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Former soldier is transforming his land on Bodmin Moor with tree planting and natural regeneration

Tripling Britain’s temperate rainforest is the goal of a new charity founded by a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who found solace in this unique and biodiverse habitat.

The Thousand Year Trust is being launched this week by Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after three tours of Afghanistan and is now transforming his 120-hectare (300 acre) hill farm on Bodmin Moor into the largest rainforest restoration project in England and Wales.

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The UK has become the latest government to support Brazil’s Amazon Fund, designed to back REDD+ projects that protect the nation’s forests as a key pillar to global action on climate change and biodiversity protection.   

Additional coal power plant build will be around 50% lower than what is in the global capacity pipeline as projects will face cancellation due to policy changes and less finance, but new plants must only be allowed to have a limited lifespan if there is to be alignment with a 1.5C pathway, research released on Monday has found.

Changes to the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) are long overdue, but Labor’s modest attempt at reform represents a missed opportunity. Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Following Canada’s lead, the US Inflation Reduction Act supports First Nations as equity owners of major energy projects. Australia has an opportunity right now to get the settings rights.

The post How First Nations can help keep Australia in the global clean energy race appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany outlines plan to add 150GW of solar by 2030, including agri and floating PV. Meanwhile, gas use slumps by nearly one quarter in a year.

The post Germany unveils plans to add 150GW of solar by 2030, as gas use slumps appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of the world's largest cement makers has inked a deal with a major forestry group in China to secure millions of carbon credits by the end of this decade to realise its low-carbon transition.

Climate change is bringing heightened droughts, heat stress and floods. For our fruit trees, that means tougher conditions. To prepare means mining their genomes to hunt for resilience. Rajeev Varshney, Professor, Murdoch University Abhishek Bohra, Senior research fellow, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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This newly created Project Manager position will bring expert project management skills to manage the execution of large-scale blue carbon research projects with industry and government partners.

The new city bears a colonial name and there are questions about locating it in the hottest part of Sydney, but we are also seeing all 3 tiers of government work together in an innovative way. Tooran Alizadeh, Associate Professor in Urbanism and Infrastructure, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney Rebecca Clements, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Hornsdale big battery lands new contract for fast frequency response, as wind gains boost quarterly revenue and a solar farm takes a break in negative prices.

The post Hornsdale battery lands new contract, as wind farms fan jump in Neoen revenue appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gas companies have long been gaming the resources rent system, but copying the Norwegian scheme would have vast benefits.

The post Labor’s timid fossil rent tax should be revamped into a Norway-like wealth fund appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Indonesia will launch its carbon exchange in June, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry said in a position paper, clarifying the details of a closed-meeting on the country’s emerging carbon market last week.

Rooftop solar growth hit a 12 month low in April, according to new data from SunWiz, with total installations for the month slumping 23% compared to March.

The post Rooftop solar slumps in April, but PV system sizes just keep getting bigger appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland dominates the large scale solar rankings in April, while the best performing wind assets were spread around the country.

The post Graph of the Day: Top 20 wind and solar assets in April appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewable energy curtailment isn't going away yet grid infrastructure upgrades are years off, so batteries acting as "virtual lines" could be the answer.

The post Big batteries as “virtual power lines” could be quick solution to unleash wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Next will focus on latest renewables and energy management technologies and solutions, from solar, energy storage and EV charging to energy monitoring software.

The post Registrations open for Energy Next, co-located with Australian Clean Energy Summit in July appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the race to a renewable grid, the household and the energy decisions made there often get overlooked. This needs to change – and fast.

The post We need 100 million new electric machines, and we’ve got 17 budgets to get it right appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The investment in PEP's latest fund is designed to target hard-to-decarbonise infrastructure companies.

The post CEFC sinks $80m into push for private infrastructure to decarbonise appeared first on RenewEconomy.