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European venture firm releases biodiversity impact measurement approach
US Senators propose bill to tax imports from high-emitting countries
Taxes on fossil fuels, ships, and planes to be important income for new UN climate fund, says legal non-profit
Spring is here and with it come the animal attacks and uncontrollable weeping | Deirdre Fidge
Amid ‘scary outside time’ and cursed early Christmas promotions, there will at least be some good days for drying the washing
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is. Well, wonder no more because at any given moment a magpie is planning an attack on you, talons out, sharp beak at the ready, protective instincts in full flight. Luckily, cowering publicly in fear of a bird is just one of the many joys of the current season! Join me in celebrating the annual experiences of spring.
Continue reading...Malaysia’s carbon pricing instrument review to be concluded in 2024 -media
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World ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says study
UN meteorological body finds health experts have access to heat warning services in only half of affected countries
The climate crisis threatens to roll back decades of progress towards better health and governments are ill-prepared to stop it, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
Three-quarters of national weather agencies send climate data to their country’s health officials but less than one in four health ministries use the information to protect people from risks such as extreme heat, the report found.
Continue reading...Government should target tree aftercare rather than planting, say UK experts
Experts at Royal Horticultural Society conference argue for change of focus as many saplings are dying
Tree establishment should replace tree planting in government targets, experts have said.
Billions of pounds of taxpayer money could be being wasted planting trees that end up dying because government tree targets are focused on planting rather than survival, they argued, amid concern that saplings were dying because they are often neglected.
Continue reading...‘Hyperspectral’ satellite nature impacts company raises €16.6 million
New community ownership models can restore integrity to the voluntary carbon market, says new project developer
Super battery: Biggest machine to be connected to Australian grid starts to take shape
Waratah Super Battery will involve the biggest single connection to Australia's main grid, and is being built on top of an old coal stockpile next to a shuttered coal plant.
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Ark Energy breaks ground on Queensland green hydrogen hub powered by solar
Ark breaks ground on the first phase of its renewable hydrogen hub in Townsville, which will feature a 1MW electrolyser powered by solar.
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Drones used for first time to take ‘x-ray’ assessments of health of solar farms
Drone-based technique can analyse every single panel on a solar farm, rooting out faulty or damaged modules which look fine on the surface.
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Researchers to build hive of data from bee projects to drive biodiversity conservation efforts
Action to protect against climate crisis ‘woefully inadequate’, UN warns
International funding to shield people from heatwaves, floods and droughts only 5-10% of what is needed, report finds
The world is “woefully” underprepared for the escalating impacts of the climate crisis that is already hitting billions of people across the globe, a stark UN report has warned.
International funding to protect communities against heatwaves, floods and droughts is just 5-10% of what is needed today and actually fell in recent years, just as extreme weather hit even harder.
Continue reading...Could quantum mechanics make energy technology faster, better and more efficient?
Advances in quantum mechanics could lead to breakthroughs in solar, battery and grid management technology.
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China flags more lenient carbon permit borrowing rules for ETS participants
Asia’s agricultural emissions could be cut by 840 Mt by 2030 with simple steps -report
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A duck’s eye view: how farmyard animals see life … and death – in pictures
On one small Argentine farm, Alessandra Sanguinetti captured the lives of the animals – from birth to their sometimes grizzly demise. Warning: graphic content
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