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Malaysia offers trade partners 'orangutan diplomacy'
EU failing to protect remote marine areas, WWF says
I’m a British farmer. Here’s the scary truth about what’s happening to our crops | Guy Singh-Watson
The climate crisis is making the farming business unsustainable – and without support for us, food security will suffer too
- Guy Singh-Watson is the founder of organic veg box company Riverford
Farming has always been a risky business. To the chaos of Brexit and the relentless squeezing of the supermarkets, we can add the rapidly escalating threats associated with climate change. In most industries, at the point where risk is judged to outweigh the potential commercial reward, both capital and people tend to make a swift exit, following economist Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” of self-interest.
The problem with farming is that most farmers are emotionally invested in their work. An exit is seldom considered – perhaps we should be more like the bankers, but they wouldn’t be much good at growing potatoes.
Continue reading...Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds
Climate chaos is threatening food production, trade and lives, says World Meteorological Organization
Hunger and disease are rising in Latin America after a year of record heat, floods and drought, a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has shown.
The continent, which is trapped between the freakishly hot Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, probably suffered tens of thousands of climate-related deaths in 2023, at least $21bn (£17bn) of economic damage and “the greatest calorific loss” of any region, the study found.
Continue reading...Australia’s mining sector well placed to lead on Safeguard credits -expert
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Carbon removal competition selects 20 finalists to compete for $50 mln prize
INTERVIEW: Developer sells clean cooking credits for $30 through use of more conservative methodology
Series of institutional investment natural capital funds prepares for launch
ASEAN region runs risk of “severe underinvestment” from the private sector across all energy technologies
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed.
Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels,, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met.
Continue reading...Solar and batteries to save five million litres of diesel a year at remote NSW titanium mine site
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Philippines govt, conglomerates team up to protect massive marine ecosystem
NGO claims ArcelorMittal is failing to follow through on commitments to decarbonise
Indonesia environment minister lashes REDD+ project developer for spreading carbon regulation “misinformation”
Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field
Scientists reclassify Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, after it melted faster than expected
Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field.
It is thought Venezuela is the first country to have lost all its glaciers in modern times.
Continue reading...Origin hires retiring National Party MP to help “thread the needle” of shift to renewables
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REC Group receives EcoVadis Silver Medal for its advanced ESG efforts
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Fortescue buys UK testing site for battery and electric drive technologies
Fortescue buys high-tech testing site in UK as it rolls out battery and EV charging products.
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Birdwatch: the invincible swift, effortless master of the air
Also known as ‘devil birds’ for their haunting scream, they are just starting to arrive from sub-Saharan Africa
May Day dawns cold and breezy, with sullen grey clouds promising rain. Hope seems very far away. But then, a distant dark streak scythes through the skies over the Avalon Marshes, stiff-winged, direct and determined. A single swift, my first of the year.
As I do every spring, I silently recite the words of the poet Ted Hughes: “They’ve made it again, which means the globe’s still working … ”
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