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Australians should see the rainforest as a cultural landscape – one that has been managed and maintained by people, rather than just a relic unchanged since the dinosaurs. Barry Hunter, Djabugay Aboriginal Corporation, Kuranda, Indigenous Knowledge Alice Buhrich, Adjunct Researcher, College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University Asa Ferrier, Honorary Research Associate, La Trobe University Gerry Turpin, Ethnobotanist, James Cook University Patrick Roberts, Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Many flood-ravaged homes have not been repaired, while others are infested with mould. Farmers are dealing with financial stress and the memories of livestock killed in traumatic circumstances. Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ocean waves are a massive source of energy, but it's challenging to design power generators for the harsh environment. Allowing marine organisms to grow on engineered structures could help. Craig Stevens, Associate Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Louise Kregting, Lecturer in environmental interactions of marine renewables, Queen's University Belfast Vladislav Sorokin, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

‘It was as if they didn’t even flinch,’ researcher says as study finds tiger sharks’ presence consistent before and during storm

Forecasters expect the Atlantic hurricane season that began this week to bring increasingly fierce storms to the US east coast. One notoriously fierce kind of shark, however, does not seem likely to be swimming for cover.

Related: Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as ‘GPS’ guidance system, study says

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Will Eades is an award-winning photographer based on the mid north coast of NSW. His mission is to see and capture spectacular moments in nature, and to share these rare moments with others. A self-taught Nikon shooter, Will’s main focus is on storms and other weather phenomena as he strives to be present when the elements align for a great photograph

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The sad state of affairs is that, since the end of the carbon price, much that is good for growth is bad for reducing our emissions

This week came the news that we had discovered how to reduce emissions at a rate needed to get to net-zero by 2050 without imposing an economy wide price on carbon.

All we needed was a worldwide pandemic. Simple.

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Parts of the continent potentially face a decade of crisis. These two measures are more important than any other in avoiding it

There are so many good causes in the world it is often difficult to know where aid money should go. As leaders line up to attend the G7 summit in Cornwall, the most effective destinations for aid money have become clearer – a global vaccination programme and improving girls’ education.

This is especially true in sub-Saharan Africa, where so much can go wrong over the next 10 years – a population explosion, massive biodiversity loss, desertification, famine and mass migration to mention just a few – that unless we focus our efforts on vaccines and girls’ education, whatever is done to alleviate poverty or tackle the climate emergency will be threatened or even sabotaged in almost every other region of the world.

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A thick, slimy layer of algae is growing at an alarming rate in the Sea of Marmara, to the south of Istanbul, posing a growing threat to marine life and the Turkish fishing industry. Experts have linked the increasing amounts of 'sea snot' to high sea temperatures stemming from the climate emergency, as well as the discharge of untreated sewage into the sea

• ‘Sea snot’ covers Turkish coast, threatening fishing industry

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Rich countries can’t expect to be trusted on their climate promises if they fail the poorest on vaccines

It would only cost $50bn to ensure 40% of the world’s population is vaccinated by the end of the year, and 60% by the first half of 2022. This is a recent estimate from the IMF, the latest institution to join a chorus of voices calling for a global vaccination programme to bring Covid-19 under control. The IMF has highlighted the economic benefits of global vaccines, which would be huge. But there is another powerful reason for a worldwide campaign.

Vaccinating the world will be crucial if countries are going to act together to confront the climate crisis, which will require many of the same things as delivering vaccines: resources, innovation, ingenuity and a true partnership between rich and developing countries. The Cop26 climate conference in November will be an opportune moment for building this partnership. But to do so, rich countries need to deliver on their early promises to deliver global vaccines.

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As UK prepares for environment push at G7 summit, letter asks richest to make climate charitable focus

The UK’s 100 richest families are being urged to commit £1bn over the next five years to tackle the climate emergency and halt the destruction of the natural world, as the world prepares for a big push on environmental issues at the G7 summit.

Each of the 100 richest families in the UK, and the 100 biggest charitable foundations, will receive a letter on Saturday asking them to make the climate and biodiversity crises a focus of their philanthropic efforts, in order to stave off pending disasters that would imperil all their other charitable efforts.

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A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Colombia to China

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Speculators' California Carbon Allowance (CCA) positions surged for the third consecutive week as the group took out a larger position on the current vintage contract, while compliance entities’ short position grew over the period, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices must surge tenfold this decade to drive meaningful climate action, otherwise buyers risk being accused of greenwashing by purchasing carbon offsets too cheap to deliver genuine GHG cuts, according to research published Friday.

A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including developments in California and Illinois.

A California public utility has requested approval under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for a dairy digester formerly registered under the state’s compliance offset programme, according to documents published Thursday.

The Q2 RGGI auction settled at a slight premium to the secondary market, as the clearing price and healthy compliance buying aligned with market participants' predictions prior to the sale, according to results published Friday.

EUAs slipped below €50 on Friday as the previous session's technical breakout continued to encourage selling, though much of the market remains bullish, with many eyeing a rapid recovery.

Fishing communities fear for future as oil, plastic and toxic chemicals devastate ecosystem

Until last week Lucien Justin, the chair of the Jude Watta fisheries committee in Wattala, near Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, lived a simple life. He and his wife ate two meals a day, and their small community of 90 fishers regularly supported each other with food and money. “If we fish, money comes. If not, we are left hungry,” he said.

After the worst maritime disaster in Sri Lanka’s history poisoned the waters near where he fishes, however, he fears even that simple life is now in dire danger. “People are scared. Even if we caught fish, they wouldn’t eat it because they think it’s poisonous,” he said.

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