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The Philippines was hit with torrential rain over seven days, brought by Typhoon Doksuri and intensified by Typhoon Khanun. Low-lying villages to the north of the country were the worst affected, houses were left submerged in water and residents were forced to travel by small wooden boats and roads were inundated. The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands, vulnerable to high winds and torrential downpours

• Philippines: 26 people killed after overloaded ferry capsizes amid Typhoon Doksuri winds

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European carbon began the month of August on a mixed note on Tuesday, with early strength giving way to sustained selling that drove prices to a new 11-day low even as the first of the month's reduced-volume auctions took place, while UK Allowances dropped to their lowest in two years as the outlook for demand continued to worsen.

A collective of more than 150 companies and associations has called on the French government to make the regeneration of nature the focal point of its laws regarding development, in a column in Le Monde published Tuesday.

The founders of a carbon exchange are counting on an upswell of compliance carbon pricing to drive demand for carbon credits in the coming years, with the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) expected to speed a global expansion and ratcheting up of carbon pricing schemes and the eventual convergence of the voluntary and compliance markets.

A Luxembourg-based ocean fund has increased its funding target after attracting €30 million from an insurance company, while investing in a Norwegian tech firm specialising in harvesting seafood from the seabed without harming ecosystems.

Naturalists decry extinction of species as loss of habitat, poaching and illegal hunting take toll

For centuries, wolves have roamed the mountain ranges of Andalucía in southern Spain, but after years of decline the creature has been officially declared extinct in the region.

Since 2003, the regional government has carried out a census of the wolf (Canis lupus signatus) population in an effort to monitor the species and reduce conflict with the local population, farmers in particular.

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Exclusive: Long list of ‘sensitive’ topics for petrostate include oil and gas production, emissions and Yemen war crimes

A comprehensive list of “touchy and sensitive issues” for the United Arab Emirates, which is running the next UN climate summit, has been revealed in a document leaked to the Guardian.

The document sets out the government-approved “strategic messages” to be used in response to media requests about the issues, which range from the UAE’s increasing production of oil and gas to people trafficking.

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German utility Uniper's EU ETS-covered power production fell by over one fifth in the first six months of 2023 compared to 2022, as it announced plans to triple its green investments in the coming years, in quarterly results published Tuesday.

British lawmakers have opened a consultation to scrutinise whether the UK government’s policies to promote natural capital and investment in biodiversity protection are adequate, focusing on greenwashing risks as well as how best to scale private finance to achieve the goals of imminent biodiversity net gain legislation. 

At least 11 people have been killed in Beijing after four days of torrential downpours, according to Chinese state media. A further 27 people have been reported missing since Typhoon Doksuri triggered widespread flooding in the north of the country.

Authorities in the capital have closed more than 100 mountain roads and evacuated at least 52,000 people from their homes in recent days. The military is coordinating rescue missions and delivering aid to residents in the worst-hit suburbs amid one of the strongest storms to hit China in years. Meteorologists have warned of further flooding as heavy rain continues

• China: 11 killed in Beijing as heavy rains hit city for a fourth day

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A power company in Japan has introduced a self-consignment service for businesses to generate domestically issued J-Credits from solar projects, the first of its kind in the country, aiming to streamline the credit creation process.

Stepping up efforts to protect and restore seagrass in Indonesia, as well as counting it in its climate change monitoring and reporting frameworks, could drastically mitigate the country’s CO2 emissions, according to new research.

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Incrementalism and politics as usual cannot save the Barrier Reef from the largest threat it faces – the heat ramping up from climate change Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Sydney’s 14 wastewater treatment plants could be modified to also accept food waste, research shows. The ‘anaerobic digestion’ process would produce energy as well as nutrients for reuse. Melita Jazbec, Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, University of Technology Sydney Andrea Turner, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Ben Madden, Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The zinc-bromine flow batteries of Redflow and the iron flow batteries of Energy Storage Industries tapped for testing on Queensland's grid.

The post Queensland signs deals for two flow battery projects and long duration storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One-stop shops are seen as one method to help households navigate the process of electrifying their homes.

The post SwitchedOn Australia Podcast: A ‘one stop shop’ for electrification appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Republic of Congo and an Italian company have signed an $88 million agreement to develop a carbon forestry project in the country, they announced Monday.

Talk to those paid to protect us, and you hear the frustration of experts cynically denied resources they need by Westminster

“Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health.” So says the government’s stark guidance on its own official website. It warns that “between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths every year” are due to “human-made air pollution”, and yes, that’s official. London is one of the cities with the worst air, with its poorest people living in the most air-polluted zones in the country. But now the role played by ultra-low emission zones (Ulez) in the byelection in the west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip risks poisoning green politics.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has so far gone furthest, putting squalid political posturing as the motorists’ friend before clean air, but there’s no morally acceptable excuse for any party to retreat on this. As a young child who suffered repeated bronchitis attacks, I remember the dramatic effects of the 1956 Clean Air Act, banning domestic burning of coal, which stopped pea-souper smogs so thick that you couldn’t see the bus arriving at the bus stop. After that legislation, there was no smog, and I never had bronchitis again.

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Climate editor Justin Rowlatt on the challenge of how to warm the UK's homes - but not the planet.