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Energy experts believe weaning fossil-fuel industries off the rebate would push heavy industry towards using renewables Weaning fossil-fuel industries off diesel fuel rebates could save taxpayers $7.8bn a year, a move energy experts say would accelerate heavy industry’s pivot towards using renewables. Winding back old schemes like the diesel excise rebate was the next best

Publication date: September 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 187 Author(s): Yingkai Fang, Frank Asche

The European continent contains substantial areas of semi-natural habitats, mostly grasslands, which are among the most endangered habitats in Europe. Their continued existence depends on some form of human activity, for either production or conservation purposes, or both. We examined the share of semi-natural grasslands within the general grassland areas in boreal Europe. We reviewed

World faces ‘abrupt jump’ in pace of ice loss around 2060 unless emissions reduced to meet Paris agreement goals, study warns The current pace of global heating risks unleashing “rapid and unstoppable” sea level rise from the melting of Antarctica’s vast ice sheet, a new research paper has warned. Unless planet-heating emissions are swiftly reduced

To mark the end of his time as an Independent Director at Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, John was interviewed by James Anderson, the joint manager of Scottish Mortgage, about his thoughts on risk and uncertainty in investment. You can read the interview here. The post Rethinking Risk appeared first on John Kay.

Invasive alien species are a serious threat to freshwater ecosystems and overall biodiversity. Although invasive alien species management in the form of environmental governance has often been practiced under an adaptive governance scheme, prevailing theoretical and practical difficulties must be solved to enhance policy effectiveness and outcomes. Our objective was to clarify how it is

National agency will fund projects such as bushfire and cyclone-proofing houses and building levees to try and control floods The Morrison government will use next week’s budget to establish a national recovery and resilience agency and create a new climate service to help manage the risk of natural disasters. The government will allocate $600m to