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The Australian port of Gladstone is ideally placed for exporting to Asia and aims to become the world's biggest exporter of coal. But at what price? It's a development that could threaten the future of the nearby Great Barrier Reef, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Australia's new prime minister Anthony Albanese says he has written to the United Nations to raise the country's 2030 emissions reduction target to 43 percent.
After three days of talks, G7 Ministers made a bid to tackle global warming with a number of pledges which will be presented to leaders next month at the G7 summit in Elmau, Germany - moves which have been largely welcomed by climate activists.
Coal mining has long polluted the natural environment, with devastating consequences. But today, could it be a source of renewable energy? Down to Earth travels to the UK where disused, flooded coal mines are now reservoirs of geothermal energy.
Converting open-cast coal sites would significantly lower energy costs, which are surging due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. View on euronews
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