Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Greens drop climate trigger demand in attempt to restart Nature Positive talks with Labor

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:01:09 +0000

Minor party’s offer, which includes ban on native-forest logging, represents its second concession on stalled legislation in less than a week

Countries must set aside differences and agree climate finance deal, says German minister

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:56:01 +0000

Jochen Flasbarth called on Cop29 delegates to press on as world faces increasing crises and drop in solidarity

Governments meeting to forge a global settlement on climate finance must get over their differences this week and come to a deal – because if talks carry on until next year they stand little chance with Donald Trump in the White House, the German development minister has said.

Farmers in England and Wales feel betrayed by inheritance tax changes, says NFU

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:53:43 +0000

Union leader says anger is unprecedented, but does not condone any plan to stop food reaching supermarkets

The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said that farmers in England and Wales feel “betrayed” by changes to inheritance tax rules, while saying his organisation does not condone mooted plans to stop food reaching supermarket shelves.

How a fatal bear attack led an Italian commune to rally against rewilding

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:34:58 +0000

Brown bears, introduced into Trentino province 20 years ago, have begun to clash with the local human population

Franca Gherardini used to cherish the sublime views from her home in Caldes, a village surrounded by forests on the slopes of the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy’s Trentino province.

But now she tries to shut out the scene as much as possible, rolling down the window canopy in the morning to avoid looking towards the area where her son, Andrea Papi, 26, was killed by a bear.

The Observer view: the Cop summit is foundering, we need urgent action not more hot air

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:35:16 +0000

The grim negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, have shown the need for reform of the UN annual global climate talks

‘Global emissions continue to increase, carbon sinks are being degraded and we can no longer exclude the possibility of surpassing 2.9C of warming by 2100.” It is a bleak assessment of our planet’s future and could have been made by just about any environmental organisation on Earth.

How winter makes recycling harder with 40% jump in contamination

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:00:05 +0000

New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to March

Plastic bottles are reviled for polluting the oceans, leaching chemicals into drinks and being a source of microplastics in the human body.

I’m finally into ‘prepping’ and ready for the apocalypse | Eva Wiseman

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:00:04 +0000

Piles of loo paper, a years worth of tinned good and snake-proof boots. No wonder prepping has become a lifestyle choice

Prepping – I’m coming round to it. I’ve had Prepare, the old government website that Oliver Dowden launched this spring, open on my laptop in a quivering tab for a while now, and this week I’ve been dipping in every now and then to remind myself of “how to prepare for an emergency”. How many bottles of water we may need, tweezers, a sage reminder about the fact of tinned meat.

Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 07:00:03 +0000

Prices and rents will fall under Rachel Reeves’ plans, enabling a younger generation with new ideas to enter the field

Australia will detail its 2035 emission targets ‘sometime next year’, Anthony Albanese says

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 04:15:33 +0000

‘You not only know what we’re going to do but how we’re going to get there,’ PM tells voters

Anthony Albanese ‘very confident’ Australian exporters won’t be slugged with heavy US trade tariffs

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 02:25:29 +0000

PM seeks to reassure Australians about the fate of their businesses under US Trump administration