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How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis
Agri-park high in the Andes preserves the expertise to breed strains fit for a changing climate
With a climate changing faster than most crops can adapt and food security under threat around the world, scientists have found hope in a living museum dedicated to a staple eaten by millions daily: the humble potato.
High in the Peruvian Andes, agronomists are looking to the ancestral knowledge of farmers to identify genetic strains which could help the tubers survive increasingly frequent and intense droughts, floods and frosts.
Continue reading...Children across the UK go on strike to demand action on climate
Pupils to declare December vote a ‘climate election’ after new data highlights urgency of crisis
Children and young people in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK will walk out of classrooms on Friday for the latest youth strike to highlight the escalating climate crisis.
Strikers in the UK will focus on the forthcoming election, which they have vowed to make a “climate election” by demonstrating the growing public concern about the ecological crisis.
Continue reading...Japan nears halfway mark to meeting Paris target
'Not something to celebrate': drought and flood cause drop in emissions
But growth in LNG sector alone almost enough to offset decline and result of increase in renewables
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have flatlined due to the effects of the drought, which has caused a large drop in carbon dioxide from the agriculture sector.
The government’s quarterly greenhouse data for the year to June 2019, published on Friday, shows Australia’s emissions fell by 0.1% on the previous year – equivalent to 0.4m tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Continue reading...Heating & cooling to go renewable and provide demand response
ARENA has today announced $6.5 million in funding to the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) to develop a pathway to low emissions for the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) sector.
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The affordable energy transition
The future energy system is not only affordable, it is cheaper than the energy system we have today.
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Stockland to offer discounted solar and batteries for up to 25,000 customers
Stockland to offer discounts of between 15-20% on solar and storage to up to 25,000 residents in properties developed by the company since 2015.
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The day rooftop solar met two thirds of South Australia’s total demand
The change in South Australia's grid continues to surprise energy experts, and is now accelerating towards its net 100 per cent renewable target.
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Australia’s emissions fall ever so slightly, but only because of drought and floods
Drought and floods drive slight fall in Australia's emissions as Taylor denied an early pass to skip Parliament and head to Paris.
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Record year delivers 1770MW of new renewables for Victoria
Booming Victorian renewables market has delivered bumper year for solar and wind power, with 12 new licences issued to generate renewable electricity.
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State Party Reports on the state of conservation submitted to the World Heritage Committee for the Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian Wilderness
State Party Reports on the state of conservation submitted to the World Heritage Committee for the Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian Wilderness
Barnaby Joyce auctions lump of coal – in a glass jar – at Nationals dinner
Barnaby Joyce auctions lump of coal – and a "start Adani" t-shirt worn by his good mate Matt Canavan – at Nationals dinner.
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Australia sees marginal drop in carbon emissions as drought hits agriculture output
1414 picks up Port Augusta solar tower project, plans huge thermal storage plant
1414 degrees to buy Australian assets of solar thermal company SolarReserve, including abandoned South Australia solar power tower project.
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Australian solar PV integrated window technology gains US approval
Australian building integrated PV company ClearVue wins certification, opening up access to massive US market.
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CP Daily: Thursday November 28, 2019
Interest in Tesla Cybertruck goes wild with over 250,000 deposits
Interest in Elon Musk's radical and polarising Cybertruck continues with 250,000 pre-orders now taken for the all-electric ute.
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2019 British Ecological Society photography competition winners
Winning images will be exhibited at the society’s annual conference in Belfast next month
Continue reading...Climate Policy Analyst, Union of BC Indian Chiefs – Vancouver & Lower Mainland
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