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China has set a tighter target for energy intensity this year after falling short of its previous goal, as the country seeks to get its climate commitments back on track.

Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows

Women in rural areas suffer substantially greater economic losses from the impacts of climate breakdown than men in developing countries, research has shown, and the gap is likely to widen further.

Households headed by women in rural areas lost about 8% more of their income to heat stress than male-headed households, and their reduction in income when floods struck was about 3% greater than the loss to men, according to data released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday.

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State-of-the-art printed and flexible solar cells developed by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO launched into space to help power Australia's largest private satellite.

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European Energy, which this year signed a contract to build what will be the biggest solar project on Australia's main grid, says it has reached financial close for its first solar project in the country.

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The Australian government will establish an A$2 billion ($1.3 bln) financing facility to drive clean energy and infrastructure investments in Southeast Asia, it announced Tuesday. 

A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.

A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.

Malaysia will from April make it possible for airlines to impose a carbon levy on passengers, with revenue raised set to offset aviation emissions through the purchase of carbon credits or sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Britain spent about £26bn in three years on low-carbon measures, less than Italy, Germany, France and Spain, Greenpeace finds

The UK spends less on low-carbon energy policy than any other major European economy, analysis has shown, despite evidence that such spending could lower household bills and increase economic growth more than the tax cuts the government has planned.

Spending on low-carbon measures for the three years from April 2020 to the end of April 2023 was about $33.3bn (£26.2bn) in total for the UK, the lowest out of the top five European economies, according to an analysis by Greenpeace of data from the International Energy Agency.

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Glenrowan solar farm knocks out another milestone, reaching full power and completing final grid connection testing just months after achieving first generation.

The post “Remarkable achievement:” Victoria solar farm reaches full power ahead of schedule appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The final month of summer was a bumper month for solar, with new monthly records for utility PV generation across the country.

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Alan Kohler says nuclear ban should be lifted, because the "market" will decide. He's wrong. The market has not decided on nuclear for decades. The Coalition should know this.

The post Peter Dutton’s climate denial is morphing into a madcap nuclear fantasy. The ban should stay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Deal signed for development of a 400 MWh big battery that will be built next to what will be the biggest solar farm in the country.

The post Contract signed for 400 MWh battery next to Australia’s biggest solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A disfiguring disease of cattle and buffalo has arrived on our doorstep. We need to keep lumpy skin disease out of Australia, while preparing for the almost inevitable outbreak. Kei Owada, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Ben Hayes, Director, Centre of Animal Science, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Professor, The University of Queensland Timothy J. Mahony, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An international carbon project developer has teamed up with a domestic partner to expand its project portfolio and support Paris-aligned policies in Malaysia.

The Northern Territory government is to dramatically expand the amount of big battery capacity as it looks to deal with an increasing share of solar in the Top End grid.

The post Darwin to treble big battery plans as rooftop PV makes its mark on Top End grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Irish software developers have pledged to sequester 1 billion tonnes of CO2 by building housing for 300 million people by 2030 using hemp-based concrete.

Coalition's push for nuclear is fundamentally flawed, not just for nuclear, but for any high capital cost base load generator. 

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Biofuel credit (RIN) values under the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) slightly retraced to begin the month of March but remained in line with lowest values since 2020 as the market continues to monitor D4 credit generation from renewable diesel.

Italy has begun the "unprecedented" process of mapping its entire 7,500-km coast through remote and acoustic technologies in an attempt to better inform public conservation and restoration policies.