind and solar power into green fuels

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An international consortium wants to build what would be the world’s biggest renewable energy hub in Australia’s south-west to convert wind and solar power into green fuels like hydrogen.

The group of energy companies announced the proposal over a 15,000 sq km area that could have a 50 gigawatt capacity and cost $100bn.

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"We are now in a race to "electrify everything". ANU opens new research lab to test distributed energy technologies in real-world conditions.

The post “A race to electrify everything:” ANU lab to fast-track distributed energy technologies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The annual fire season has barely started - and there are claims that 2021 might be the worst year yet.

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Smartphones and satellite data help indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon to limit deforestation.