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In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, an alternative climate conference is taking place that brings together youth activists, indigenous leaders, scientists and forest dwellers. In a region known as Middle Earth, they are building a new alliance and demonstrating that the rainforest is central to life on Earth, even though Brazil backed out of hosting this year's official UN climate talks after the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president

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Footage of a bear inscribed with "T-34" - the name of an iconic Soviet tank - is shared in Russia.

World Meteorological Organization says 2019 is likely to be second or third warmest year ever

The last decade has been one of “exceptional” heat around the world, and was almost certainly the hottest on record, while the oceans have also warmed to record levels and grown markedly more acidic, the World Meteorological Organization has said.

Temperatures for the years from 2010 to 2019 were about 1.1C above the average for the pre-industrial period, showing how close the world is coming to the 1.5C of warming that scientists say will cause dramatic impacts, extreme weather and the loss of vital ecosystems.

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Provisional data suggests the decade from 2010-2019 is the warmest yet recorded.

South Korea will not bow down to industry pressure and intervene in its domestic carbon market to push down CO2 prices, but instead help companies reduce their emissions, the environment ministry said.

For the last few days, angry farmers have been camped outside Parliament House venting their anger over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, as New South Wales threatens to pull out altogether. We speak to NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey.

Nasa credited an Indian engineer, Shanmuga Subramanian, with helping locate the site of the debris.

Tesco and Asda are among 67 firms and investors who have written to President Bolsonaro

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and the UK’s largest asset manager are among 67 major companies and investors who have written to Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, urging his government to stop further deforestation of the Amazon for soy production.

The preservation of the Amazon rainforest, a vital sink for carbon dioxide, is widely considered by scientists and activists to be a priority in responding to the climate crisis. However, the Brazilian soy farmers’ association Aprosoja has mounted a campaign to end a voluntary ban on trading crops harvested from newly cleared land.

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Seismic shift in LGC market fundamentals caused big rise in prices across second half of year, while STC experienced some volatility within narrower trading range.

The post Renewable Energy Market Report: Seismic shift in market fundamentals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Finkel says there was no political consensus for hydrogen targets, and cast doubts about long-term cost effectiveness of hydrogen using carbon capture.

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Australia’s threatened birds have declined by 59%, on average, between 1985 and 2016 based on 400,000 surveys at more than 17,000 locations according to Australia's world-first Threatened Bird Index. Elisa Bayraktarov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland Jaana Dielenberg, Science Communication Manager, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Plant-based meats are disrupting the food market and some companies. Samuel Becher, Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington Jessica C Lai, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

More than 10% of forest in NSW national parks destroyed by fire this season, with the damage to Gondwana rainforest a ‘global tragedy’
• ‘Absolutely suffocating’: how are you affected by smoke haze from Australia’s bushfires?

More than 10% of the area covered by New South Wales national parks has been burned in this season’s bushfires, including 20% of the Blue Mountains world heritage area, state government data obtained by Guardian Australia has revealed.

The amount of bushland destroyed within NSW national parks dwarfs that of the entire previous fire season, when 80,000 hectares were lost.

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Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy on plans to become the “battery of the nation”, and to help out Victoria when its brown coal generators stop production.

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Plans for 100MW solar farm with 50MW/100MWh battery in S.A. Clare Valley submitted to state’s planning commission for development approval.

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Ireland unveils details of planned transition from peat and coal to renewable energy, and its target of 70% renewables by 2030.

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Spanish electric utility Iberdrola uses Madrid climate talks to announce plans to replace its last two coal-fired power plants with subsidy-free wind and solar.

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California regulator ARB knew of alleged regulatory compliance offences at a Michigan-based WCI livestock project for five months before launching an investigation last month, but still chose to issue offsets after uncovering those problems, documents show.

Calix Limited has announced it will be joining the $150m Future Battery Industries Co-operative Research Centre.

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