Successful environmental projects benefit nature and people, study finds 14/8/2024

Restoring and protecting the world’s forests is crucial if humanity is to stop the worst effects of climate breakdown and halt the extinction of rare species. ...more

Conservationists ask Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants 14/8/2024

Conservationists petitioned Tanzania on Monday to end elephant trophy hunting in a vast wildlife reserve area that spans its common border with Kenya. ...more

China's central bank to extend low-carbon lending tool to end of 2027 13/8/2024

China's central bank will extend a programme providing financial institutions with low-cost loans intended to help companies to cut carbon emissions, the government said on Sunday. ...more

Australian fossil fuel exports ranked second only to Russia for climate damage with ‘no plan’ for reduction 13/8/2024

Australia’s coal and gas exports cause more climate damage than those from any other country bar Russia, according to a new study that argues the country is undermining a global agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. ...more

Pantanal waterway project would destroy a ‘paradise on Earth’, scientists warn 13/8/2024

Dozens of scientists are sounding the alarm that carving a commercial waterway through the world’s largest wetlands could spell the “end of an entire biome”, and leave hundreds of thousands of hectares of land to be devastated by wildfires. ...more

Startling genome discovery in butterfly project reveals impact of climate change in Europe 13/8/2024

The chalkhill blue has some surprising claims to fame. For a start, it is one of the UK’s most beautiful butterflies, as can be seen as they flutter above the grasslands of southern England in summer. ...more

China's rains and floods led to near doubling of natural disaster losses in July 13/8/2024

Extreme rainfall and severe flooding in China led to a near doubling in economic losses from natural disasters in July from a year earlier, the government said. ...more

The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi Successfully Links the Stacks Automated Monitoring System in the Industrial, Energy and Oil and Gas Sectors Across Abu Dhabi 12/8/2024

In line with Abu Dhabi Climate Change Strategy, the Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD) has launched the first project of its kind in the region to electronically link (e-link) the entire Stacks Automated Monitoring System (AMS) in the Industrial, Energy and Oil & Gas Sectors across the emirate of Abu Dhabi directly to its emissions monitoring system. The new e-linking system is designed to connect up to 500 stacks, enabling real-time data collection. ...more

‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy 12/8/2024

Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said. ...more

Excess memes and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate, researcher warns 12/8/2024

When “I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes to blow our minds, it’s unlikely that anyone worried about how much energy it would use up. ...more