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Having a carbon price is linked to lower emissions growth. A larger price cuts emissions by more. Paul Burke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University Rohan Best, Lecturer in Economics, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Kangaroo Island dunnart was listed as critically endangered before fires ripped through 95% of its habitat. Those that survived the fires now face the threat of feral cats. Rosemary Hohnen, Adjunct associate, Charles Darwin University Sarah Legge, Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In this role within the Portfolio Management unit, you will be responsible for structuring, negotiating and building new partnerships to develop emission reduction projects.

As part of the Climate Policy and Carbon Pricing practice within the Consultancy & Services team, you will focus on the successful and efficient implementation of our projects for international clients in the sustainability field and will be responsible for the development of proposals in business development activities for South Pole.

Investors give greenlight to $35bn worth of projects worldwide in first half of 2020

Global offshore wind investment more than quadrupled in the first half of the year even as the coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented economic shock.

A report has found that investors gave the greenlight to 28 new offshore windfarms worth a total of $35bn (£28bn) this year, four times more than in the first half of 2019 and well above the total for last year as a whole.

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Video shows that the first pine martens to be reintroduced to England have had kits. 

The native carnivores had all but vanished from England in the face of hunting and the loss of their woodland homes over the past two centuries, but efforts to translocate the animal from Scotland appear to be paying off. 

The first 18 animals were moved from Scotland to Gloucestershire in September 2019 and new video shows that they have successfully bred. 

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South Korean carbon permits on Monday fell by 9.9% for the third consecutive session, hitting their lowest levels since Jan. 2018 as all support for the KAU-19 contract has vanished.

€2bn, 475-mile Viking Link cable will share renewable energy between UK and Denmark

Construction work has begun in Lincolnshire on the world’s longest subsea power cable, which will run between Britain and Denmark to share renewable energy between the two countries.

The 475-mile (765km) cable is a joint-venture between National Grid in the UK and Denmark’s Energinet. By 2023, the high-voltage, direct-current link will transmit the equivalent of enough electricity to power 1.5m British homes between Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire and the South Jutland region in Denmark.

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EUAs raced above €30 for the first time in 14 years on Monday, busting through last year’s peak to close in on the market’s April 2006 all-time high.

Llamas' specially evolved small antibodies are the basis for a coronavirus treatment breakthrough.

Wild chimpanzees are under threat from deforestation and the bushmeat trade.

Norske Skog’s Boyer paper mill in Australia has earned its first batch of carbon credits, four years after registering a heat recovery project with the Clean Energy Regulator and signing a contract to sell quarter of a million offsets to the government.

Tilt Renewables warns of hit to earnings after massive Dundonnell wind farm faces commissioning delays, company cites “insufficient clarity” from AEMO.

The post Huge Dundonnell wind farm hit by “unanticipated” commissioning delays appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Species classed as ‘conservation dependent’ under national laws so can be commercially traded despite suffering 90% drop in numbers

A shark routinely sold in Australian fish shops has been listed as critically endangered by an international conservation body, prompting environmentalists to call for stronger protection of the species.

It comes as the government is due to release an interim report into Australia’s national environmental laws, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Conservationists say at least three females have produced offspring in the Forest of Dean

The first pine martens to be reintroduced to England have had kits, marking a milestone in efforts to boost their recovery, conservationists said.

The native carnivores all but vanished from England in the face of extensive hunting and loss of their woodland homes over the past two centuries, and in Scotland they were pushed to a stronghold in the north-west Highlands.

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The commercialisation of an Australian-invented residential hydrogen storage system to be accelerated with help of engineering firm GHD.

The post Australian-led venture takes next step towards residential solar hydrogen storage system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar Citizens report finds turbocharging Queensland large-scale renewable energy industry would create 9,300 construction jobs every year for 10 years and almost 6,000 ongoing jobs.

The post Queensland renewable energy zones a jobs goldmine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australian consumers set to reap benefits of world-leading renewables grid, with falling wholesale electricity prices delivering cheaper power than Victoria or NSW.

The post Renewables-dominated South Australia delivering cheaper power than Vic, NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Flexible and printable solar panels developed by the University of Newcastle get first real-world test in new community shade structures in Sydney.

The post Uni Newcastle’s printable solar cell innovation gets real-world test appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This role will be expected to lead analysis and engagement related to emissions budgets and policies to reduce emissions within the industrial and energy sectors in Aotearoa.