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Is the world on track to move past coal, oil and gas production?
Scientists, economists and activists met in September to discuss a challenge central to solving climate change: how can the world rid itself of fossil fuels? Here's what it found.
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Private equity firm buys majority stake in nature-based project developer
Regional experts on market and non-market approaches to support the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, IGES – Bangkok
Big Butterfly Count: Sightings worryingly low, say UK conservationists
Dancers' moves help to power Glasgow music venue
UK defies climate warnings with new oil and gas licences
Six big solar farms and 600MWh of big batteries awarded in Victoria renewables auction
Six large-scale solar farms, four of them with big batteries, have been named as the winners in the Victorian government's second renewable energy auction.
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CARBON FORWARD: Last chance to join Europe’s premier carbon conference
Energy Insiders Podcast: Cost and scale of renewables
IRENA's Michael Taylor on wind and solar costs and grid integration. Plus: AGL and the price of energy.
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Zinc-air batteries get dramatic boost from low-cost metal breakthrough
The large-scale energy storage promise of ultra-high energy density zinc-air batteries is looking up, after a breakthrough from researchers in China.
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Fortescue makes big progress on “world first” green ammonia plant
FFI is moving to final stages of planning and finance for the conversion of Incitec Pivot's Brisbane commercial-scale ammonia plant to run on renewable hydrogen.
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CCA prices to more than double by 2027, RGAs to rebound in late 2023 -analytics firm
NA Markets: CCA, RGA turnaround with broader market upswing
Brazilian bank voluntarily cancels largest ever batch of Kyoto credits
EU Market: EUAs fail to re-test €70 amid REPowerEU doubts
Macquarie announces new investment in carbon offset consultancy
'Astonishing': global demand for exotic pets is driving a massive trade in unprotected wildlife
Bird flu ‘an urgent warning to move away from factory farming’
Experts claim deadly spillovers of disease between livestock and wildlife are increasing with the growth in intensive methods
Catastrophic declines in the number of birds and other wildlife are likely if countries do not act urgently to change the way animals are farmed, wildlife health scientists have warned.
The unprecedented die-off of seabirds from highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) being witnessed in breeding colonies across Europe, North America and Africa has been traced back to a commercial goose farm in southern China where a relatively mild bird disease mutated into a killer in 1996.
After spilling into wild bird populations in 2007, HPAI has spread around the world, killing millions of birds and showing no sign of stopping.
The truth about getting to net zero, according to the numbers – video
After nearly a decade of stalling and delaying on climate action, Australia has a new government that promises new policies and has set new emissions reduction targets – 43% by 2030. But the key question now is whether or not that will be enough. Guardian Australia has been tracking progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and documenting the consequences of the global heating that has already occurred
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