Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Cop30 live: ‘Clown show’ talks run into overtime with no clarity on climate deal

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:25:44 +0000

Negotiations ran late last night, and as delegates begin to leave the outcome of the summit remains unclear

The US – by its absence not presence – has had a major impact on what appears likely to be a disappointing deal at the Cop30 climate summit. This is because the US is the only country with the power to influence Saudi Arabia, observers say.

‘Superfluous consumerism’: adult Advent calendar trend alarms green groups

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:00:36 +0000

Trend is adding to ‘waste crisis’ owing to individual packaging and potential for unwanted items, campaigners say

The trend for Advent calendars aimed at adults is “superfluous consumerism” that adds to excessive and wasteful consumption, according to environmental groups.

While once children excitedly opened a door each day to see what festive picture lay behind it, adults can now count down the days to Christmas with calendars containing everything from luxury beauty products to instant mashed potato.

Sycamore Gap tree saplings to be planted across UK

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 05:00:31 +0000

National Trust begins planting the 49 ‘trees of hope’ so the illegally felled tree can live on in a positive way

Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted across the UK, including at a pit disaster site, a town still healing from the Troubles and a place which became an international symbol of peace, protest and feminism.

Miliband urges Cop30 to find ‘creative’ routes to roadmap on phasing out fossil fuel

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:50:31 +0000

UK energy secretary says UN climate talks must find way to keep proposals alive despite significant resistance

Supporters of a global phaseout of fossil fuels must find “creative” ways to keep the proposal alive, including making it voluntary rather than binding, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said in the closing stages of the UN climate talks.

Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:48:41 +0000

President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end

Cop30 live – latest updates

Climate crisis talks look likely to stretch well into the weekend in Brazil, with countries still far apart on the crucial issues of phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon.

Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:15 +0000

Exclusive: Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party

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How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:12 +0000

Australian Marine Conservation Society’s GoodFish guide aims to showcase the most environmentally friendly seafood sources

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The 2025 Oceania photo contest winners – in pictures

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:11 +0000

Here are some of the standout images from this year’s Nature Conservancy Australia Oceania photo contest. Winners were chosen from over 3,500 entries from across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Cop30: countries still far apart as climate talks overrun – as it happened

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:53:32 +0000

Summit president André Corrêa do Lago issued plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries unable to reach compromise on scheduled final day

An informal stocktake plenary is now underway [see live feed at the top of the blog]. Here the presidency will update parties on the state of the negotiations.

My colleague Damian Carrington will be keeping across the main developments.

A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:06 +0000

Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter

For most of her life, Gorda was just an axolotl who lived in a museum in Mexico City – that is, until she became the star of the country’s favourite banknote.