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The European Commission will launch a 12-week consultation early next week on revising its long-term low-carbon development strategy - a plan that might take as long as two years to finalise, the EU’s climate chief said Tuesday.

MPs debating the ivory bill must distinguish between the illegal market and the legitimate sale of significant works of art, says Martin Levy. Cecilia Grayson draws parallels between the ivory trade and the food industry

Fiona Harvey reports that, despite restrictions in place since 1989, illegal ivory is being sold across Europe (Report, 10 July). Nothing more clearly demonstrates the significance of the widely welcomed ivory bill currently passing though parliament.  

However, the impression given in the pages of Hansard suggests that many MPs cannot distinguish between culturally significant works of art created over the millennia, and the knick-knacks sold online (which they often cite)and other popular outlets. The elimination of the market for trinkets is unequivocally supported by campaigners for bona fide, pre-1947 works of art. It is hoped that when the bill becomes law, appropriate consideration will be given to the regulations required to ensure its fair operation.

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A UK court has dismissed an appeal filed by a dolime company over having to return almost 185,000 EU carbon allowances after it mothballed a plant in 2016.

The third RGGI auction of the year will take place on Sep. 5, the scheme's operators announced Tuesday, with the sale following June’s sold-out auction that surprised many by clearing several cents above market.

Study shows poor air quality leads to health problems and ‘should serve as a warning’

Air pollution leads to spikes in health problems and drives up hospital admissions and visits to the GP, according to a new study.

The report proves an “absolutely clear” link between poor air quality and health problems and researchers said it should serve as a warning to politicians about the serious impacts of toxic air on public health.

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It will be the first privately-funded unmanned spacecraft to land on the lunar surface.

The UK's new £200m polar research ship is on the slipway ready to go in the River Mersey.

Fewer people believe China’s national carbon market will be fully operational this decade, a new survey has revealed, as policy risks and expectations of lower allowance prices fuel pessimism and hold back industry from making low-carbon investment.

New Zealand carbon permits rose to all-time highs for the third time this year in Tuesday trade as a dearth in available supply keeps pushing prices up.

Europe must increase efforts to investigate and control the ivory trade, say campaigners

Illegal ivory has been found on sale in 10 European countries, contravening international efforts to cut down on the trade which campaigners say encourages the poaching of elephants.

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Australia will likely source 86% of its electricity from wind and solar by 2050, based on economics only, and regardless of climate policy. It could get there a lot quicker with emissions targets, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Networks say Regulator draft decision will result in largest single cut to the amount the sector can recover on its investments. Consumer group says it could have been bigger.

In Berlin, a flood of applications have exhausted an e-bike purchase incentive fund after just one day.

Planting more native forests could help mitigate the causes of climate change, but unless funding is closely tied to successful outcomes, such projects face the risk of failure. David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Germany 65% renewable energy target by 2030 will require a lot more wind and solar, but is feasible, says think tank.

Harting Down, West Sussex: Bees and black-veined marble white butterflies float from flower to flower, as skylarks trill above and a meadow pipit parachutes down into the grass

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If Turnbull was serious about energy prices, he would bring the government owned Snowy Hydro to heal on bidding practices, as he has praised Queensland government for doing in that state.

Last week, in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia, the share of renewable energy was above 50% for most of the time.

Zoos Victoria made the decision after Nestlé lost its sustainable certification

Products from the food and drink giant Nestlé will no longer be stocked at the stores and food carts at Melbourne and Werribee zoos.

Zoos Victoria made the decision after the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended Nestlé’s membership when the company failed to submit a 2016 progress report, and its 2017 report lacked a timetable for producing or buying certified sustainable palm oil.

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Discovery of "first giant" shows how and when dinosaurs grew to such massive proportions.