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Prometheus Materials uses algae-based cement to make masonry blocks

10 Jun 2022

Colorado-based Prometheus Materials has developed masonry blocks from a low-carbon cement-like material grown from micro-algae.

Carbon and health taxes on food can contribute to net-zero targets and improve quality of diets

10 Jun 2022

Combined carbon and health taxes on food products could significantly contribute to net-zero targets, while improving the quality of diets, a major new study shows.

Rebooting China’s carbon credits: What will 2022 bring?

10 Jun 2022

Carbon market players are watching closely to see how China’s version of carbon credits, the China Certified Emission Reductions (CCER) scheme, will be rebooted.

On the road to COP27: Climate negotiations in Bonn

10 Jun 2022

COP27 will take place in Egypt this November. Some 4000 delegates are currently meeting in Bonn to prepare the conference. What are the intersessional negotiations? What is on the agenda? What role does the UN city Bonn play?

US landfills are getting a second life as solar farms

9 Jun 2022

When landfills get capped and grassed over, they have the appearance of lush, rolling hills. Despite their green appearance, however, these sites are known as “brownfields”—a term for an environmentally hazardous site without a promising future. Indeed, landfills are typically unsuitable for development because the contents below the surface are both contaminated and physically unstable.

Canada unveils carbon emissions offset market

9 Jun 2022

Canada unveiled Wednesday a national carbon emissions market to help it meet its climate goals by allowing cities, farmers and others to sell credits for CO2 reductions to heavier polluters.

Gas industry regulator sued by Tiwi Islands traditional owners over Barossa gas project approvals

9 Jun 2022

First Nations traditional owners have launched a Federal Court challenge to Santos’ plans to drill for gas off the coast of the Northern Territory, arguing approvals granted to the Barossa project are invalid because the oil and gas giant never consulted with the group.

Using Indigenous knowledge and Western science to address climate change impacts

9 Jun 2022

Traditional Owners in Australia are the creators of millennia worth of traditional ecological knowledge—an understanding of how to live amid changing environmental conditions. Seasonal calendars are one of the forms of this knowledge best known by non-Indigenous Australians. But as the climate changes, these calendars are being disrupted.

Alok Sharma in running to be UN’s global climate chief

9 Jun 2022

Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who led last year’s Cop26 climate summit, is in the running to be the UN’s global climate chief, at a crucial time for international action on greenhouse gas emissions.

Key climate proposals fail to pass European Parliament

9 Jun 2022

Key pieces of the EU's climate legislation failed to pass the European Parliament Wednesday.

Researchers push for carbon credit payments for Australian farmers who fence their dams

8 Jun 2022

Scientists are lobbying for farmers to be financially rewarded in the form of carbon credits for cleaning up their dams.

“Limited time:” World will lock in 1.5°C warming by 2025 without big emissions cuts

8 Jun 2022

The world faces a greater than 50 per cent chance of locking in global warming of more than 1.5°C unless greenhouse gas emissions can be dramatically reduced before 2025, new research suggests.

Floating solar power could help fight climate change

8 Jun 2022

Solar panels need to be deployed over vast areas worldwide to decarbonize electricity. By 2050, the United States might need up to 61,000 square kilometres of solar panels — an area larger than the Netherlands1. Land-scarce nations such as Japan and South Korea might have to devote 5% of their land to solar farms.

Feedback loops: How the ‘greening’ of the Alps could lead to more warming

8 Jun 2022

It seems like every year a report is released documenting the scale of snow or ice loss in the Arctic. But, what about the climate significance of rising temperatures in snowy regions nowhere near the Poles? A recent study from researchers at University of Lausanne and the University of Basel has explored this exact question as it pertains to the European Alps.

Global cities becoming cycle friendly after "seismic shift" during pandemic

8 Jun 2022

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing a rethink of our urban centres, Dezeen spoke to experts about how municipalities around the world are striving to become "magical" cycling cities.

Singapore's dengue 'emergency' is a climate change omen for the world

8 Jun 2022

Singapore says it is facing a dengue "emergency" as it grapples with an outbreak of the seasonal disease that has come unusually early this year.

Bonn climate conference: World is "cooked" if we carry on with coal: US

7 Jun 2022

The US envoy on climate change John Kerry has warned that the war in Ukraine must not be used as an excuse to prolong global reliance on coal.

Temasek commits US$3.6 billion to launch climate-focused investment platform

7 Jun 2022

Singapore's state-owned investor Temasek said on Monday it would invest an initial amount of S$5 billion (US$3.64 billion) to establish an investment platform GenZero, in a step towards driving its net-zero emission targets.

Russia's war is the end of climate policy as we know it: Ted Nordhaus

7 Jun 2022

Four days after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest assessment of the impacts of global warming. Leading media outlets did their best to pick out the most dire scenarios and findings from the report. But the outbreak of the first major European war since 1945 kept the report off the front page or, at the very least, below the fold.

Carbon pricing on the agenda at Marine Environment Protection Committe this week

7 Jun 2022

This week sees the 78th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a meeting that is likely to bring shipping closer to a global carbon levy.

$1m community battery unveiled in Melbourne in move towards more renewable energy

7 Jun 2022

A battery the size of four fridges installed in Melbourne's inner north is expected to provide solar power to about 200 homes in a push to get more renewable energy into the network.

Can Africa grow without fossil fuels

7 Jun 2022

As the developed world demands emissions cuts, the continent’s leaders are asking whether it is possible to industrialize on green energy alone.

“Golden age of renewables” hailed at official launch of Australia’s biggest wind project

3 Jun 2022

Spanish energy giant Acciona Energía has hailed a “golden age of renewables” at the official launch event for the start of construction at Australia’s biggest wind farm to date – the 1.026GW MacIntyre project in Queensland.

L.A. is banning most gas appliances in new homes

3 Jun 2022

Citing the climate crisis, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to ban most gas appliances in new construction, a policy that’s expected to result in new homes and businesses coming equipped with electric stoves, clothes dryers, water heaters and furnaces.

Urgent and additional measures are needed if Ireland is to meet the climate targets it has set for itself

3 Jun 2022

Urgent and additional measures are needed if Ireland is to meet the climate targets it has set for itself, the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said in a newly released report.

Carbon offsets may ease your flight guilt, but they aren’t saving the planet

3 Jun 2022

Book a flight and you’ll usually get the option to pay to offset your carbon emissions. In essence, your contribution funds tree planting and other projects intended to counterbalance the carbon you emit.

Munich Re starts carbon removal venture

3 Jun 2022

Munich Re has announced the launch of TreeTrust, a corporate venture that brokers and structures high-quality afforestation projects for carbon removal.

What is black carbon, and what does it mean for climate change?

3 Jun 2022

Antarctica, the vast and frozen continent that holds much of the world’s freshwater, appears to the imagination as an unchanging giant. Indeed, most of this remote territory remains free of human habitation and landscape changes.

Anthony Albanese to create climate super-department in bureaucratic shake-up

2 Jun 2022

Anthony Albanese will create a new mega-department of climate change, energy, environment and water to drive the new Labor government’s policy agenda.

Deutsche Bank raided in 'greenwashing' probe

2 Jun 2022

Prosecutors in Frankfurt raided the offices of both Deutsche Bank and its asset management subsidiary DWS on Tuesday as part of an investigation into so-called "greenwashing."

Hyundai accused of ‘greenwash’ after u-turn on pledge to use only clean energy

2 Jun 2022

Hyundai has come under fire for announcing a plan to build a natural gas-fired power station soon after pledging to use only renewable energy.

Big tobacco’s big climate impact

2 Jun 2022

New data released by the World Health Organization point to the tobacco industry’s impact on the climate and call for more accountability in the industry.

The US has fallen way behind on climate goals

1 Jun 2022

The US is doing a pretty horrible job of following through on promises it’s made to tackle climate change, according to two separate new studies.

EU spending on climate action ‘overstated’ by €72bn, auditors say

1 Jun 2022

Spending on climate action in the EU’s 2014-2020 budget was “not as high as reported” in official documents, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said in a report published on Monday (30 May).

Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says

1 Jun 2022

It’s hard not to love trees. They provide us with shade during the scorching heat of summer, help clean the air and water, and improve our physical and mental well-being. Now, a recent study has found that boosting urban greenery — including trees, shrubs, and other plants — could also save tens of thousands of lives in cities across the USA.

Is this the World’s most eco-friendly landfill?

1 Jun 2022

Once-endangered Pinzgau goats are among the many animals to flourish on Vienna’s “trash mountain,” which heats roughly one-fifth of the city’s homes.

China’s climate change Pacific reset

31 May 2022

By Jeremy Rose | Last month saw the opening of the China-Pacific Island Countries Climate Action Cooperation Centre in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. It’s opening, perhaps not surprisingly, barely rated a mention in the New Zealand and Australian media.

China’s CO2 emissions see longest sustained drop in a decade

31 May 2022

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by an estimated 1.4% in the first three months of 2022, making it the third quarter in a row of falling emissions.

G7 ministers declare 2035 clean grid target, postpone decisions on climate finance

31 May 2022

The Group of Seven western industrialized countries set a 2035 deadline to decarbonize electricity generation, promised to end international public financing of fossil fuels this year, cited Russia’s war in Ukraine as a catalyst for a faster fossil phaseout, but left themselves a long list of agenda items on climate finance as they tied up a marathon series of ministerial meetings in Germany last week.

Climate breakdown threatens economic breakdown

31 May 2022

Climate breakdown impacts could cause damage to the UK equivalent to cutting the size of the economy by at least 7.4 percent by the end of this century, unless there are stronger reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change puts agrivoltaic projects in Northern Africa in the spotlight

31 May 2022

As food and energy security emerge as top priorities in several regions, an innovative use of existing technologies might help serve both: Agrivoltaic projects allow energy production and agricultural activity on the same land, potentially increasing farming productivity.

Watchdogs tackle the murky world of greenwash

31 May 2022

From dubious claims about bamboo-based products to climate funds that are not quite what they seem, regulators have been increasing their scrutiny of corporate claims to be green.

‘We are in danger now’: Vanuatu declares climate emergency

30 May 2022

Vanuatu’s parliament has declared a climate emergency with the low-lying island nation’s prime minister flagging a $1.2bn cost to cushion global warming’s impacts on his tiny Pacific country.

Climate change effect on Peruvian glaciers debated in German court

30 May 2022

German judges and experts have arrived at the edge of a melting glacier high up in the Peruvian Andes to examine a complaint made by a local farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of threatening his home by contributing to global warming.

How mass shootings, ecofascism and climate change got tied together

30 May 2022

Two recent mass shootings in communities of color are renewing fears among environmental groups and climate activists that a growing number of young men are adopting racist right-wing ideologies to explain the worsening climate crisis and justify extreme violence.

Departing consultant contrasts shell’s safety commitment with ‘complete greenwash’ on climate

30 May 2022

The senior safety consultant whose high-profile resignation from Shell spotlighted the company’s “extreme harms” to the environment is drawing a sharp contrast between the colossal fossil’s enduring interest in safer work processes and its failure to deliver on its highly-touted emissions reduction plan

New challenges face the Bonn climate summit

30 May 2022

When the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meets in the German city of Bonn in early June to review worldwide progress in the battle against this growing threat, it will be hard pressed to find any advance at all.

U.S. proposal could change the way oil companies report their carbon footprint

30 May 2022

The officially disclosed carbon footprints of Canada's largest oil companies could balloon in size if tough new climate rules proposed earlier this year by a U.S. regulator come into effect.

Climate change was the defining issue of Australian election. So what will more ambitious action look like?

27 May 2022

Despite Labor and the Coalition being conspicuously quiet about climate change during the campaign, it was in many ways the defining issue of this historic change of government.

Climate burns the right

27 May 2022

Climate change is heating up elections — and the right is getting torched

Australia
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‘Off like a rocket’: Battery rebate prompts massive rooftop power surge

Thu 28 Aug 2025

The federal government’s home battery rebate has proved so popular it is adding the equivalent to South Australia’s big battery to the grid every 8.7 days.

United States
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Ørsted shares at all-time low after Trump halts work on US windfarm

Wed 27 Aug 2025

Shares drop by 17% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% complete.

China
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China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027

Wed 27 Aug 2025

China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027.

Europe
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Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers.

United Kingdom
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What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?

20 Aug 2025

When climate change undermines the climate plan.

Canada
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

Asia
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Singapore seals carbon credit deal with Thailand, its first South-east Asian partner

Thu 28 Aug 2025

The agreement, the eighth for Singapore, helps both nations meet climate targets under the Paris Agreement, directing finance to Thai projects.

Pacific
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say

13 Aug 2025

Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'

22 Aug 2025

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.

Africa
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Is Africa about to see the solar energy boom it needs?

Thu 28 Aug 2025

African countries imported a record number of solar panels in the past year, which could be the beginning of a green energy boom on the continent.

South America
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Lessons from the Incas: How llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change

Thu 28 Aug 2025

New research suggests solutions may lie in environmental knowledge that the Incas and their predecessors developed centuries ago.

United Nations
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Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30

20 Aug 2025

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.

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