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BBC climate editor removed after questioning Russian delegation on Ukraine at Cop27 – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 05:39

The BBC's climate editor was removed from the Russian Federation's event at Cop27 by security staff after approaching the stage with a camera operator. 'Are you going to pay for the environmental damage you have caused in Ukraine?' asked Justin Rowlatt, before being escorted from the room by security staff

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COP27: Italy wants to achieve its renewables ramp-up in half the time

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 05:24
The newly appointed Italian minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, has declared his goal to accelerate the country's green transition in his first appearance at a climate UN summit.
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Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?

The Conversation - Wed, 2022-11-16 05:08
A new report finds tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn’t regularly tested. But here’s why this isn’t news to us. Bradley J. Moggridge, Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science, University of Canberra Cara D. Beal, Associate Professor/ Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Nina Lansbury, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought

The Conversation - Wed, 2022-11-16 05:08
The findings have big implications for how Australians prepare for extreme weather events. Wenju Cai, Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Colombia lawmakers advance carbon tax reform bill to throttle offset usage, phase in coal

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 04:45
The Colombian legislature is poised to pass into law sweeping changes to the nation’s roughly $4/tonne carbon fee as part of a historic tax reform package, with provisions to sharply curb the use of offsets in the compliance market and expand the scope of coverage to include coal.
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Panel to investigate crab and lobster deaths on north-east coast of England

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 03:56

Independent experts will consider whether dredging around freeport site in Teesside caused die-offs

The UK government is to set up an independent expert panel to investigate the cause of the mass die-offs of crabs and lobsters on the north-east coast, it has announced.

The panel will consider the impact of dredging around a freeport development in Teesside and the presence of pyridine, a chemical pollutant, among other potential causes, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

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Fear of backsliding on Glasgow pledges dominates Cop27

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 03:48

Tentative drafts are emerging but some countries appear to be seeking to water down commitments agreed last year

Fear of countries backsliding on their commitments to tackle the climate crisis dominated the Cop27 UN climate talks in Egypt on Tuesday, as the first tentative drafts started to emerge of key potential decisions.

Governments are supposed to be building on pledges made last year at Cop26 in Glasgow. These include limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, doubling the amount of financial assistance for poor countries to adapt to the impacts of extreme weather, and addressing the issue of loss and damage, which means financial assistance for countries stricken by climate disaster.

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Online spat about REDD project over-crediting may be defused by jurisdictional switch

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 03:43
A major project developer is considering ditching a site specific static methodology for a 21-year old REDD+ project in Africa that sparked an online spat last week over the prickly issue of over-crediting.
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INTERVIEW – COP27: NZ seeks to form “bespoke” bilateral partnerships to meet NDC gaps, minister says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 02:57
New Zealand will look to secure bilateral partnerships with Asia Pacific nations for the purchase carbon credits to count towards its national climate targets in a move that could see the country source as many as 100 million credits under such agreements, but its climate minister says arrangements are still in the early stages.
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COP27: Bahamas eyes 9 Mt in blue carbon sales by 2030, to seek new route to market after FTX collapse

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 02:52
The Bahamas could sell up to 9 million blue carbon credits by 2030, but the country's route to market will need to change as it has previously planned to sell units on now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
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China, Europe and US could decarbonise shipping without IMO -study

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 02:39
China, Europe and the US could decarbonise most of the shipping emissions in the world without measures from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), according to fresh analysis that points to a bypassing of the UN shipping body in taking climate action for the sector.
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Cycle power and gender rights: days eight and nine at Cop27 – in pictures

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 02:16

Activists mark Gender Day at the climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh as ministers convene to discuss finance

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Climate activists throw black liquid at Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 01:54

Climate activists in Austria have attacked a painting by Gustav Klimt, with one throwing a black, oily liquid at it and another glueing himself to the glass covering the painting. Members of Letzte Generation Österreich (Last Generation Austria) tweeted that they had targeted the 1915 painting Death and Life at the Leopold Museum in Vienna to protest against their government’s use of fossil fuels. After throwing the liquid at the artwork, which was not damaged, one activist was pushed away by a museum guard while another glued his hand to the glass over the painting

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COP27: Canada, Chile announce initiative to triple CO2 pricing coverage by 2030

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 01:52
Canada and Chile have launched a new initiative that aims to triple carbon pricing emissions coverage across the globe, the environment ministers from each country announced at a COP27 side event on Tuesday.
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Fish passes give endangered twaite shad chance to swim up Severn River and spawn

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 00:40

Return of one of one of Britain’s rarest fish confirmed after DNA found in water samples above fish passes

For nearly two centuries, one of Britain’s rarest fish has been shut out of its spawning grounds by large weirs.

But the endangered twaite shad has now returned to its historic spawning habitat on the River Severn, thanks to four new fish passes that enable the migratory fish to negotiate weirs and swim up river to lay eggs.

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Climate activists throw black liquid at Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 00:27

Pair attack Death and Life painting in Leopold Museum in protest against fossil fuel ‘death sentence’

Climate activists in Austria have attacked a painting by Gustav Klimt, with one throwing a black, oily liquid at it and another gluing himself to the glass covering the painting.

Members of Letzte Generation Österreich (Last Generation Austria) tweeted that they had targeted the 1915 painting Death and Life at the Leopold Museum in Vienna to protest against their government’s use of fossil fuels.

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COP27: China eyes Article 6 credits to boost ETS offset supply -govt advisor

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2022-11-16 00:22
China is open to using international carbon credits generated under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, predominantly from Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, to boost the supply of offsets in its national emissions trading scheme, a key carbon market advisor to the Chinese government told a side event at COP27 Tuesday.
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Corals spawn in Australia’s first offshore nursery on the Great Barrier Reef – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2022-11-16 00:00

Coral cuttings were grown on underwater frames and then planted in patches of bare reef at Fitzroy Island near Cairns. Four years later the corals have spawned for the first time and scientists hope to use the same technique to boost coral cover in other locations on the reef

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My suffragette grandmothers are regarded as heroes now – as will climate protesters | Helen Pankhurst

The Guardian - Tue, 2022-11-15 23:57

Whether or not you agree with their tactics, activists blocking roads and stopping traffic are on the right side of history

“When the anti-suffrage members of the government criticise militancy in women, it is very like beasts of prey reproaching the gentler animals who turn in desperate resistance at the point of death.” These words were spoken by Emmeline Pankhurst some 110 years ago. As the great-granddaughter of Emmeline, and the granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, I’m often asked to make comparisons between the suffragette movement and the environmental movements of today. People regularly ask me whether I endorse the tactics of climate activists such as Just Stop Oil.

The climate activists who recently threw tomato soup on a Vincent van Gogh painting might easily be regarded as gentle beasts turning to desperate resistance. The climate crisis is already deadly for many around the world: in east Africa, one person dies of climate-induced hunger every 36 seconds. My great-grandmother advised suffragettes to go to the House of Commons and refuse to leave; to break windows; to “attack the secret idol of property”. The point she was making was that within every cause there is room for people to find their own versions of activism and militancy. The choice of tactics must not divide the movement.

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