Tag: Climate change

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms

  

  By Dana M Bergstrom and Shavawn Donoghue – We tend to think Antarctica is isolated and far away – biologically speaking, this is true. But the continent is busier than you probably imagine, with many national programs and tourist operators crisscrossing the globe to get there.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  EU company produces an additive that mitigates methane gas emission in dairy cattle

  

  A Netherlands company has produced an additive that mixed with the feed given to cattle helps to mitigate methane gas emissions and its impact on climate change. Allegedly it is the first product to reach the European market following its approval by the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26

  

  By Daniel Parsons and Martin Taylor (*) – The Glasgow Climate Pact urges countries to “accelerate efforts towards phasing down”, rather than “phasing out”, coal power that isn’t mitigated by carbon capture and storage.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 07:35 UTC

  “OTs are an integral part of Global Britain and benefit from a confident UK”, Liz Truss

  

  At the conclusion of a two-day meeting at the Foreign Office, the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, which brings together UK ministers and Overseas Territories leaders agreed on a joint communiqué which included the agenda of issues addressed. Previous to the JMC the Overseas Territories Association held a meeting of their Political Council.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 22:43 UTC

  Falklands' delegation participates in first JMC presential meeting since 2018

  

  Falklands had a most busy week in London with ministerial meetings, contacts, speeches, addressing an agenda full of issues in different fields most of them of interest for the Islands and shared with colleagues from the Association of Overseas Territories.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 20:26 UTC

  “Climate change threatening the very survival of BOTs”, Prince William

  

  The highlight of this year's Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, meeting between British Overseas Territories leaders and UK cabinet ministers was a speech by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, referred to climate change and the role BOTs play “on the front line”.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Mixed feelings after Glasgow's COP26 final document

  

  One day after closing the UN's COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson highlighted one historical fact: coal has been sentenced to death as a source of energy over time.

• Saturday, November 13th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Mercosur agrees on a negotiating group to deal with climate change

  

  Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay Friday have announced in Glasgow that they had agreed on the need to create a negotiating group to tackle climate change.

• Saturday, November 13th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Glasgow's Climate Summit needs another day to agree on closing statement

  

  Glasgow's COP26 Climate Summit Friday extended its closure as no consensus could be reached on the event's final day, it was reported.