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COVID-19 is the latest new infectious disease arising from our collision with nature. Fiona Armstrong, Executive Director, Climate and Health Alliance, Occasional Lecturer, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University Anthony Capon, Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Ro McFarlane, Assistant Professor in Ecological Public Health, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The heatwave highlights the connectedness of our climate systems: from the monsoon tropics to the southernmost continent. Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong Andrew Klekociuk, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania Diana King, Research officer, University of Wollongong Sharon Robinson, Professor, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A report by experts recommending carbon credits for the ICAO's CORSIA international aviation mechanism provides valuable lessons for the Article 6 negotiations. Even in the absence of an Article 6 agreement at COP26, countries which want to use global carbon markets should heed these lessons.

New York is honing in on a draft regulation to implement post-2020 changes to the Northeast US RGGI carbon market, regulatory sources told Carbon Pulse, though state officials remain mum on when they will release the finalised proposal.

Scientists have taken a step forward in their ability to decode what a person is saying just by looking at their brainwaves when they speak.

A new batch of these ostentatiously coloured and popular arachnids is described in Australia.

California offset registries are not experiencing any operational delays since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, though discussions are continuing on providing additional flexibility for developers of WCI-eligible credits.

The astrophysicist was trying to create a necklace which would stop people touching their faces.

EUAs climbed above €17 early on Monday, defying losses in oil and equity markets as a strong auction performance and technicals lent support.

EU carbon allowances are unlikely to trade back above €20 any time soon, analysts said, slashing their 2020 price estimates by more than 20% due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Disruptions to supply chains and factory shutdowns in Italy and Spain as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are severely affecting EU heavy industry and their ETS emissions output, with the sector was already reeling from declining output before the outbreak started.

Proposals criticised amid fears countries may use coronavirus crisis to rein in commitments

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Japan has laid out its plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris agreement in the run-up to UN climate talks this year, becoming the first large economy to do so.

But its proposals were criticised by campaigners as grossly inadequate, amid fears the Covid-19 crisis could prompt countries to try to water down their climate commitments.

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New Zealand carbon allowances rose 3.5% in Monday trade amid healthy demand, and have now clawed back over a third of the COVID-19 driven losses suffered over the past two weeks.

Japan announced an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement on Monday, but the nation will not increase its 2030 climate ambitions.

Neal Maxwell wants trade to go from 50,000 tonnes of plastic waste each year to zero by 2040

A builder from Merseyside has launched a project that aims to remove plastic from the British construction industry within two decades.

Neal Maxwell, who has worked in the trade for more than 30 years, co-founded the non-profit organisation Changing Streams after a trip to the Arctic.

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UK prime minister’s refusal to criticise Amazon fires and sharp rise in deforestation praised by Brazilian ambassador

Boris Johnson was personally thanked by the Brazilian government for refusing to support European action over the Amazon fires, according to documents obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

As the rainforest burned last summer – fuelled by a sharp rise in deforestation that critics blame partly on President Jair Bolsonaro’s agenda – Johnson criticised a threat by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to block the EU’s Mercosur trade deal with Brazil.

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Activists say hundreds have been trampled by previous cross-country races near pond

The cancellation of a series of cross-country running races in West Yorkshire because of coronavirus has apparently saved hundreds of migrating toads from being squashed underfoot.

A toad protection group said hundreds of the amphibians have been trampled by fell runners in previous years.

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Report out of Norway warns full extent of impact of Covid-19 on global renewables market is "just beginning to reveal itself;" Covid restrictions hit Tilt Renewables NZ wind farm.

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Coalition of community groups call for additional government support for homes and small businesses under financial stress to deal with energy costs.

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AER says NSW-Queensland interconnector upgrade stacks up economically, will address system security problems and help lower wholesale electricity prices.

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