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Farmers arrive in Whitehall for protest about inheritance tax plan – UK politics live

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:47:01 +0000

Environment minister defends tax changes as farmers protests in London

Large UK retailers including Tesco, Boots, Marks & Spencer and Next have written to Rachel Reeves to say that a £7bn increase in annual costs after last month’s budget would lead to job cuts and higher prices, Mark Sweney reports.

Farmers ‘betrayed’ by ministers, says union head before London protest

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:47:43 +0000

Proposed inheritance tax changes targeted by body for agricultural industry in England and Wales

Farmers protest in Whitehall – live updates

The head of the farmers’ union has accused UK ministers of betraying the agricultural industry with changes to inheritance tax before a protest in Westminster.

Australia mistakenly included on list of countries joining US-UK civil nuclear deal, British government says

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:35:28 +0000

Albanese government denies media reports it is signing up to collaboration to share advanced nuclear technology

Cop29 live: boost to summit as G20 reaffirms transition away from fossil fuels

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:46:15 +0000

G20 communique in Rio contains key lines on climate confirming world set to transition away from fossil fuels

The UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included on a list of countries that were expected to sign up to a US-UK civil nuclear deal agreed at Cop29 on Monday, writes Adam Morton, Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor.

‘It is feasible’: climate finance won’t burden rich countries, say economists

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:00:30 +0000

Experts say mix of taxes with development bank and private funding can provide $1tn a year needed by 2030

Raising money needed to tackle the climate crisis need not be a burden on overstretched government budgets, leading economists have said.

The sums needed – approximately $1tn a year by 2030 – are achievable without disruption to the global economy, and would help to generate greener economic growth for the future.

I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:00:28 +0000

When exploring wrecked warship the London I can barely see six inches ahead, but I’ve dived 500 times to document and save the secrets of this vessel built by Oliver Cromwell

When I dive to the shipwreck of the London, a warship which was accidentally blown up in the murky waters of the Thames estuary in 1665, I dive in darkness. I can barely see six inches in front of me. And if I turn my torch off, I cannot see anything at all.

Cop29 negotiations aren’t moving fast enough. The Pacific is running out of time | Surangel Whipps Jr

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 04:24:12 +0000

Small island states must continue to be protected by special circumstances and need access to sufficient climate-based finance, Palau’s president writes

A week into Cop29 negotiations, we’re not moving fast enough – or anywhere for that matter – on some key issues.

Climate finance, or more specifically the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) to replace the current $100bn a year goal, and the work to operationalise the loss and damage fund, are key expected outcomes here in Baku.

‘Graveyard of corals’ found after extreme heat and cyclones hit northern Great Barrier Reef

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:13:34 +0000

Marine scientists say one area around Cooktown and Lizard Island had lost more than a third of its live hard coral after bleaching event

Let’s not waste another summer debating climate science – Australia’s energy transition can work for everyone | Peter Lewis

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:45:13 +0000

When the heat is on, the onus should be on the Coalition to explain why they don’t support measures to ensure their newly discovered battlers have access to rooftop solar

Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:00:15 +0000

Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries

Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”.

“We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said.