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A bacterium found in several wild elephants may explain why hundreds died suddenly in Botswana in 2020.

National union members urge government to create water strategy to prevent such losses

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Potato and cereal crops are likely to have been heavily damaged by the recent devastating floods across the UK, farmers have warned.

Entire fields have been submerged in water after Storm Babet swept across the country, with crops ruined. Extreme weather events are becoming more likely and frequent due to climate breakdown, and have caused food shortages and price increases.

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European carbon prices again reversed early gains on Wednesday and fell to a three-week low as positioning data showed that speculative investors had increased their bearish bets last week, while energy markets were little changed as the participants waited for further developments in Gaza to provide signals on potential energy supply risk from the region.

Stanwell signs 15-year off take deal for all the output of another major solar project to supply its green hydrogen plans, in the second such deal of the past two weeks.

The post Queensland solar farm locks in supply deal for Australia’s biggest green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A partnership that aims to plant 120,000 mangrove trees in Vietnam during its first year with OECM potential has been announced by Korean carmaker Hyundai and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The climate change summit comes after a year of weather extremes and broken temperature records.

DP Energy says it has received planning approval for another major wind farm in central Queensland, which will be located near the broken Callide C coal generator.

The post DP Energy wins approval for major wind farm near broken coal generator in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Specialised members of the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to widen an obligation on oil firms to pay for the bloc's CCS infrastructure via the bloc's Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), the EU proposal setting 2030 targets to produce 'strategically important' clean technologies domestically.

An independent probe might cut through Snowy 2.0’s woeful history of impossibly optimistic estimates. The government should start by releasing the reset report.

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ARENA boss says clean technologies like solar batteries and EVs and heat pumps are not truly green unless the whole upstream supply chain is also green.

The post ARENA says industrial emissions key to climate gains from solar, EVs and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why

In May and June 2020, the death of 350 elephants in Botswana’s Okavango delta baffled conservationists and sparked global speculation about what had caused it. Elephants of all ages and both sexes were affected, with many walking in circles before dying suddenly, collapsing on their faces. Two months later, 35 more elephants died in north-western Zimbabwe.

At the time, the deaths in Botswana were attributed to an unspecified cyanobacterial toxin, government officials said, and no further details were published.

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Analysis also warns of further tipping points on horizon such as drying up of groundwater vital for food supplies

Humanity is moving dangerously close to irreversible tipping points that would drastically damage our ability to cope with disasters, UN researchers have warned, including the withdrawal of home insurance from flood-hit areas and the drying up of the groundwater that is vital for ensuring food supplies.

These “risk tipping points” also include the loss of the mountain glaciers that are essential for water supplies in many parts of the world and accumulating space debris knocking out satellites that provide early warnings of extreme weather.

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The recipients of this year’s Royal Photographic Society awards have been announced. Now in their 145th year, the awards are the world’s longest-running and most prestigious photography honours, recognising individuals working across still and moving image. Rather than rewarding a single image, the society celebrates the photographers, highlighting significant achievements, showcasing new and emerging talent and recognising notable contributions from RPS members

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has appointed an expert academic to commence a review of gateway checks for human-induced regeneration (HIR) Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) projects.

Concrete international legal frameworks and agreements should be used by sitting governments to stymie attempts by belligerent political parties to tear down effective climate policies and carbon pricing, panellists told a conference Tuesday.

A Tokyo-based J-Credit intermediary in Japan’s fledgling carbon market has signed a supply agreement with two local banks looking to offset their emissions and offer carbon market access to their customers.

Winners and runners-up in the mangrove photography awards run by the Mangrove Action Project. This year, Soham Bhattacharyya was named mangrove photographer of the year for an image capturing the curious gaze of an endangered tigress in the Sundarbans

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South Korea is considering introducing regulatory updates to help domestic companies better tackle the trade impact of carbon border taxes, though CO2 permits may continue to be handed out for free in the near term, experts told a conference on Wednesday.

It seems if you experience climate disaster you are much more likely to believe in climate disaster

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Malaysia will use a newly launched biodiversity instrument to fund reforestation and forest restoration by generating carbon credits, the nation’s environment minister has said.