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As average population falls reach 95% in some regions, experts call for urgent action but insist ‘nature can recover’

Global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73% in 50 years, a new scientific assessment has found, as humans continue to push ecosystems to the brink of collapse.

Latin America and the Caribbean recorded the steepest average declines in recorded wildlife populations, with a 95% fall, according to the WWF and the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) biennial Living Planet report. They were followed by Africa with 76%, and Asia and the Pacific at 60%. Europe and North America recorded comparatively lower falls of 35% and 39% respectively since 1970.

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South Korea has proposed a set of sub-rules to supplement the country's national law for the development of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS), specifying facility standards for project operators.

Large, cattle-like tauros will shape landscape and strengthen wildlife as huge, extinct herbivore once did

A herd of beefy, long-horned tauros are to be released into a Highlands rewilding project to replicate the ecological role of the aurochs, an extinct, huge herbivore that is the wild ancestor of cattle.

The tauros have been bred in the Netherlands in recent years to fill the niche vacated by the aurochs, which once shaped landscapes and strengthened wildlife across Europe.

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New report says renewable deployments have accelerated but still not at the pace to meet emissions goals. Australia, however, is hailed a "global pioneer" on wind and solar.

The post Global shift to renewables has quickened, but still not fast enough to meet crucial climate goals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor has sprung a surprise move to create a committee to look into nuclear power. It will be chaired by an MP whose electorate is one of those targeted by the Coalition for a large reactor.

The post Labor springs surprise nuclear power committee to call Coalition bluff on energy policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gold Standard is seeking carbon project developers to test run its new digital measurement, reporting, and verification (dMRV) tool that will automate data collection and help streamline emissions reporting.

California regulator ARB’s latest issuance of compliance-eligible offsets still trails year-to-date (YtD) totals compared to 2023 levels by nearly 20%, agency data released Wednesday showed.

Canada will move forward with mandating climate-related financial disclosures for large, federally incorporated private companies, the federal government announced Wednesday, and also provided detail on progress towards a Canadian taxonomy for sustainable investment.

Uncertainty surrounding permit approval timelines for US carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects has become a major “pain point” for operators in the country and stifled much-needed progress in the industry, conference participants heard Wednesday.

Our leaders may prefer complexity because it means they can defer taking action – but doing something about emissions reduction or slow wage growth is actually not that complex

After spending any time analysing policy you quickly realise that politicians expend a supreme level of effort to avoid doing the obvious, and instead they do complex things that neither solve a problem nor appease their opponents.

For politicians, the problem with clarity is that it demands action. Complexity provides safety because action can more easily be avoided. And so the obvious and clear are painted as “extreme”, while the complex is regarded as “mature”.

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Verra replaced its prior cookstoves protocols on Wednesday, retaining the UN approach to calculate emissions reductions from its initial version, but eliminating opportunity for other devices such as ovens, heaters, and dryers, to generate voluntary carbon credits.

Milton, which fluctuated in intensity as it approached Florida, was a category 3 hurricane as it made landfall.

'It will continue to move across central Florida throughout the night and into the early morning hours,' said Florida governor Ron DeSantis.

• Hurricane Milton

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A new 3D scan shows Endurance exactly as it is 3,000m down in Antarctica’s icy waters.

Policy reform is urgently needed to make water use in Australia sustainable, but it won’t be effective unless it’s based on facts. Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University John Williams, Adjunct Professor in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Charles Sturt University, and Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Far from being a poster child for nuclear power, the UK is a case in point for both the problems with technology and its decline in some major economies.

The post Coalition claims of a nuclear power renaissance in UK further expose its shameless policy con appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans for what is shaping up to be the biggest wind project in Australia's main grid will be released next week, with up to 250 turbines in state-owned softwood plantations in the central west of NSW.

The post Plans to be unveiled for 250 turbine wind project – the biggest in main grid – in state pine plantation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Over 10 million hectares of intact tropical forests in Indonesia are threatened by biomass power developments, including 127 Key Biodiversity Areas, according to a report.

Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, data shows.

By measuring what might seem immeasurable, businesses can become part of the solution to the nature crisis. Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Simon O'Connor, Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, The University of Melbourne William Geary, Lecturer in Quantitative Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chile is leading Latin America in per capita foreign direct investments (FDI) thanks to how attractive the nation has become as a climate finance destination, the country’s economy minister said Wednesday.