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Australia rooftop solar installations top 100MW for the seventh month on a row.

It's time to take a closer look at current and forecast price for carbon offsets in the Australian market. The outcome may surprise.

How do trees face an incoming threat if they can't move, see, or hear?

The GCF Secretariat is seeking for a (Private Sector) Senior Climate Change Policy Specialist to support the strengthening of the investment programs of its Private Sector Facility with the view to improve the quality and climate rationale of future investments and to assist in the development of GCF’s private sector strategy by ensuring high climate rationale and high transformational potential.

A 1.5GW solar farm is being proposed for construction in south-east Queensland, as part of a massive new development application that would include two substations and a provision for battery storage. The Somerset Regional Council said on Friday that it had received the application for the solar PV power plant, proposed for a 2,055 hectare […]

As demand for natural gas continues to surge, huge extraction vessels are about to go into action.

As demand for natural gas continues to surge, huge extraction vessels are about to go into action.

NHS, schools, government and other services should use UK ingredients for food wherever possible, according to proposals

Food procured for Britain’s public sector after Brexit should be sourced from the UK wherever possible, the biggest farming organisation has said.

Promised sweeping reforms of food and farming have been cast by ministers as a flagship policy that will unlock some of the biggest potential benefits from Brexit. But farmers fear they will lose the £3bn-a-year taxpayer subsidy they enjoy under EU rules and be hamstrung by subsidised competition from Europe.

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Higher production from Alberta’s oil sands over the coming decade will see the Canadian province break its own target to limit GHG emissions in the carbon-intensive sector, according to new research published Monday.

Under the overall supervision of the Team Leader of Energy and Environment at UNDP China and the direct leadership of the Chief technical advisor for the feasibility study, the National Consultant will be responsible for conducting study of carbon emission regarding hydrogen production from ethanol reforming by leading relevant research, analyzing data available and compiling the research results to a report.

The Executive Director leads the work of the secretariat team and drives the growth of the organisation. They are responsible for designing the strategy and identifying new opportunities for growth whilst ensuring the organization stays true to its core mission and values.

For the first time research has quantified the global carbon footprint of tourists. It's big – and getting bigger. Dr Arunima Malik, Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Sydney Dr Ya-Yen Sun, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Both short- and long-term solutions are needed to solve Australia's recycling crisis. State and federal ministers are pursuing some promising avenues, but they need to cast the net much wider. Monique Retamal, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Elsa Dominish, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Jenni Downes, Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Nick Florin, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Mike Harding on Richard Martin, who pushed the Cruel and Improper Treatment of Cattle Act through parliament in 1822, and Robin Russell-Jones on how our love of meat is helping to drive other mammals to extinction

“Humanity Dick” (real name Richard Martin), who got the Cruel and Improper Treatment of Cattle Act that you mention in your briefing (What is the true cost of meat?, 7 May) passed in 1822, was the owner of Ballynahinch Castle in Connemara.

In the middle of Ballynahinch Lough there is a small island; Humanity Dick used to have anybody he found mistreating animals rowed out there and marooned until they repented of their crimes. He was particularly hard on anybody who mistreated donkeys it seems.

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The European Commission on Monday announced the long-awaited dates for 2018’s EU aviation allowance auctions.

A new study says global tourism accounts for 8% of carbon emissions, far larger than previously thought.

Study across 24 countries suggests the fossil fuel industry has reshaped conservative political values in the US and Australia

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If you reckon the 11 September terrorist attacks might have been an “inside job” or there is a nefarious new world order doing whatever it is the illuminati do, what are you likely to think about the causes of climate change?

Academics have suggested that people who tend to accept conspiracy theories also underplay or reject the science showing humans are causing rapid and dangerous climate change.

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Traded volumes in China’s eight pilot emissions trading schemes fell by two-thirds in April compared to the same month last year, as the delay of the national ETS has seen many traders exit.

The Australian government has contracted around 20 million offsets from landfill gas projects, but 95% of those seem set to stop generating carbon credits in 2021 after the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) recommended their crediting periods should not be extended.

Australia will not replenish the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) in Tuesday’s budget even though the ERF is quickly running out of cash, news agency AAP reported Monday.