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Scott Morrison's climate language has shifted – but actions speak louder than words
Analysis: The PM changed tone as soon as Joe Biden was projected likely next US president. Will a policy pivot follow?
Scott Morrison’s language about Australia adopting an emissions reduction target of net zero by 2050, and about climate action more generally, is starting to warm up. The recent shift in the prime minister’s language invites two questions: is there a pivot under way, and is the shift real?
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Surprise discovery of rare plant at Norfolk 'ghost pond'
EU Commission confirms delay to 2021 free allowance allocations
Swiss-EU ETS allowance transfer calendar for 2021 published
CP Daily: Friday November 27, 2020
EU Market: EUAs extend 2-mth high above €28 as Phase 3 supply source ebbs
The Frant: Australia still doesn't have a real climate policy. Why are we like this? – video
More than 70 countries have signed up to net-zero emissions by 2050. But not us! In the latest episode of The Frant for Guardian Australia, Jan Fran explains how we're still playing politics with climate change
Continue reading...EU carbon market extension to cars, buildings seen as “risky” in key consultation
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of the week’s wildlife pictures from around the world, including desert-dwelling sheep and a plant that has evolved to hide from humans
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Invasive quagga mussel found at Rutland Water and River Trent
Ancient 40ft-long whale skeleton discovered in Thailand
Scientists hope remains will deepen understanding of Bryde’s whale evolution
A whale skeleton thought to be up to 5,000 years old has been discovered, almost perfectly preserved, by researchers in Thailand.
The skeleton, believed to be a Bryde’s whale, was found in Samut Sakhon, west of Bangkok. Researchers have excavated 80% of the remains and have so far identified 19 complete vertebrae, five ribs, a shoulder blade and fins. The skeleton measures 12 metres (39ft), with a three-metre-long skull.
Continue reading...COMMENT: EU ETS Phase 4’s starting pistol misfires
Escaped infected Danish mink could spread Covid in wild
Scientists fear fur farm animals in wild could create ‘lasting’ Covid reservoir that could then spread back to humans
Escaped mink carrying the virus that causes Covid-19 could potentially infect Denmark’s wild animals, raising fears of a permanent Sars-CoV-2 reservoir from which new virus variants could be reintroduced to humans.
Denmark, the world’s largest exporter of mink fur, announced in early November that it would cull the country’s farmed mink after discovering a mutated version of the virus that could have jeopardised the efficacy of future vaccines.
Around 10 million mink have been killed to date. Fur industry sources expect the fur from the remaining 5 million to 7 million mink will be sold.
Shopping on Black Friday? Remember the stranded seafarers who make it possible | Nusrat Ghani and Guy Platten
With nearly 400,000 crew members trapped at sea by Covid restrictions, it’s time for retailers like Amazon to help press for key worker status
This weekend is one of the planet’s busiest shopping sprees, with an estimated £66bn to be spent in the UK alone over Black Friday and Cyber Monday, much of it online. Yet as shoppers click and wait to collect, there is a crisis at sea among the people whose work brings us these goods.
It is no exaggeration to say that without shipping the global marketplace would collapse. It is responsible for the movement of 90% of all global trade. Even in normal circumstances, more than a million seafarers labour daily on the vessels that make up the world cargo fleet, their work barely noticed by consumers. As Covid-19 has ravaged the world, they have helped keep the global economy functioning, unseen.
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