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Look at the farmers’ protest, and then ask yourself: how will we ever make tax fairer amid such grumbling? | Polly Toynbee

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Labour inherited a dire situation that needed desperate change – but powerful lobbies make any tax reform near-impossible

Week in wildlife in pictures: a naughty weasel, guard bees and a Sopranos bear

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

UAE urges countries to honour fossil fuels vow amid Cop29 impasse

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Petrostate’s rebuke comes as Saudi Arabia and allies try to derail transition promise made at climate talks last year

Cop29 climate summit – live updates

The world must stand behind a historic resolution made last year to “transition away from fossil fuels”, the United Arab Emirates has said, in a powerful intervention into a damaging row over climate action.

Cop 29 live: Poor countries may have to compromise on climate funding, says former UN envoy

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:20:41 +0000

Negotiations continue amid disputes over climate finance goals and previous commitments on transitioning from fossil fuels

A new text of the Cop29 deal has yet to emerge, but civil society activists have not given up hope, reports Damian Carrington, Guardian environment editor.

Hilda Nakabuye, 27, from Fridays for Future campaign group in Uganda, said:

Friday briefing: The pressure is on at Cop29 to fill in the blanks in the climate finance deal

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:57:00 +0000

In today’s newsletter: After two weeks of fraught negotiations, the draft text still contains an ‘X’ in place of a number. Is consensus on a trillion-dollar funding target for developing nations possible?

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Holding a grudge – is it a petty character flaw or a desire for justice in an unjust world? | First Dog on the Moon

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NSW government passes bill to repair ‘broken’ biodiversity offset scheme

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:45:23 +0000

Reforms include public registers to track how developers are meeting their commitments and avoiding damaging endangered ecosystems

Now is the time to unplug and reset. Next year we enter a more dangerous world – but for now I need the silence of nature | Paul Daley

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:46:47 +0000

The return of Trump demands extreme watchfulness. But effective vigilance also requires energy and strength, mental and emotional recharge and balance

A long walk in the mountains last weekend brought sudden perspective to just how heavily the shoutiness and anger was weighing.

Greens say leaked pokies reform report ‘a huge concern’ – as it happened

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Heatwave conditions are building over parts of Victoria and New South Wales today.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, much of Victoria will experience heatwave conditions, with maximum temperatures in the mid to high 30s.

Poor nations may have to downgrade climate cash demands, ex-UN envoy says

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:04:13 +0000

Rich country budgets are stretched amid inflation, Covid and Ukraine war, Mary Robinson tells Cop29

Poor countries may have to compromise on demands for cash to tackle global heating, a former UN climate envoy has said, as UN talks entered their final hours in deadlock.

In comments that are likely to disappoint poorer countries at the Cop29 summit, Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and twice a UN climate envoy, said rich country budgets were stretched amid inflation, Covid and conflicts including Russia’s war in Ukraine.