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The Policy Advisor will work as a member of the NAP Global Network Secretariat. In particular, they will oversee the development, implementation and management of programs of work to advance the NAP processes in Colombia and Peru, as well as lead related knowledge management and communications activities. The successful candidate may provide support to other related Resilience projects, as time permits. The Policy Advisor, Adaptation reports to the Director, Resilience or their designate.

The Climate Change research group is looking for two highly skilled individuals to develop and lead a research and outreach portfolio.

The Senior Analyst undertakes robust and careful analysis, applying the established Lab methodology, drawing on fields that may include public policy, regulatory economics, finance, risk management, statistics, and other academic and commercial disciplines.

Contribute to the collaborative development of a Paris Agreement compatible energy scenario supported by both the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and Gas (ENTSO-G), and European NGOs.

Urban areas need to cherish wetlands as a natural defence against flooding, experts warn.

Report says air pollution is having a devastating impact on children worldwide, storing up a public health time bomb

Poisonous air is having a devastating impact on billions of children around the world, damaging their intelligence and leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths, according to a report from the World Health Organization.

The study found that more than 90% of the world’s young people – 1.8 billion children – are breathing toxic air, storing up a public health time bomb for the next generation.

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Australian state governments should work together to develop a mechanism to drive crucial carbon emission cuts in the absence of a federal climate policy, a report said Monday.

Efforts to end a 15-year old practise of giving some of Europe’s most polluting steel plants free carbon allowances hang in the balance as big-emitting businesses fight to keep climate protection rules that have earned them hundreds of millions of euros.

Madrid to implement plan to replace ICE cars with EVs on its central city streets – from late next month.

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New-build, off-grid school north of Perth becomes first in Australia to be powered completely by rooftop solar and battery storage.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to launch major grant for coastal communities to improve the health of oceans

Millions of pounds’ worth of funding to tackle global overfishing and protect coral reefs will be announced at a major conference in Indonesia this week.

Politicians, marine experts and philanthropists will convene in Bali at the Our Ocean conference on Monday to agree commitments on how to address the pressures facing our oceans, including rising sea temperatures, unsustainable fishing practices, marine pollution and coral bleaching.

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Owners planning to install ‘emissions cheat’ systems to avoid having to buy cleaner, more expensive fuel

Thousands of ships are set to install “emissions cheat” systems that pump pollutants into the ocean to beat new international rules banning dirty fuel.

The global shipping fleet is rushing to meet a 2020 deadline imposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to reduce air pollution by forcing vessels to use cleaner fuel with a lower sulphur content of 0.5%, compared with 3.5% as currently used.

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Trains that emit pure water could be in the UK by the "early 2020s", according to the government.

Australian Marine Conservation Society calls on Ian Poiner to take ‘aggressive’ stance on reef’s behalf

The Australian government has appointed marine scientist Ian Poiner as the new chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, days after a dire new forecast for coral bleaching was issued.

The appointment to the authority, which manages the reef and advises the government on its care, also comes months after the government granted $443m in reef funding to the private Great Barrier Reef Foundation instead of key agencies including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

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Which Australian companies will go 100 per cent renewable? We talk to the head of RE100, who has been to Australia, while David Leitch let’s fly against the “fair dinkum bullshit” of the latest government energy intervention.

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The chancellor says councils in England will get an extra £420m in his Budget to fix potholes.

Origin Energy’s bid to nearly double capacity of Shoalhaven Pumped Hydro Storage Scheme in NSW has won $2m in federal government funding.

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As part of a commitment to taking local action on climate change, Enova is dedicated to developing innovative models which enable Australian communities to take the electricity supply into their own hands and make the transition to renewable energy.

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South Australia opens country's biggest support scheme for household battery storage - with $200 million in the form of grants and loans.

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