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BBC climate editor removed after questioning Russian delegation on Ukraine at Cop27 – video
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
Continue reading...COP27: Italy wants to achieve its renewables ramp-up in half the time
Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?
Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought
Colombia lawmakers advance carbon tax reform bill to throttle offset usage, phase in coal
Panel to investigate crab and lobster deaths on north-east coast of England
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.
Continue reading...Fear of backsliding on Glasgow pledges dominates Cop27
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.
Continue reading...Online spat about REDD project over-crediting may be defused by jurisdictional switch
INTERVIEW – COP27: NZ seeks to form “bespoke” bilateral partnerships to meet NDC gaps, minister says
COP27: Bahamas eyes 9 Mt in blue carbon sales by 2030, to seek new route to market after FTX collapse
China, Europe and US could decarbonise shipping without IMO -study
Cycle power and gender rights: days eight and nine at Cop27 – in pictures
Activists mark Gender Day at the climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh as ministers convene to discuss finance
Continue reading...Climate activists throw black liquid at Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna – video
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
- Climate activists throw black liquid at Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna
- Climate protesters glue themselves to National Gallery artwork
- Just Stop Oil campaigners glue themselves to Da Vinci copy in Royal Academy
COP27: Canada, Chile announce initiative to triple CO2 pricing coverage by 2030
Fish passes give endangered twaite shad chance to swim up Severn River and spawn
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.
Continue reading...Climate activists throw black liquid at Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna
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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Corals spawn in Australia’s first offshore nursery on the Great Barrier Reef – video
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
Continue reading...My suffragette grandmothers are regarded as heroes now – as will climate protesters | Helen Pankhurst
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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