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The Senior Policy Advisor works as a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance Secretariat in providing direct technical and policy assistance to support Alliance states in developing and implementing climate policy.

The European Commission has launched a project deploying several research bodies to evaluate the extension of the EU ETS to cover emissions from fossil fuel use, in particular in the road transport and buildings sectors.

Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australia Industry Group, says Covid-19 and climate are ‘urgent’ challenges that overlap

A leading Australian business group is calling for the two biggest economic challenges in memory – recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and cutting greenhouse gas emissions – to be addressed together, saying it would boost growth and put the country on a firm long-term footing.

Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, representing more than 60,000 businesses, says economic recovery from the virus and the transition required to meet net-zero emissions by 2050 are overlapping issues that should be taken on together.

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Eight cruise ships to resume operations from 1 August, sailing from Texas and Florida

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Carnival Cruise Line has announced plans to resume operations at the beginning of August despite dozens of deaths on cruise ships during the Covid-19 pandemic and investigations into the industry’s possible role in spreading the disease around the planet.

In a statement on Monday, the operator said eight cruise ships would resume operations from 1 August, sailing from Galveston, Texas, and Miami and Port Canaveral in Florida, once a no-sail order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had expired.

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State regulator ARB is granting some off-site verifications for California Carbon Offset (CCO) projects to mitigate the impacts of ‘shelter-in-place’ orders across the US, the agency and numerous market sources said.

In the latest Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we speak to Oregon Senator Michael Dembrow (D) and Representative Karin Power (D) about the state’s challenges to pass WCI-modelled carbon market legislation, as well as the new GHG reduction programme ordered by the governor.

The "shockingly large" hornets can kill humans with their sting and are known to destroy beehives.

Dominion Energy intends to increase its wind and solar energy capacity as the company participates in the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme over the next decade, but the Virginia utility still plans to maintain natural gas-fired generation through the state’s 2045 deadline for decarbonising the grid, it said in a filing on Friday.

MEPs from the European Parliament’s environment committee on Monday dismissed calls to postpone work on the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal, an idea pushed by a eurosceptic MEP responsible for drafting the committee’s opinion on the 27-nation bloc’s Just Transition Fund.

Scores of sheep crossed empty streets in Samsun, northern Turkey, as people stayed indoors over the weekend during the coronavirus lockdown. Videos shared on social media show the animals following a shepherd along empty roads in the city, with some stopping occasionally to graze on grass verges

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EUAs fell to a four-week low early on Monday, as some traders blamed last week's 2019 compliance deadline for a drop in demand while more signs pointed to a slow economic recovery, even as many EU nations ease their virus containment measures.

Following the ASBN Spotlight on Bushfire Resilience, we caught up with Emilis to answer some of the questions that were asked by our community.

Emilis answers questions on landscape and water tank considerations, the role of architects after a bushfire event, water pumps and more. He mentions a range of resources that are available for further expert information. You can find links to these below, as well as some other useful resources.

//Resources mentioned by Emilis:

Email for Emilis: logistics@savem.org.au

Red Cross Psychological First Aid Guide: redcross.org.au/getmedia/dc21542f-16e4-44ba-8e3a-4f6b907bba6f/Psychological-First-Aid-An-Australian-Guide-04-20.pdf.aspx

Your Home 4th Edition: hort360.com.au/wordpress/uploads/Energy/Lighting/Your%20home%20technical%20manual%20(4th%20Edition).pdf

Ramsay, C. and Rudolph, L., 2003. Landscape and building design for bushfire areas. CSIRO publishing.

NSW Rural Fire Service, Planning for Bushfire Protection, (Landscaping considerations from page 70): rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4400/Complete-Planning-for-Bush-Fire-Protection-2006.pdf

Di DeLaine, Rural Solutions SA on behalf of the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board: yumpu.com/en/document/read/43267008/landscaping-for-fire-protection-eyre-peninsula-natural-resources-

Government of South Australia, Minister’s Specification SA 78 Additional requirements in designated bushfire prone areas: sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/19320/Ministers_specifications_additional_requirements_in_designated_bushfire_prone_areas.pdf

South Australian Fire Authorities, BUILT ENVIRONMENTSECTION POLICY NO. 14: Above Ground Water Storage Tanks for Fire Fighting Purposes, safecom-files.s3.amazonaws.com/current/docs/fire_services_policy_0014_above_ground_water_storage_for_fire_fighting_purposes.pdf

CFS: cfs.sa.gov.au/site/prepare_for_a_fire/prepare_your_home_and_property/building_in_bushfireprone_areas.jsp

Other useful links:

Government of South Australia, Building or developing in bushfire prone areas, sa.gov.au/topics/planning-and-property/land-and-property-development/building-rules-regulations-and-information/bushfire/building-or-developing-in-bushfire-prone-areas

Country Fire Association Victoria, Landscaping for Bushfire: Garden Design and Plant Selection, (check local regulations about declared weeds before use) cfa.vic.gov.au/documents/20143/72271/landscaping_for_bushfire.pdf

Scientists say the microbe - found in the wild near Lake Victoria - has enormous potential.

The "intermediate host" animal that passed the coronavirus from bats to humans may never be found.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has issued nearly 800,000 new carbon credits over the past week, it said Monday, more than doubling the number from the previous week.

Measures taken in response to court ruling have yet to face much dissent, partly owing to coronavirus

Last month the Dutch government announced a bold set of climate policies designed to reduce annual carbon emissions by nearly 10 megatons, comparable to the yearly output of Latvia.

Several new coal power plants are to be closed or run at minimum capacity, a €3bn spending package will subsidise renewable energy projects and home refits, and there are a slew of smaller policy tweaks, for example on livestock numbers, reforestation and lowering the national speed limit.

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Electric utes are coming, and Bollinger Motors is adding another contender that will make all-electric utility trucks a solid option for tradies and workers across wide range of industries.

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Australia's wind output hits record level of 5,000MW - just one year after it broke through 4,000MW for first time.

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New Zealand’s opposition National party wants to delay the ongoing emissions trading scheme reform by a year due to the COVID-19 crisis, it stated in a House committee review of the bill released Monday, though the committee majority proposed only minor changes to the legislation.

Infigen defers financial close of 138MW Flyers Creek Wind Farm, and delays other renewable energy investments, in bid to dodge Coronavirus-related risks.

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