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Urgent climate action must be taken and communities are willing to participate in their own electricity production – if the incentives are right

The challenge of climate change is global and it demands action on an international scale, such as the Paris Agreement. But a large part of the solution will be local, involving all of us in the way energy is produced and consumed.

The potential for citizen involvement in electricity production is considerable. A recent study showed that by 2050 half of all Europeans could produce their own electricity either at home, as part of a cooperative, or in their small business. Counting generation from wind and solar power alone, these small actors could meet almost half of Europe’s total electricity needs.

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Scientists have made a rare find: a new species of beetle from Antarctica.

High-carbon infrastructures lock planet into irreversible greenhouse gas emissions, says campaign group

By the end of this decade it may be too late to limit global warming to scientifically guided limits, if the infrastructure built in the next four years is constructed along the same lines as currently planned.

Building high-carbon infrastructure – from transport systems predicated on motor car use, to new coal-fired power plants, and buildings that leak energy – effectively “locks in” a future of greenhouse gas emissions that are likely to far exceed the planet’s capacity to absorb carbon.

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An extract from Liberatum’s documentary In this Climate, in which a range of cultural and environmental figures including Noam Chomsky, David Attenborough and Mark Ruffalo respond to the threat of climate change and to the deniers. The full-length film is scheduled for release before the World Economic Forum in January 2017

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封闭式野生大象保护区承受着生态系统失衡的风险，如何打破保护区壁垒？威尔·琼斯给出了他的答案。(翻译：翻译/chinadialogue)

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我刚刚从肯尼亚东北省回来。有一天晚上我们在一个干燥的河堤上露营，只用了一个简单的蚊帐当遮盖。夜色之中，我好像感到一群庞然大物静悄悄地出现在了我附近，定睛一看，原来是一群大象。

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China is at risk of wasting a whopping $490 billion on new coal plants it doesn’t need under the country’s 13th Five Year Plan

Energy minister Josh Frydenberg heckled at conference over commitment to gas generation, but a new report highlights the benefits of battery storage to wholesale prices and network security – if the market rules that currently favour fossil fuel generators are changed.

Emboldened by Donald Trump's US election win, and perhaps sensing a diplomatic opportunity, Murdoch media's Terry McCrann is back on the war path against climate and renewables.

EnergyAustralia join the Carbon Neutral Network.

EnergyAustralia join the Carbon Neutral Network.

EnergyAustralia join the Carbon Neutral Network.

WA holiday town of Kalbarri set to trial $10m microgrid integrating distributed solar, 1.7MW wind farm, and 2MWh battery system.

India’s latest electricity sector report provides some clear insights into the progress on the electricity sector transformation.

CSIRO signs major deal to make, sell and install its patented concentrating solar thermal generation technology in China. Meanwhie, in Australia...

Spotless has launched a new metering model to help the utilities sector respond to changing regulatory, technological and digital data environments.

A total of $6 million will be made available in the next NEJF funding round with communities, industry and businesses encouraged to apply before 1 March 2017.

BluGlass Limited has today announced that it has entered into a formal Collaboration Agreement with IQE.

Climate Change Minister Ian Hunter last night awarded Port Lincoln business Regional Connections the overall prize, as well as winner of the Industry and Business category.

247Solar and South Africa’s Stellenergy to build an initial 247Solar Plant(TM).

Today's graph shows both versions of the Powerwall 2 are well ahead of the closest competition on price, beating its closest rivals by one third.