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Fears of future threats to food security if more extreme heat caused by climate crisis hits production

The UK heatwave has caused fruit and vegetables to die on the vine as growers fear the drought and further hot temperatures could ruin harvests this year.

Fruit and vegetable suppliers have been counting their losses after record temperatures in July caused crops to fail.

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China's cabinet on Monday released an implementation plan for the country's industrial sector, reiterating its commitment to peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.

The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DoF) is hoping to learn from Indonesia’s foray into carbon markets as a way to develop its own carbon pricing scheme, local media reports.

Further heavy rainfall forecast after deadly lightning strikes and flooding last week

The monsoon season in India and Pakistan is well under way, with further heavy rain events expected in parts of south-west India over the next week or so. The states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala in particular could experience rainfall totals above 200mm widely over the next couple of days.

Towards the weekend, this risk could transfer further north and east across India, with 200mm potentially affecting central states. This follows a week when dozens were killed by lightning strikes in India, while hundreds died in severe flooding in neighbouring Pakistan.

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India Prime Minister Narendra Modi may decide to launch a national carbon trading platform to begin on Aug. 15 to boost efforts to meet the country’s climate commitments, according to local media reports.

Nature is both the trigger for, and answer to, the grief that will increasingly be with us. Ross Westoby, Research Fellow, Griffith University Karen E McNamara, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Rachel Clissold, Researcher, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

I recycle, have cut my meat intake and don’t have kids. And now I have to care about the environment more than ever

I find the environment and the climate emergency the most boring topic on the (burning) planet. When people talk about it, it makes me wish that the planet would succumb sooner rather than later, so I didn’t have to hear one more word about plastic straws and recycling. I flunked my geology exam on purpose, because studying for it was hell. When I see the images of little polar bears on melting ice, I feel nothing.

Once, I posted a clip on Instagram from a documentary I made where I threw a set of scales into a lake to make a point about diet culture. The entire internet was enraged until I posted another video of the producer diving into the lake to pick it up again.

Sofie Hagen is a writer and comedian

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Double-lane freeways can act as lethal walls to wildlife. We found underpasses work well to give animals safe crossing. Ross Goldingay, Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation & Biology, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Relief after backflip by coal Senator and billionaire Joe Manchin paves way for new bill that promises to slash US emissions by 40 per cent.

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If we are to lower energy bills and meet our climate targets, then households and communities must move to the centre of energy and climate policy.

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NSW plans to roll out additional "firming" tenders to cope with increased demand driven by electrification and the switch to electric vehicles.

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Plans have emerged for 150MW wind farm in Western Australia's wheatbelt region.

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The federal government warns the Australian gas industry it is losing its social license after the release of a damning report from Australia’s competition watchdog.

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A new device will help reconstruct the formation of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

The Queensland state government has selected five new carbon farming projects to receive A$11.5 million ($8 mln) in funding from its Land Restoration Fund (LRF), with more projects being finalised.

Until now, a more expensive type of silicon was used to produce the highest-efficiency solar panels. Now there’s a way to use cheaper raw materials, cutting the cost of solar power for everyone. Bruno Vicari Stefani, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Solar Technologies, CSIRO Brett Hallam, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney Matthew Wright, Postdoctoral Researcher in Photovoltaic Engineering, University of Oxford Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

How the International Space Station is helping to tackle deforestation

Solar and storage developer Genex says no to the overtures of Atlassian co-founder and a private equity fund run by former Macquarie bankers.

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Constraints on wind and solar are at the lowest level in more than three years.

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