Breaking Waves: Ocean News

NSW government bid to prevent Rising Tide protest in Newcastle harbour invalid, court finds

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:29:33 +0000

Four-day exclusion zone an improper use of Marine Safety Act, judge rules, despite ‘skilful’ submission from transport minister Jo Haylen

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The New South Wales supreme court has set aside a Minns government decision to cut off access to Newcastle harbour to try to prevent a four-day climate protest.

Cop29 live: tense day predicted as negotiators mull over new draft texts

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:49 +0000

Stakes high as officials discuss summit’s key question of how much rich countries should pay for developing nations to cope with climate crisis and decarbonize their economies

In response to the latest text on climate finance, Laurie van der Burg, Oil Change International Global Public Finance Manager, said it was “a mixed bag with good, bad and ugly options.”

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:42 +0000

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind

Last summer, the western Arctic was uncomfortably hot. Smoke from Canada’s wildfires hung thick in the air, and swarms of mosquitoes searched for exposed skin. It was a maddening combination that left researchers on Qikiqtaruk, an island off the north coast of the Yukon, desperate for relief.

Call for east of England coast trail to address access-to-nature gap

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:00:38 +0000

Exclusive: Trail would help region with few areas where people can walk in countryside, report says

A new trail along the east coast of England should be created, a Tory thinktank has said, because farmland is preventing those who live there from having access to nature.

Effects of stock rebuilding – A computable general equilibrium analysis for a mackerel fishery in Korea

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 21 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00092-4

Effects of stock rebuilding – A computable general equilibrium analysis for a mackerel fishery in Korea

A bomb cyclone looms over California and Pacific north-west – but what is it?

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:04:58 +0000

Powerful storm is predicted to be strongest region has seen this season, causing ‘life-threatening’ conditions

A set of powerful storms that could rank among the strongest in decades will slam British Columbia, the pacific north-west, and northern California this week, with torrents of rain, inches of snow in high altitudes and damaging winds. The region is bracing for widespread power outages and flash flooding, with extreme rainfall that could linger until the weekend.

Australia and Turkey in standoff to be host of crucial 2026 climate talks

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:14:40 +0000

As Cop29 in Azerbaijan reaches final stages, countries try to shore up support for conference where question of limiting global heating will be key

Australia is locked in a standoff with Turkey over which will host vital UN climate talks in 2026, where the question of whether the world can limit global heating in line with scientific advice is likely to be decided.

Australia’s government wants to host the summit in partnership with Pacific nations, which are among the countries most threatened by climate breakdown.

Cop 29: Ukraine and Palestinian delegates warn of environmental impact of war – video

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:41:29 +0000

Ukraine's environmental protection minister, Svitlana Grynchuk, and the Palestinian chair for the environmental quality authority, Nisreen Tamimi, raised the alarm on the ecological impact of war in their countries and beyond. Grynchuk said Russia's 'unlawful reporting' of its carbon emissions on Ukrainian territory was undermining the integrity of the Paris agreement. Tamimi said the rebuilding effort in Gaza would release an estimated 30m tonnes of carbon dioxide

Milei plan to privatise Argentina river sparks fears among local communities

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:06:43 +0000

Communities on Paraná River fear privatisation of waterway operations will destroy way of life

River communities in Argentina fear that Javier Milei’s plans to privatise operations on a key shipping route could lead to environmental damage and destroy their way of life.

BlackRock accused of contributing to climate and human rights abuses

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:00:19 +0000

OECD complaint alleges top firm has increased investments in companies implicated in environmental devastation

BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset management company, faces a complaint at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for allegedly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses around the world through its investments in agribusiness.