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Allowance prices in China’s national emissions trading scheme have held firm above 50 yuan ($7.72) since the market opened last week, but trading activity has come down significantly as traders expect liquidity to remain patchy in the coming weeks.

The triple whammy of the moon's wobble, sea level rise and more intense storms will bring worse tidal floods into coastal communities in the 2030s. This includes in Australia. Mark Gibbs, Principal Engineer: Reef Restoration, Australian Institute of Marine Science Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

With 100 days to go to crucial UN crisis summit in Glasgow, PM is accused of lack of leadership

Protesters will fill London’s Parliament Square on Friday morning, calling on the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to make the climate crisis his top priority, as the UK prepares to host UN talks that will determine whether the world tips into environmental catastrophe this decade.

Giant alarm clocks will show time running out, while 100 protesters chant that Johnson and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak, are “missing in action” on the climate crisis.

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Sunseap to build "hyper-scale" floating solar and storage project to supply Singapore with power. What does it mean for Sun Cable?

The post World’s largest floating solar farm – more than 2GW – to supply Singapore appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Premier Mark McGowan today announced the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new Chair of the Governing Body of the Economic Regulation Authority.

The post New Chair of WA Economic Regulation Authority appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Monash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: How quickly can we get to 100% renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO to play a hands on role in planning New South Wales' electricity transition, after being appointed as the NSW Consumer Trustee.

The post AEMO subsidiary to lead planning for NSW’s ambitious clean energy vision appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UNSW research is exploring what could be another major turning point in solar cell manufacturing.

The post How “Gallium” doping can protect solar panels from the sun, and lower costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In light of the catastrophic floods that hit Germany, Bavaria's conservative state premier wants coal generation to finish by 2030.

The post Bavarian conservative state premier wants coal phase-out by 2030 after floods appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Government guidelines mean road planners can effectively ignore climate change, campaigners say.

Wind output hits new record in Western Australia grid, but overall generation hit badly after cyclone tore through transmission lines.

The post New wind farms take output to record levels in WA, despite cyclone impact appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The world’s oil and gas industry is set to vastly exceed emissions levels compatible with limiting global warming to the Paris Agreement's 1.5C goal, according to a study that gave no weight to the sector’s massive offset buying spree.

California electricity consumption declined to a near-term low in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but natural gas-fired generation still increased over the past year due to a drop in hydroelectric capacity, according to state figures. 

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices this week declined despite a surge in transacted volume, while RGGI Allowance (RGA) values edged down slightly across the week with limited buying interest.

Rescuers pulled inflatable boats in flood waters gushing through streets of Turkey's Black Sea district of Arhavi on Thursday to bring those stranded to safety.

Footage released by the country's interior ministry showed distressed residents being evacuated from flooded homes. Access to dozens of villages in Arhavi were blocked and rescue efforts were under way - with officials saying 200 people had been evacuated.

Floods are common along Turkey's Black Sea coastal region at this time of year. Last week, at least six people were killed and two others went missing in flood waters in Black Sea province of Rize

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*PREMIUM LISTING – The Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), a think- and do-tank that tackles major policy challenges confronting the Asia-Pacific, seeks an Associate Director of Climate to develop and implement projects to support ambitious climate action across Asia – and in China in particular – including accelerating the transition to net zero emissions.

Move over, bin chickens: bin cockies are here, and scientists say they're confirming the cultural intelligence hypothesis. John Martin, Adjunct lecturer, University of Sydney Barbara Klump, Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Lucy Aplin, Research Group Leader, University of Konstanz Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Energy exchange EEX on Thursday published the EUA and EUAA auction calendar for 2022, while updating the 2021 schedule to account for supply withdrawals by the MSR from September to December.

Sulphur-crested cockatoos’ ability to pry open bins has spread across 44 suburbs in only two years

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are learning from each other to open wheelie bins in order to scavenge for food and the behaviour is rapidly catching on across Sydney, according to new research.

With help from the public, Australian and German ecologists have documented cockatoos learning the bin-diving behaviour through social interactions, with reported sightings of the behaviour growing across Sydney in recent years.

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