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Campaigners say Rosebank, with a potential yield of 500m barrels, would seriously undermine legal commitment to net zero A single new oil and gas field in the North Sea would be enough to exceed the UK’s carbon budgets from its operations alone, analysis has shown, as the government considers fossil fuel expansion despite the legally

Synthesis ABSTRACT Land degradation adversely affects the well-being of approximately 3.2 billion people worldwide and results in a loss of about 10% of annual gross domestic product. Degradation dynamics are often creeping and non-linear, hence the adverse consequences are often not immediately perceived. In consequence, methods for assessing future risks of land degradation and risk

Resolution hailed as ‘win for climate justice of epic proportions’ should make it easier to hold countries accountable for failures A UN resolution was adopted on Wednesday that should make it easier to hold polluting countries legally accountable for failing to tackle the climate emergency, in a vote which was hailed as a historic victory

Publication date: July 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 209 Author(s): Sophus O.S.E. zu Ermgassen, Michal P. Drewniok, Joseph W. Bull, Christine M. Corlet Walker, Mattia Mancini, Josh Ryan-Collins, André Cabrera Serrenho

A new report highlights deepening inequality in Sydney, as the RBA gets its final major data point before next week’s rates meeting. Follow live Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian industry leaders are heralding the passing of a $15 billion manufacturing fund as an economy booster, reports

Research ABSTRACT Forest decline and degradation are particularly high in the tropics and pose a risk to those who depend on forest resources. The in-migration of smallholders to forest frontiers can fuel transitions of livelihoods and land and resource use. However, the conditions under which in-migration contributes to such transitions remain poorly understood. With this

Research ABSTRACT Effective management of ecosystem services requires understanding the biophysical relationships governing the trade-offs, as well as stakeholder preferences for the trade-offs. However, useful tools to guide the complex decision-making process are often lacking. This study demonstrates an approach that combines biophysical and economic models to identify socially preferred solutions. We demonstrate in the