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The world is “very far away” from the required trajectory to limit global warming to 2C by 2050, analysts told a conference on Monday, flagging a significant disconnect between UN climate goals and the reality of the infrastructure and policies that countries are currently operating with.

It was the first time a bird has removed a tracking device, and the second time a bird species showed cooperative ‘rescue’ behaviour. Dominique Potvin, Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Animal, which was caught in a trap and had leg amputated, cannot return to wild, but region lacks resources to rehabilitate it

A rare Persian leopard being temporarily held in an Iraqi zoo faces an uncertain future, wildlife specialists fear.

Six weeks ago the male leopard was caught in a trap set by a villager who had recently lost dozens of goats in the mountainous Batifa area of northern Duhok province, in the autonomous Kurdistan region, and had to have its right hind leg amputated.

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EUAs jumped more than €2 after the most bullish auction result of the year so far suggested demand remains strong, while energy markets were mixed despite news Russia and the US may hold a summit to discuss events in Ukraine, signalling a potential relaxation of the tensions that have boosted gas and power prices.

Members’ links with energy companies prompt fears over church’s plans to end investments in high-carbon firms

Key members of the Church of England’s pensions board have strong links to the fossil fuel industry, new research has shown, amid concerns over the organisation’s plans to end its investments in high-carbon companies.

Analysis by DeSmog, the environmental investigation group, has found three prominent members of the pensions board of the Church Commissioners, the body that looks after Church of England investments, with former or current roles in energy companies, while other major figures have indirect links.

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A local government in southwestern China has become the latest to issue its own forestry carbon credits with a trading platform in the works, as the ongoing lack of a national offsetting mechanism pushes regional officials to explore other options.

Cuadrilla wants to restart fracking in Lancashire. We won’t stop until this cynical attempt to save a dying industry is halted

We thought fracking in England was over after the government banned it in 2019. So the call by more than 30 Conservative MPs, along with the fracking company Cuadrilla, to reopen exploration in Lancashire is disappointing. It is also desperate: a last-minute attempt to use the recent energy crisis to save a dying industry.

And the people of Lancashire won’t stand for it. Nor will other communities threatened by this damaging industry. Neither the company nor this minority of MPs seem to understand how united people are against fracking. It’s telling that nobody who is publicly backing the letter is from an area directly threatened by fracking. Most are from the south, not the “industrial” north, as it is perceived to be. These MPs and their allies are at best misinformed and at worst delusional.

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The tree is one of many cloned from the one that led Isaac Newton to discover the laws of gravity.

Artificial intelligence has been identified as one of the top three emerging technologies in conservation, helping protect species around the world

There’s a strand of thinking, from sci-fi films to Stephen Hawking that suggests artificial intelligence (AI) could spell doom for humans. But conservationists are increasingly turning to AI as an innovative tech solution to tackle the biodiversity crisis and mitigate climate change.

A recent report by Wildlabs.net found that AI was one of the top three emerging technologies in conservation. From camera trap and satellite images to audio recordings, the report notes: “AI can learn how to identify which photos out of thousands contain rare species; or pinpoint an animal call out of hours of field recordings – hugely reducing the manual labour required to collect vital conservation data.”

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Activists say one in three people in England cannot access green spaces, with the poorest most deprived

Everyone in the UK should be legally entitled to equal access to nature, wildlife campaigners will tell the government.

Communities and NGOS would have the ability to take local authorities to court if they failed to provide healthy green space, under plans set out by more than 60 nature, planning, health and equality organisations. They argue that despite the fact there is strong evidence that accessible, nature-rich spaces boost our physical and mental wellbeing, and reduce mortality, one in three people in England cannot access nature near their home.

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AGL’s board has knocked back a billionaire-led bid to shut its coal generators. Serious negotiations will now begin – and Mike Cannon-Brookes has form on transforming Australian power generation. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Genex locks in funding for Bouldercombe big battery project and strikes longer term funding partnership to build more big batteries.

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Japanese power giant issues international call for supplies of zero emissions ammonia, a major opportunity for potential Australian suppliers.

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The Carbon Farming Business Development Specialist role will support the Elders business strategy deliver and expand the Elders carbon farming service offering to the Australian agricultural industry.

Urban gardens, parks and green walls are crucial ways to tackle flash floods and city heat. But new global research finds its effectiveness varies from city to city. Mark O. Cuthbert, Principal Research Fellow & Reader, Cardiff University Denis O'Carroll, Professor & Managing Director, UNSW Water Research Laboratory, UNSW Sydney Gabriel C Rau, Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ukrainian emitters have warned that a number of factors are impeding their ability to comply with measures intended to pave the way towards launching a national carbon market.

Companies have opened eight more trading accounts in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme so far this year, government data shows, bringing the total to 136.