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The UK government has shortlisted more than two dozen clean hydrogen projects for a subsidy scheme aimed at helping to decarbonise heavy-emitting industries and driving economic growth in the country's industrial heartlands, it announced on Monday.

A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea levels 2 metres higher by 2300 than currently predicted. Chen Zhao, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Ben Galton-Fenzi, Principal Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A Tokyo-headquartered developer has tapped into India's biochar-based carbon removal market through a newly formed partnership with local companies.

We do not have the luxury of rejecting solutions before we have thoroughly investigated their risks, trade-offs and feasibility

As a lifelong scientist, I have always believed that if something is possible, we can find a way to achieve it. And yet, one of the starkest realities we now face is that the world is failing to meet its climate goals. Last year marked a historic and deeply troubling threshold: for the first time, global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Without drastic and immediate climate action, this breach will not be temporary. The consequences – rising sea levels, extreme weather and devastating loss of biodiversity – are no longer projections for the distant future. They are happening now, affecting millions of lives, and likely to cause trillions in damages in decades to come.

But we must think beyond our immediate horizons. When I read The Iliad, I am reminded that it was written 2,800 years ago. I often wonder: in another 2,800 years, what will people – if humanity as we know it still exists – read about our time? Will they see us as the generation that failed to act or one that made the choices necessary to safeguard the planet for the future?

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Even the fossil fuel companies who pitched CCS as their get-out-of-jail-free card no longer believe in the economics.

The post The great carbon capture con: Too expensive, even for Woodside appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The price of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) slipped lower on Monday after a week of steady gains, as the Labor party appears more likely to be returned to government on May 3.

The last of the 1,300 oversized parts for Andrew Forrest's biggest wind farm to date have been delivered to the site.

The post Final turbine blades delivered to Andrew Forrest’s biggest wind project to date appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Singapore-based company has embarked on what it claims is the world's largest boreal reforestation project, aiming to restore 750,000 hectares of degraded forest land in northern Mongolia.

Carbon allowances for the New Zealand emissions trading scheme (ETS) held in the national registry grew by roughly 7 million in the quarter ending March, according to government data published Monday, ahead of the annual surrender deadline.

India's weather department has issued a yellow alert for parts for northern India until Wednesday.

Veteran climate leader Christiana Figueres has defended recent policy simplifications measures put forward in the European Union, arguing that broader participation in sustainability policies was more important than perfectionist measures.

Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, celebrating our spineless, friendly neighbours. But which creature won?

If you didn’t vote in the recent ballot, you missed out. Here was a vote where all 10 candidates were creative and morally upstanding, a vote unsullied by dubious lobbies, dodgy polls or demagogues. And if you’re seeking inspiration from a figure of strength who is also strangely cute then look no further than the winner of 2025: Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet.

Thousands of Guardian readers around the world voted in the contest, which we invented to celebrate the overlooked, unsung heroes of our planet.

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The home battery rebate is being hailed as the most significant consumer energy policy in decades. Here's how it will work and who will benefit.

The post Home battery rebate hailed as most crucial consumer energy policy since rooftop solar. Here’s how it will work appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Inverleigh wind farm near Geelong is due to begin construction later this year and will be the first Australian project for a new development company.

The post After almost 20 years, Inverleigh wind project near Geelong is almost shovel-ready appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor’s promised subsidies for home batteries have to be well targeted. If not, they could simply make rich households richer. Rohan Best, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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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