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IFRC and USAid staging conference to draw attention to risks and share best practice in disaster alerts and response

Two of the world’s biggest aid agencies will host an inaugural global summit on extreme heat on Thursday as directors warn that the climate crisis is dramatically increasing the probability of a mass-fatality heat disaster.

The conference will highlight some of the pioneering work being done, from tree-planting projects to the development of reflective roof coverings that reduce indoor temperatures.

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Conserving natural areas and promoting biodiversity are "efficient methods" to prevent future pandemics, a study has shown.

Seoul has become the first local government in South Korea to secure certified carbon emissions credits through its public bike-sharing programme. 

Adding a price on mortality caused by carbon emissions might help change consumption patterns for items such as red meat and 4WDs. Smoking laws provide a template.

The post If we properly priced death caused by carbon emissions, we might get to net zero a lot quicker appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An Australian coal miner got its Scope 1 emissions assessment under the Safeguard Mechanism wrong, according to a conservation group that lobbied for documents filed to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, but this is just the beginning of coal mining's emissions issues, the group said.

Environment Agency data shows sewage spilled into England's waterways for over 3.6 million hours last year.

The owners of the largest gas plant in South Australia have been hit with a heavy fine for the role it played in a major blackout in early 2017, when it sat idle and failed to comply with market rules.

The post Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Japan's voluntary domestic carbon market has recently added almost 200 new participants, further expanding the share of national emissions covered, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on Wednesday.

International research has found that a warming climate will turn Australia’s soil into a net emitter of carbon dioxide.

One of Australia’s most noted retired statesmen and politicians has co-signed a letter asking the environment minister to reject Woodside Energy’s plan to extend the life of a 40-plus year old LNG export plant to 2070, a move seen to result in several billion tonnes of CO2e emissions.

Can Alice Springs switch off fossil fuels in the middle of the day? Lyndon Frearson from Ekistica on the options and lessons for the NEM. Plus: Eraring and NVES.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Managing solar ducks in the middle of Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An assessment of marine protected areas (MPAs) in 34 countries has revealed that ocean conservation can generate significant economic benefits to the fishing and tourism industries, with some profits in the billions.

The Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market faced a downturn Wednesday in the wake of a fresh study damning the integrity of human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects.

The Australian Labor government on Wednesday introduced legislation to set up the Net Zero Economic Authority (NZEA), which will oversee the country’s transition to net zero emissions, and has committed A$189 million ($123 mln) to its establishment.

A developer of biochar-based carbon removals in Bolivia has signed a deal with a German marketplace startup to supply 81,600 of tonnes to the platform, the companies announced on Wednesday, among the largest deals done so far in the sector.

A report released Wednesday has called on the Australian government to strengthen the Safeguard Mechanism by expanding its coverage to the electricity sector, as well as to bar Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from being used for compliances purposes.

Relying on private financing such as environmental credits as the main means to scale funding of nature could be "a risky strategy", a top advisor to African biodiversity negotiators said Tuesday.

Some ‘ecologically sound’ brands contain as little as 2.7% of the eco-friendly paper alternative

In the bathrooms of the ecologically conscious, bamboo toilet paper is the new bottom line – a supposedly green alternative to the bog-standard pulp-based loo roll that requires the chopping down of 1m trees a year, just to be flushed down the pan.

But new findings from consumer watchdog Which? will wipe away that smug feeling: samples of three out of the five of the UK’s top bamboo brands were actually made from other woods, some of them heavily implicated in deforestation.

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In my opinion there will not be enough new renewable supply built in NSW to fully replace Eraring by the end of 2025. The lights may stay on, but at a price.

The post If Eraring closes in 2025, NSW will be significantly more dependent on Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Corporations will be covered by a climate reporting regime under new laws but not yet, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers bends to pressure from the big end of town.

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