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Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:40:14 +0000

Nearly 40% of food sector lobbyists have travelled to Baku as part of countries’ delegations

Cop29 climate summit – live updates

Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial agriculture are attending the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, analysis shows.

Construction is the world’s biggest polluter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it | Simon Jenkins

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:33 +0000

Refurbishing an old building is subject to full VAT, but it isn’t if you build a polluting new one. The government’s priorities are all wrong

You can damn oil companies, abuse cars, insult nimbys, kill cows, befoul art galleries. But you must never, ever criticise the worst offender of all. The construction industry is sacred to both the left and the right. It may be the world’s greatest polluter, but it is not to be criticised. It is the elephant in the global-heating room.

Environment secretary tells farmers to blame Tories if they feel betrayed amid protests in London – UK politics live

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

Steve Reed defends imposing inheritance tax on some farms and blames state of finances under Conservatives

In an interview with the BBC, Steve Reed, the environment secretary, defended imposing inheritance tax on some farms when Labour said in opposition that it was not planning to do that. Asked why the government changed its mind, he replied:

Farmers ‘betrayed’ by ministers, says NFU as it holds 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

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