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The Region of Peel recently approved its Climate Change Master Plan (CCMP). The CCMP has 5 key outcomes, the most important for this role is Reduce GHG emissions. The master plan sets ambitious targets of reducing GHG emission by 45% by 2030 against the 2010 baseline.

Labor’s health spokesman says the country and the world have not moved quickly enough to reduce emissions

Australia needs to develop policies and structures to prepare for the health impacts of climate change because we have not moved quickly enough – domestically or internationally – to reduce emissions and mitigate the risk, Labor’s health spokesman, Chris Bowen, believes.

Bowen will use a lecture at Sydney University on Wednesday night to argue a health response to climate change would not be necessary if there was a robust international policy response to emissions. “But the world, and Australia, has failed to act with appropriate seriousness and haste, and so we will need specific policies to deal with the health impacts of climate change,” he will say.

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The director of non-governmental organisation and CO2 pricing consultancy Carbon Trust’s Mexico office will take on a new role at information provider IHS Markit, Carbon Pulse has learned.

EasyJet is the latest firm to adopt offsetting – but is it a solution to the climate crisis?

Global carbon emissions from the aviation industry are growing faster than expected, and pose a serious risk to the world’s climate efforts if left to grow unchecked. The rise of flygskam, or “flight-shame”, has spurred airlines and travel companies to offer customers the option of offsetting the carbon emissions of their flights. But not everyone is convinced that climate sins can be absolved through projects based on simple carbon accounting.

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A three-decades-long search may finally have located the hot object left behind by a famous supernova.

Children as young as 11 discovered on boats fishing illegally in Thai waters for seafood that could end up on sale in EU supermarkets

Children as young as 11 are working aboard Vietnamese vessels fishing illegally for seafood that could end up on sale in supermarkets in the EU and US, according to an investigation by the Environmental Justice Foundation.

The children were discovered on boats detained by Thai authorities for fishing illegally in Thai waters, thousands of miles from their homes.

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European carbon prices hit a fresh six-week low early on Tuesday, but rebounded amid a strong auction while energy markets were mixed.

Low-cost carrier easyJet will become the first airline to offset the fuel emissions from all of its flights, it announced Tuesday as part of its annual results.

Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Energy on Tuesday announced an offset initiative that will see it eventually buy over 1 million carbon credits annually, though the programme only covers a minor share of the company’s rapidly growing GHG emissions.

Australia’s proposal to award some offset projects credits before emission reductions have taken place could create more problems than it solves and may fail to address fundamental risks, according to market participants.

The discovery of baby crocodiles in a river in Nepal is raising hopes for the future of the gharial.

Heliogen uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy that can power heavy industry

Bill Gates is backing a new venture which aims to turn sunlight into a source of heat exceeding 1,000C that could help replace fossil fuels.

The world’s richest man is joining investors behind Heliogen, the first company to concentrate sunlight to reach temperatures that are high enough to power heavy industry without carbon emissions.

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All but one of 459 species have traits making them vulnerable to rising temperatures, study finds

The climate crisis is poised to deliver a severe blow to America’s most threatened animals, with a new study finding that almost every species considered endangered is vulnerable in some way to global heating.

Of the 459 animal species listed as endangered by the US government, researchers found that all but one, or 99.8%, have characteristics that will make it difficult for them to adapt to rising temperatures.

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The Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor says he will ask his State and Territory counterparts to agree to tougher reliability standards when they meet at the COAG Energy meeting on Friday.

Less than £2 per person was spent on trees and forestry in 2017-18, Defra figures show

Spending on trees and forestry fell by nearly £20m a year between 2015 and 2018, when a purely Conservative government had taken over from the coalition, despite pledges to plant more trees.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said £132m was spent across the UK on trees in 2017-18, down from £151m in 2014-15. The more recent total included £32m in England, with most of the rest spent in Scotland.

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People in Sydney woke up to a city shrouded in smoke on Tuesday, as bushfires rage across the region.

Sir David Attenborough says people's response to plastic pollution has been encouraging

Research shows that owners of rooftop solar come from diverse political backgrounds and substantially more likely to be politically active.

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Palaszczuk Government sinks $13.8 million into finding the minerals needed for advanced electronics and renewable technologies.

The post Queensland government backs search for “new age” minerals for renewable technologies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If the energy minister can't overcome his ideological opposition to wind and solar, or his aversion to new smart technologies, he really should get out of the way.

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