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Carbon-negative, climate-resilient home unveiled in the Bahamas

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A building described as the world’s first carbon-negative ‘Home for the World’ has been showcased in Nassau, Bahamas, by Partanna Global, a developer of sustainable building materials. “Partanna’s technology forms chemical compounds that interact with and capture atmospheric CO2.” home will actively remove and avoid 182.6

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Blenheim Estate project aims to boost reforestation effectiveness

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Factors including a European shortage of available seeds and tree-stock, changing climate, changing soil conditions and low seedling survival rates are negatively impacting reforestation efforts at historical estates like Blenheim.

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Ocean change is exacerbating the climate crisis

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Pointing to the need for an Earthscape approach to decision making, the paper identifies key ways in which the ocean both mitigates climate change by absorbing excess heat and carbon from the atmosphere and aggravates it, failure in ocean systems exacerbating extreme weather, shifting ocean currents and reducing its ability to absorb carbon.

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Trial demonstrates restarting electricity network entirely from renewables

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Scott Mathieson, Network Planning and Regulation Director at SP Energy Networks, said: “The increasingly complex needs of our energy system, coupled with the significant increase in both demand for green electricity and generation our networks need to accommodate, means it is crucial we ensure its continued security and resilience.

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Manifesto outlines energy from waste industry opporunities

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However, the sector has overwhelmingly proved its resilience. This will be key to breaking down barriers, such as negative perceptions of the technologies, and should enable more new projects to gain traction if community stakeholders are on-side.”. As with most sectors, the pandemic has impacted energy from waste businesses.

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Sweden and Austria close their last coal plants

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. “With Sweden going coal-free in the same week as Austria, the downward trajectory of coal in Europe is clear,” Kathrin Gutmann, campaign director for Europe Beyond Coal, told PV Magazine. based think-tank Carbon Tracker show that 40% of EU coal plants ran at a loss in 2017. The plant opened in 1989.

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Climate change set to devastate regional fisheries and cause reef tourism revenue losses of over 90%

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It emphasises the urgency of action to curb global carbon emissions, coupled with an adaptive approach to the management of our ocean resources in order to tackle an expected rise in socioeconomic inequities. Such a response would not only improve resilience and future-proof these vital industries, but could also improve profits.