Environment

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Norway pays Brazil US$ 70m for deforestation reduction in the Amazon in 2017

  

  Norway will pay Brazil US$ 70 million for reducing deforestation in the Amazon in 2017 but is concerned over a more recent surge in the destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest, according to a Norwegian government statement.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Madrid bans old petrol and diesel vehicles to combat pollution

  

  Madrid has activated an anti-pollution order that significantly restricts private vehicles in the city center, including a total ban on the most polluting cars.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  “Collapse of civilization on the horizon” because of climate change declared Sir David Attenborough

  

  The collapse of civilization and extinction of much of the natural world is “on the horizon” due to climate change, Sir David Attenborough declared at the opening day UN climate talks in Poland.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Australian drought hits wheat estimates: lowest crop in a decade

  

  Australia on Tuesday lowered its wheat production forecast by 11% to the smallest in a decade amid a crippling drought across the country’s east coast that may cut exports from the world’s fourth biggest supplier.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  France fines P&O Azura US$ 110.000 for using fuel with a high content of sulfur

  

  A court in Marseille fined an American master mariner US$ 110,000 for using fuel with a sulfur content measuring 0.18 percentage points above a disputed limit. It is the first ruling of its kind in France, and it is contrary to the French government's previous stance on sulfur content rules for cruise ships.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns environmental monitoring agencies: “the party is over”

  

  Brazil's incoming far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, took a swipe at the government's environmental monitoring agencies, warning he would not allow them to impose “fines all over the place.”

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 06:34 UTC

  UN chief welcomes G20 commitment to fight climate change

  

  UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the declaration released on Saturday at the conclusion of the 2018 G20 meeting of the world’s leading economies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which reaffirms a commitment to raise ambition in the fight against climate change.

• Sunday, December 2nd 2018 - 01:40 UTC

  UN Remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development

  

  In order to accomplish the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, United Nations consider the big trouble in relation to climate change the world is suffering. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development as an advice on the “greatest threat to human security and sustainable development and that climate change is still running faster than we are”.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Brazil withdraws its offer to host UN conference on climate change next year

  

  Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, leading environmental groups to question the government's commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  Falklands' waters micro-plastics pollution comparable to areas of UK

  

  The first study to investigate micro-plastics around Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands – two of the most remote locations in the South Atlantic Ocean – has found levels of contamination comparable with the waters around the UK.