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Data shows 48% of species declined between 2015 and 2020 with woodland birds faring worst

Bird populations in the UK continue to crash, new data shows, as campaigners predict the government will fail to meet its own nature targets unless radical changes are made.

Statistics released by the government show that bird populations continue to decline in the long and short term. In 2021, on average the abundance of 130 breeding species was 12% below its 1970 value. Though much of this loss was between the late 1970s and the late 1980s, caused mostly by relatively steep declines in woodland and farmland birds, there was still a significant 5% decrease between 2015 and 2020.

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A US-headquartered NGO has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to instantly make significant funds available for biodiversity purposes and undertake institutional reforms to put nature loss at the heart of global financial reform.

Exclusive: previous holder says loss is ‘disappointing’ and damages UK’s ability to spur global climate action

The UK government has axed its most senior climate diplomat post, the Guardian can reveal.

The last special representative for climate change, Nick Bridge, stood down recently after six years in post and is not being replaced.

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Indonesia and the Philippines are working on a bilateral partnership on a reforestation project that might be joined by other ASEAN nations later in a novel push to generate carbon credits, according to local media, however the discussions are still in their very early stages.

A blockchain carbon offsetting platform on Thursday announced it will begin offering subscription-based credits to customers after acquiring a Vienna-based clean tech company.

The stockpile of NZUs in New Zealand’s ETS is starting to shrink, but participant’s surrender obligations have created a temporary bulge, according to newly released data, as the NZU spot price rallied following the release of the Climate Change Commission’s recommendations.   

Australia accounts for around 40% of the value of investment in the global clean hydrogen pipeline, but the large number of projects yet to reach final sanction means that its status as a global leader is under threat with other countries accelerating their policy support for the nascent sector, Energy Minister Chris Bowen warned on Thursday.

Albanese government dedicates $50m to Australia's pursuit of green hydrogen and metals, as new State of Hydrogen report reveals some colour blindness.

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Creating a new market for grid inertia is forcing market rule makers to choose between the dirty fossil past and the green energy future.

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Renewables and battery storage developer Quinbrook turns to renewable biogas from farms in latest US purchase.

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Cyclone Ilsa has intensified off the Western Australian coast and is now classed as a category-four system. How did this happen? Jonathan Nott, Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The US can significantly contribute to combating climate change with the Biden administration's commitment to "climate-smart" agriculture, but several factors are currently holding the practice back, according to a report from Stanford Law School's Law and Policy Lab and the Bezos Earth Fund.

Madeleine King says gas can help decarbonise the economy but not even big users of the fossil fuel are convinced

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The words from the resources minister, Madeleine King, must have felt like a comforting salve to Australia’s gas industry.

In a speech last week in Western Australia, King told resource industry figures in Perth that gas would be indispensable as Australia and the region decarbonised.

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New Zealand’s independent Climate Change Commission (CCC) has warned that the country is not on track to meet its climate targets with its current ETS settings, once again urging the government to drastically increase the cost containment reserve price trigger and lower auction volume limits.

Closing Liddell is unlikely to cause the lights to go out. Rather, the demise of ageing and unreliable coal plants offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

The post Farewell Liddell: What to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iberdrola to build battery recycling facility in Spain with global minerals giant and also plans major solar PV manufacturing plant.

The post Iberdrola takes on battery recycling and plans big solar PV manufacturing plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Data and satellite images show oil spills over five years that threaten species like orca whales.

Nasa's JPL is developing a snake robot surveyor to search for signs of life in our universe

California regulator ARB retired nearly 300,000 credits from the offset buffer pool after a forest project violated reporting requirements under the WCI-linked cap-and-trade regulation, while another project must submit additional compliance instruments after an intentional reversal took place, state data showed Wednesday.