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Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economies

Poor countries have accused the rich world of “backsliding” and betrayal of their climate commitments, as they desperately tried to keep alive a long-awaited deal to cut carbon from shipping.

Nations from 175 countries have gathered in London this week at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to hammer out the final details of a deal, more than a decade in the making, that could finally deliver a plan to decarbonise shipping over the next 25 years.

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UK’s £800m research body backs project that could unlock radical therapies to extend human lifespans

The curious case of the queen bee has long had scientists pondering whether the head of the hive harbours the secret to a long and healthy life.

While queen bees and workers have nearly identical DNA, the queens enjoy what might be regarded as royal privileges. They are larger, fertile throughout life and survive for years compared with workers, who last a few months at best.

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Beijing has specified deadlines and compliance tasks for emitters regulated under its pilot carbon market this year.

The New Zealand government will submit legislation this quarter to limit farm-to-forestry conversions from entering the emissions trading scheme (ETS), as modelling was published estimating the number of trees planted on Crown land is needed to meet the country’s climate goals.

Now in it’s 10th year the Parrtjima festival is a free event, showcasing installations, interactive workshops and performances, all centred around this year’s theme ‘Timelessness’. The festival is on now at Alice Springs Desert Park until 13 April

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The EPBC returned an answer in just a month saying the NSW project will come under its jurisdiction.

The post Giant four hour battery project in New England told to join for federal approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Community leaders from northern Kenya have filed appeals challenging a landmark court ruling that halted conservancy operations in Isiolo County – a decision that threatens the future of the world’s largest soil carbon project.

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has criticised what he calls a "carbon grab" by foreign companies, accusing them of paying minimal prices for African carbon credits while undervaluing the continent’s natural capital.

Australian seafood is vital to our culture and diets, and the national economy. We must take steps now to ensure aquaculture thrives in a warmer world. Caitie Kuempel, Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Marina Christofidis, PhD HDR Student & Water Infrastructure Analyst, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Two major environment groups have called for all major parties to commit to phasing out coal, oil and protecting nature.

The post “It’s renewables, or extinction:” Major parties accused of ignoring environment, and threat to humanity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewables industry says gas plants have no hope of competing with batteries in CIS, but will need its own underwriting scheme.

The post “I could never find a business case:” Renewable bosses say gas power will require its own underwriting scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some 57,000 people participated in the Aussie Bird Count, with the lorikeet joining the noisy miner and magpie in the top three spots

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The rainbow lorikeet and its colourful plumage has topped Australia’s largest citizen science event as the most numerous bird recorded across the country.

More than 4.1m birds were counted as part of BirdLife Australia’s annual Aussie Bird Count, a week-long event which involved 57,000 participants across the country last October.

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Rainbow lorikeet

Noisy miner

Australian magpie

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Welcome swallow

Galah

Silver gull

Australian white ibis

House sparrow

Little corella

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Coalition tries on "social justice" concerns in response to Labor's home battery plan, and insists the best solution is to "flood the market with gas."

The post Dutton and Littleproud mislead in bad-faith concern-trolling of home battery rebate plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Calculating the dual effect of rising seas and sinking land gives coastal communities a more accurate projection of the impacts of sea-level rise. Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geophysics, Kyoto University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A string of Latin American national governments announced timelines and milestones for carbon tax and cap-and-trade measures over the past two weeks, pointing to an acceleration of compliance carbon pricing from Mexico to Chile.

Biosecurity policies may seem onerous and expensive – but they are working to prevent new species from pushing native species out in the Antarctic. Rachel Leihy, Ecologist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Melodie McGeoch, Professor of Ecology, Monash University Steven Chown, Director, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future and Professor of Biological Sciences, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The recent high positive correlation between EU carbon and front-month TTF natural gas prices “points to much lower EUA prices in the nearest years”, as energy use continues to fall due to energy security concerns rather than climate policies, according to an analyst.

Without the strongest conservation efforts, it can’t be long before the Maugean skate – and other marine living fossils in Australia – are wiped out

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Australia is justly famous as a place where ancient species, long extinct elsewhere, live on. After aeons of adversity, Australia’s living fossils often survive only in protected habitats: the Wollemi, Huon and King Billy pines, the Queensland lungfish and even the Tasmanian devil (which thrived on the mainland at the same time as the Egyptians were building the pyramids) are good examples. Such species are a source of wonder for anyone interested in the living world and they should serve as a source of hope that, given half a chance, even ancient, slow-changing species can survive periods of dramatic climate change.

Australia’s largest repository of living fossils is arguably the cool, shallow marine waters off its southern coastline. Despite that fact that most of us enjoy a swim, snorkel or walk on the beach, the biological importance of our shallow temperate seas is almost entirely unrecognised.

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Eva Czislowski, a student and activist, says Carnaby’s black cockatoos used to blacken the sky. ‘I can't believe that I won't be able to experience that,' she says. The endemic WA bird is just one of 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat, in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis

• From blackening skies to barely casting a shadow – the Carnaby’s cockatoo faces a bleak future

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A new study has found that the global economic damage caused by severe climate change may be far greater than previously estimated, with losses potentially quadrupling when global weather effects are included in economic forecasts.