Published on 09/11/2021, 12:01am A campaigner with an infrared camera and methane monitor found significant leaks at National Grid compressor stations in eastern England By Joe Lo A sponsor of the Cop26 climate talks has been found to be leaking a particularly damaging greenhouse gas into the atmosphere from sites across England. Using a infrared camera, Clean …

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The Cop26 hosts are trying to build a coalition of countries to align public finance with a 1.5C global warming limit, the toughest goal of the Paris Agreement The UK government is working to launch a coalition of countries and financial institutions committed to end public funding for fossil fuels abroad at UN climate talks …

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At November’s UN climate talks, leaders need to deliver on finance promises, raise ambition and accelerate the clean transition What is Cop26 for? With less than three months remaining until it opens, you might think we would have a definitive answer by now. Yet according to some recent reports, we don’t. Which, if true, would be …

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The announcement took the Norwegian government and campaigners by surprise and came days before a moratorium on new palm oil concessions lifted The future of forest protection in Indonesia has been put into doubt after the government abruptly ended a decade-long funding agreement with Norway. Under the $1 billion payment-by-results deal signed in 2010, Norway agreed …

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Sponsored content: Lighting giant Signify explains how circular lighting is a regenerative approach to production, with the long term in mind Circularity focuses on maximising the reusability and longevity of materials and resources; and this includes lighting. Unlike a linear economic system, where products ultimately end their lifespan as waste due to initial design features, circularity …

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