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Politicians from across world call for ‘global green deal’ to tackle climate crisis
New alliance urges governments to work together to deliver a just transition to a green economy
People around the world need a “global green deal” that would tackle the climate crisis and restore the natural world as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of politicians from the UK, Europe and developing countries has said.
The Global Alliance for a Green New Deal is inviting politicians from legislatures in all countries to work together on policies that would deliver a just transition to a green economy ahead of Cop26 UN climate talks in Glasgow this November.
Continue reading...Wind farm overlooking closed Hazelwood coal plant seeks public approval
Plans for a 33 turbine wind farm overlooking the site of the former Hazelwood coal-fired power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley have been put on public exhibition.
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Seven years after carbon price was scrapped, Australia’s policies still baked in denial
This weekend marks the seventh anniversary of when Coalition MPs danced with joy at the repeal of the carbon price. Their policies are still baked in denial and stupidity.
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Severe floods shut hydro, coal plants across Germany -RWE
Four arrested at McDonald’s factory protest in Lincolnshire
Animal Rebellion activists began blockade of Scunthorpe site on Thursday over fast food chain’s meat products
Four activists have been arrested at a protest that began more than 48 hours ago at a McDonald’s burger factory in Scunthorpe.
About 50 activists from Animal Rebellion have been preventing meat products leaving the factory, urging the fast food chain to move to a meat- and dairy-free menu by 2025.
Continue reading...Regulate business to tackle climate crisis, urges Mark Carney
Former Bank chief says governments must act as free markets will not reduce emissions alone
Governments must step up their regulation of businesses to tackle the climate crisis, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has urged, because the financial free markets will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions alone.
Carney, who left the Bank of England last year before the first Covid-19 lockdown, is now one of the most influential figures working on Cop26, the vital UN climate talks to be held in Glasgow in November. He is a UN envoy on climate change and Boris Johnson’s finance adviser on the climate.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday July 16, 2021
UK looks to extend ivory ban to hippos and other animals
Mystery 19th Century botanist tracked down following appeal
Ros Atkins on… the North America heat waves
Investor influence on EU carbon market seen outweighing that of industrials
WCI emitters’ allowance length grows by largest amount in two months
US wants giant radar in UK to track space objects
Australia’s ‘sun tax’: solar energy supporters split over how to make electricity grid fairer
Rule changes aimed at making room for more household solar systems and batteries on the grid would be unfair to current owners, some say
Michael Streatfeild was an early solar adopter. About a decade ago he withdrew $15,000 from his mortgage to install a 3.6kW system of panels on a north-east facing section of his roof in western Sydney.
Three years ago, in a bid to wipe out his reliance on coal-fired grid electricity, he added a 4kW system and positioned it to catch sun later in the day, when it comes from the north-west.
Continue reading...Sweden seeks out Article 6 projects in the Dominican Republic
US Carbon Pricing and LCFS Roundup for week ending July 16, 2021
UKA prices slump to surprise discount to EUAs amid “no hurry” to clear demand backlog -experts
Severe flooding causes devastation in Europe – video report
Severe flooding has caused devastation in Germany and Belgium, where the death toll has risen to more than 120 as emergency services continued their search for many hundreds more still missing. No loss of life has been reported in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, but flash floods swept through the Swiss villages of Schleitheim and Beggingen, several towns in the Grand Duchy were evacuated and thousands were told to leave their homes in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht
- More than 100 dead as flood ‘catastrophe’ hits Germany and Belgium
- Climate scientists shocked by scale of floods in Germany
- Flash floods cause havoc across Europe – in pictures
‘Enough with the burning’: EU executive accused of sacrificing forests
Campaigners criticise European Commission strategy that allows continued burning of trees for fuel
The EU executive has been accused of “sacrificing forests” after it published proposals that would allow trees to continue to be burned for fuel.
The charges of “accelerating climate breakdown” through wood-burning were made on Friday as the European Commission unveiled its forest strategy, which includes a goal to plant 3bn trees across the EU by 2030.
Continue reading...A big chance to tackle Britain’s rampant meat consumption has been missed | Rosemary Green
The National Food Strategy has rightly declared war on junk food, but bypasses the crucial issue of how our diet harms the climate
I’ve spent a long time waiting for the UK to produce a proper and detailed plan to reform its dysfunctional relationship with food. The problems are numerous: we don’t properly count the cost of our poor diets, both to our own health and to our environment, and we have dietary guidelines that basically no one follows. Lots of our eating habits – particularly a preference for huge chunks of meat and lots of sugar – were formed in a time when food was less plentiful and more expensive. We now consume these foods on a massive scale while falling short on the fruit and vegetables that would help us avoid diseases in later life.
For the first time, the plan released by the National Food Strategy combines all the sectors involved in our food system – from farming to government procurement, education to industry and trade. No single solution will fix our food system alone, so this kind of comprehensive approach is really welcome. As is the government’s recent announcement of a ban on junk food advertising before 9pm. This new independent report continues the war on junk food by proposing the world’s first tax on sugar and salt for use in processed foods, catering businesses and restaurants. The tax – with some of resulting revenue ringfenced for providing fruit and veg to low-income families – should have big health benefits, building on those of the sugary drinks levy introduced a few years ago.
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