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Director, Blue Carbon – Asia-Pacific
CMI Carbon Finance Advisor, The Carbon Market Institute – Melbourne/Remote
Human-induced global heating ‘causes over a third of heat deaths’
Between 1991 and 2018, human activity contributed to 37% of all heat-related deaths in locations studied
More than a third of all heat-related deaths around the world between 1991 and 2018 can be attributed to human-induced global heating, research has found.
Climate breakdown has a range of effects ranging from wildfires to extreme weather. As the temperatures rise, more intense and frequent heatwaves disproportionately affect elderly people and those with underlying chronic conditions such as asthma, making them more vulnerable to disease and premature death.
Continue reading...Senior Program Officer, Agriculture, Program Team, Verra – Washington DC/Remote
Extremely rare prehistoric animal carvings found for first time in Scotland
Manager, Program Development, Verra – Washington DC/Remote
Carbon Market Analyst, AirCarbon – Singapore
Environment Specialist, Asian Development Bank – Manila
Head of Climate Sustainability Standards, Climate Bonds Initiative – London/EU
Forest Science/GIS Analyst, Wildlife Works Carbon – Burlington, VT
Climate and Clean Energy Manager, Washington Environmental Council – Seattle
Explainer: Six ways to drive down the up-front cost of buying an EV
For many Australians, electric vehicles remain prohibitively expensive. Here are some options that may reduce the initial costs of joining clean transport revolution.
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COMMENT: Growing Pains in the UK ETS
Japanese company to sell carbon neutral gas to commercial, industrial customers
Australia posts 5% drop in GHG emissions in 2020
Donkeys to help re-establish rare wild flower in Devon
Animals will be used to tread in seeds of small-flowered catchfly at Donkey Sanctuary rewilding project
The donkey has performed many roles: carrying Jesus, giving seaside rides to children and being the butt of many jokes over thousands of years of domestication. Now an unfamiliar job can be added to the list: ecosystem engineer.
The hard-working animals will help re-establish one of Britain’s rarest wild flowers by trampling over specially seeded plots.
Continue reading...Beautiful, rare 'purple cauliflower' coral off NSW coast may be extinct within 10 years
Solar and wind projects fear big delays from new “one at a time” connection rules
Wind and solar developers fear major delays due to proposed new "one at a time" connection rules designed to handle anticipated flood of new projects.
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Covid sent Australia’s carbon emissions plummeting in 2020 to lowest levels in 30 years
Pandemic put handbrake on transport emissions and slowed economic activity, while an uptake in renewables also helped drive down levels
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped last year to levels not seen in more than 30 years due mostly to the coronavirus pandemic that put a handbrake on fossil fuel burning in the transport sector and slowed economic activity.
New government data released Monday shows sectors where emissions fell sharply in 2020 due to factors beyond the government’s control – the global pandemic and the end of a sharp drought – were starting to rebound.
Continue reading...Elliott Green Power looking for buyers for $500m Australian solar portfolio
Elliot Green Power is latest solar investor looking to exit Australia, bringing in advisers to find a buyer for its $500 million portfolio.
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