Why is the Morrison government building a $600m gas power plant? – Australian politics podcast
The federal government this week confirmed it would spend up to $600m on a new gas-fired power plant in NSW’s Hunter region, despite the International Energy Agency saying there should be no new investments in coal, oil or gas.
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Climate change added $8 billion to Hurricane Sandy’s damages, study says
A new study says climate change added $8 billion to the massive costs of 2012's Superstorm Sandy Climate change-triggered sea level rise added $8 billion in damage during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, one of nation's costliest weather disasters, a new study said.
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Congo's Mount Nyiragongo volcano blows its top, sending thousands fleeing across border
The Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted Saturday night (May 22), sending thousands of people fleeing across the border into Rwanda and filling the skies with orange-red smoke.
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Hybrid renewable energy system optimum design and smart dispatch for nearly Zero Energy Ports.
Climate change mitigation has become a ports’ emergency; they endeavour to improve their energy eff
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Trials to suck carbon dioxide from the air to start across the UK.
A major £30m project will test trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal as ways of removing climate-heating emissions Climate-heating carbon dioxide will be sucked from the air using trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal in major new trials across the UK.
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Sign-on letter: Tell Canadian officials to hold Canadian company ReconAfrica accountable for their oil and gas plans near Okavango Delta
This letter is for Canada-based AND international groups to sign on to, please share widely!
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Legal bid to stop UK building Europe's biggest gas power plant fails.
Plan has been approved despite environmental objections and criticism over climate leadership. A legal challenge to the UK government’s approval of a new gas-fired power plant has failed in the court of appeal.
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Paris Reinforce: Join us for the presentation of ‘From Numbers to Insights: How to think about economic-climate modelling’ - 26/5/2021
Economic-climate models are a powerful tool for providing insight into sensible climate policy choices and how they would impact our economy. As the EU announces stricter climate targets, there are an increasing number of modelling studies published attempting to do just so.
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Opinion: Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the only corporate strategy possible.
The net-zero road map published this week by the International Energy Agency shows a way forward to a new, cleaner world in line with the Paris Agreement, but the task ahead is massive and companies need to make radical change today.
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The Big Smoke: the global emissions of the UK financial sector.
This report examines the ongoing role of the UK's private financial institutions in financing the climate and nature emergency. It demonstrates that the UK’s 'financed emissions' are extensive, likely representing one of the UK’s most significant contributions to climate change.
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Make RED III fit for 55% - EREF’s Policy Asks for reaching net-zero through: Renewables, Renewables and - Renewables
Aligning the EU’s climate targets with the Paris Agreement and the ambition to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050, requires revising existing – and designing new – ambitious policy and legal initiatives, as currently being developed under the European Green Deal.
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Green growth: the save-the-mangrove scheme reaping rewards for women in Kenya.
A community project on the Lamu archipelago trains women in preserving this vital ecosystem and provides business loans.
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Chance for extractive industries to support an inclusive and sustainable recovery
UN Secretary-General calls for sea-change in extractive industries as crucial ingredient in COVID-19 recovery, addressing inequalities and climate action New York, 25 May 2021—United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will convene lead
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Recognizing growing urgency, global leaders call for concrete commitments for clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.
Momentum builds for ambitious Energy Compacts by countries, businesses, cities to advance climate goals while improving the lives of millions who lack access to energy.
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Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions.
Translating complex climate science into language people understand has always been difficult. At various times, the aim of different climate policies has been holding average global temperature rise to 2°C or 1.5°C, or ensuring emissions peak by a particular year.
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Temporary exceedance of 1.5°C increasingly likely.
There is more than a 40% chance that the annual average global temperature in at least one of the next five years will temporarily reach 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
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Petition calls for smoking ban on all Spanish beaches.
More than 283,000 back call to rid Spain’s coastline of smoke and discarded cigarette butts.
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Jane Goodall says humanity's 'disrespect of the natural world' brought on the pandemic.
The legendary primatologist urged people to develop a new, more sustainable relationship with the natural world.
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Shell forced to slash global emissions after landmark court ruling.
Activist groups hail ‘historic win’ as Dutch court orders multinational fossil fuel company to cut CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030.
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