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The Climate Investment Analyst will support CI’s Conservation Finance Division investment activities of the Carbon Finance team, which is responsible for developing the institution’s carbon pipeline of investible avoided deforestation, restoration, improved forest management, and blue carbon initiatives.

Germany has issued a tender for a contract to auction EU Allowances and EU Aviation Allowances for the second half of the present phase of the bloc's carbon market. 

Yellow thunderstorm warning follows weeks of drought caused by extreme heat and little rainfall

Heavy rain and thunderstorms could cause “dangerous” flooding this week in cities and rural areas across the UK, forecasters have warned.

The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for most of the UK on Monday and Tuesday with the possibility of flash flooding, disruption to transport and power cuts.

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Farming union chief says situation ‘nothing short of a travesty’, as crops also hit by drought and record heat

As much as £60m of food has been wasted on farms because of a labour shortage, according to the National Farmers’ Union, which found at least £22m of fruit and vegetables had been wasted so far this year.

The NFU said 40% of respondents to a survey of its members said they had suffered crop losses as a result of labour shortages, with farms 14% short of the size of the workforce they needed on average. The problems were worsened by some staff not turning up for work or quitting early.

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Multimillion-pound payouts should be shelved until investment put in to help country recover from drought

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Water company bosses should be stripped of their multimillion pound bonuses until they fix leaks and build reservoirs, politicians and campaigners have said as the country is gripped by drought.

The current drought, in which parts of England are the driest they have been since records began after five consecutive months of below average rainfall, have led to homes running out of water, rivers turning dry and farmers facing crop failures, causing many to be outraged at the companies that have failed to invest in reservoirs, fix leaks and stop sewage pollution from their pipes.

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French renewables developer Total Eren unveils plan for 2GW of large scale solar in the Northern Territory, supporting a 1GW green hydrogen electrolyser facility.

The post Total Eren proposes 2GW solar farm and massive green hydrogen plant in Darwin appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EUAs rose to a new six-week high on Monday morning as the momentum generated by the reduced auction programme in August continued to drive the market despite very low volumes, as energy prices also moved higher amid persistent concerns over winter energy supplies.

The investment arm of Norwegian oil firm Equinor has made an early-stage investment in a carbon removals venture that aims to store CO2 emitted from biogas producers.

Ex-chief scientist David King says outgoing PM must deliver fiscal policies to support poorer people

Boris Johnson should intervene urgently to start insulating British homes and introduce fiscal policies to reduce bills, as further delay will mean more people face “extreme suffering” this winter as energy bills soar, a former government chief scientific adviser has warned.

David King said: “This could be the worst possible time for the leadership of this country to be simply sitting back. We’re waiting until what? We have an energy crisis right now and we need good leadership. We need alert leadership, leadership that is thinking about this – and that is missing.”

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Australia will not need to use international offsets to meet its 2030 emission reduction target but can rely on plentiful domestic supply instead, analysts said Monday, while environmental groups urge the government to rule out using them entirely.

South Korea this week is kicking off a consultation process with industry in a bid to inject more vitality in its emissions trading market, better allocate ETS-related revenue to efforts that reduce emissions, and meet requirements raised by the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

China’s thermal power generation last month increased year-on-year for the first time since February, while total power output grew at a faster pace amid rising demand, official data showed Monday.

Rooftop solar, a sunny winter's day and mild weather sent minimum demand in Australia's most coal dependent grid to record low on Sunday.

The post Graph of the Day: Rooftop solar boost sets new grid demand low in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bursa Malaysia will launch a voluntary carbon market (VCM) later this year in a key a move to facilitate growth in carbon trading in the Southeast Asian country which will be kickstarted with an initial carbon credit auction, the Kuala Lumpur-based stock exchange announced on Monday.

We see grassland ablaze and parched gardens. The water companies are doing too little to fix a problem that isn’t going away

With more than 30 million people in England and Wales facing a hosepipe ban, and thunderstorms expected but no meaningful rainfall likely for many weeks, it’s worth asking what we have learned so far in the great drought of 2022.

Here’s a bit of a list, by no means complete.

John Vidal is a former Guardian environment editor

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Just because some selfish walrus-gawking raspeballs couldn’t keep a safe distance from her, she was killed by the fish cops

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Newspapers were writing about climate change more than a century ago. Here’s why it’s taken so long to start tackling it. Linden Ashcroft, Lecturer in climate science and science communication, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The narrative around carbon farming in New Zealand has been overtaken by financial and corporate interests at the expense of landowners who need greater financial assistance to participate in the sector, according to an intermediary group.

Ørsted sets new benchmark for suppliers to use 100 per cent renewables by 2025, saying it is essential to meet 1.5°C target.

The post World’s biggest offshore wind farm company sets 100% renewable target for all suppliers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

World leaders urged to agree treaty to protect marine life after groups say planet’s last wilderness treated ‘recklessly’

UN member states will gather in New York to hammer out a long-awaited treaty that, if agreed, will govern the planet’s last, lawless wilderness: the high seas.

Two hundred nautical miles beyond the territorial waters and jurisdiction of nations, the high seas have been treated “recklessly”, according to environmental groups.

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