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Santos figured out net zero roadmap ‘literally on the fly’, court hears in world-first greenwashing case

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility accuses Australian oil giant of misleading and false claims in closing arguments

Week in wildlife in pictures: a very lost penguin, cloned baby lemurs and a mystery mollusc

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot

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What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course

Cop29 live: call for summits only to be held in countries that support climate action

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:48:41 +0000

The negotiations continue with plenty of disagreement about the way forward, as we approach the halfway mark in Baku, Azerbaijan

China has powered up the world’s largest open-sea offshore solar farm, according to Electrek. Power company CHN Energy has connected the first solar units from a one gigawatt (GW) offshore solar farm – the world’s first and largest of its kind – to the grid.

Schools shuttered as smog envelops Delhi and obscures Taj Mahal

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:53:08 +0000

Primary schools ordered to cease in-person classes as air pollution deteriorates to dangerous levels in Indian capital

India’s capital, Delhi, has ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice due to worsening pollution in the sprawling megacity, while over 100 miles away the smog was so thick it obscured the Taj Mahal monument.

‘Learn how to safely catch funnel-webs’: Sydneysiders tasked with hunt for venom as spiders’ breeding season begins

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:24:38 +0000

Baby spiders collected from egg sacs via Australian Reptile Park’s yearly callout are vital to creating lifesaving antivenom

Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:11 +0000

Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report

Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and have stricter rules on fossil fuel lobbying, according to a group of influential climate policy experts.

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:11 +0000

Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds

Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts

At least 1,773 coal, oil, and gas lobbyists have been granted access to the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, a new report has found, raising concerns about the planet-heating industry’s influence on the negotiations.

New study reveals half a century of change on Britain's iconic limestone pavements

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:02:04 +0000

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The findings, which reveal large changes since the 1970s, are from the first national assessment in half a century of plants and vegetation in Britain's rare and iconic limestone pavements.

Land-use policy rethink vital to hit net zero

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:58:14 +0000

Changing how land-use subsidies are implemented would give UK taxpayers better value for money and improve chances of meeting environmental targets such as Net Zero.