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‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 05:00:24 +0000

It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop

Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more than 12 hours, dozens of ministers representing 17 groups of countries, from the poorest on the planet to the richest, urged by the Brazilian hosts to accept a settlement cooked up the day before.

Coral reefs span borders, so must solutions: transboundary conservation in complex political environments

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 25 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00166-x

Coral reefs span borders, so must solutions: transboundary conservation in complex political environments

Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:47:54 +0000

Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground

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What do Murray Watt and climate activists have in common? | Fiona Katauskas

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:56:34 +0000

It’s all in the timing

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The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:37:13 +0000

A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are coming

More than 650 jobs at risk as scrap metals giant files for liquidation

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:32:15 +0000

Unimetals, which operates at 27 UK locations, files winding–up petition after failing to find a buyer

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More than 650 workers face the prospect of redundancy after the scrap metals group Unimetals filed for compulsory liquidation.

The owners of Unimetals Recycling (UK) filed a winding-up petition for the business on Monday, after failing to find a buyer.

The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:27 +0000

A preening brush turkey, a wise cassowary and some hungry terns are among the winning and shortlisted photos in this year’s prize. They were chosen from thousands of entries across nine categories, including the special theme of diurnal raptors. Funds raised by the competition support bird conservation programs in Australia

UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:23:50 +0000

Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens

Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show.

The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022.

‘Hunger has left its mark on me’: a Native woman reflects on her rich but food-scarce life

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:27 +0000

Hunger is part of American life. Even as a professional adult, it’s never too far from Dr Angie Morrill’s thoughts

I asked my older sister why we sang the Patty Cake song so often as children: Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can! She replied simply: “Because we were hungry.”

Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:23 +0000

Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover