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You might think that nature, being free, is available to all – but there are huge racial disparities in access to the outdoors

• Haroon Mota is a mountaineer and the founder of Muslim Hikers

The British countryside is often perceived as universally accessible, a tranquil escape open for all to enjoy. But is this truly the case? From my experience as a member of and advocate for minority communities in the UK, it has become increasingly evident that time in the natural world is far less accessible to some of us than we would hope.

I’ve been adventuring in the outdoors for nearly 20 years now, and from the very beginning I noticed that I wouldn’t bump into people like myself in rural spaces, despite my city being very diverse.

Haroon Mota is a mountaineer and the founder of Muslim Hikers and Active Inclusion Network

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The renewable energy subsidiary of Indonesian state oil company Pertamina over the weekend struck a "green economy" agreement with a provincial government that includes plans to identify and develop nature-based solutions (NBS) to generate carbon credits.

The government of Japan has established three working groups to promote its nationwide decarbonisation initiative, including a task force to discuss the eligibility of carbon credits, laying the foundation for the world's fifth-largest CO2 emitter to improve an emerging domestic carbon market.

Plibersek approves 600MW solar farm in central Queensland, and uses media release to criticise the Greens for rejecting the CPRS in 2009.

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New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has defended its move to introduce annual fees per hectare of forest and a range of service charges in the ETS, arguing the funds accrued will be essential to maintain the integrity of the scheme.

Rooftop solar smashed more records over the "grand final" long weekend, sending coal output and network demand to new lows as the grid continues to be reshaped.

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For all of the doom-saying, Australia is putting the building blocks in place to get to net zero faster.

The post The road is long and time is short, but Australia’s pace towards net zero is quickening appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) lacks the expertise to create standards for the voluntary carbon market (VCM), a member of the industry’s private sector governance body argued, while some experts were not convinced the Council’s upcoming Core Carbon Principles (CCP) labelled credits will be the silver bullet the sector anticipated.

Vietnam has taken further steps towards a more comprehensive voluntary carbon market as tech and real estate firm CT Group launched the ASEAN Carbon Credit Exchange Joint Stock Company (CCTPA) in southern business hub Ho Chi Minh City.

It’s time to reconsider our relationship with the dingo. By collaborating and drawing from both Indigenous and Western knowledge, we can find ways to live in harmony with our apex land predator. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Bradley Smith, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Kylie M Cairns, Research fellow, UNSW Sydney Sonya Takau, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation Communications Officer and Founder of Dingo Culture, Indigenous Knowledge Whitney Rassip, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation Indigenous Protected Areas Coordinator and Acting Executive Officer, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A group of Australian scientists have raised “serious concerns” that Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated from soil carbon projects could be overinflated and based on non-additional activities, urging  the Clean Energy Regulator to release its data on how it calculates its crediting.

Everyone knows Australia's largest bird, the emu, but how many are familiar with our smallest? At only 8cm to 9cm long, the weebill generally goes unnoticed due to its small stature and earthy colours, even though it is found across much of the country. It’s most often found gleaning insects from eucalyptus leaves, which at times are bigger than the bird itself

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If we want to live in a world with Emperor penguins, we need to cut emissions steeply and protect parts of the ocean around Antarctica where climate change will have the biggest impact. Sara Labrousse, Chercheuse en écologie polaire, Sorbonne Université Michelle LaRue, Associate Professor in Conservation Biology, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The widespread pessimism about our ability to solve climate change is misplaced. Australia is putting in place the fundamentals of a net zero future. Now we need to go faster. Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The rising climate crisis presents an existential threat to humanity yet our government and political system are on a go-slow response. Is this issue too hard for humans to solve? Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

People who switch from gas to reverse-cycle air conditioning to heat their homes still want to feel comfortable. Some don’t. Home electrification programs must tackle the causes of the problem. Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Nicola Willand, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Sara Vihaji, Lecturer, School of Engineering, RMIT University Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Kieran Chapman, 27, says removal of young sycamore he planted at site of historic felled tree is ‘devastating’

A man who planted a sapling at the site where the Sycamore Gap tree previously stood at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland has said it is “devastating” that it has been removed.

The National Trust dug up the young sycamore planted by 27-year-old Kieran Chapman metres away from the stump of the historic tree, which was illegally felled overnight on Wednesday.

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Experts predict there will be fewer than 100 individuals of the species by 2031 as the rate of decline in population grows faster

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“They’re really cute. They are very chatty. When they’re around you know they’re around,” says conservation scientist Giselle Owens. “They make this little flying call – it goes ‘pip, pip, pip, pip’.”

So fascinated was Owens by the critically endangered swift parrot, she is writing a PhD on the bird, which is one of just two migratory parrot species in the world, and the farthest flying.

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William became largest private landholder in the national park when he inherited Duchy of Cornwall

Campaigners are urging Prince William to invest in significant rewilding across swathes of Dartmoor’s predominantly farmed land.

The land became William’s after he inherited the Duchy of Cornwall, an extensive landholding including the largest privately owned area of Dartmoor national park, from his father, King Charles, when he succeeded to the throne.

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Countries including France, Germany and Poland all had their hottest Septembers on record

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland have all experienced their hottest Septembers on record, with unseasonably high temperatures set to continue into October, in a year likely to be the warmest in human history.

As 31C (88F) was forecast in south-west France on Sunday and 28C in Paris, the French weather authority, Météo-France, said September’s average temperature was 21.5C, between 3.5C and 3.6C above the norm for the 1991-2020 reference period.

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