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We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight | Ed Miliband

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:57:20 +0000

For all its flaws, the Brazil conference underlined the wish by a global majority for clean energy and climate action – and the UK will keep leading the way

Ed Miliband is the secretary of state for energy security and net zero

UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:46:36 +0000

Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief

The world is not winning the fight against the climate crisis but it is still in that fight, the UN climate chief has said in Belém, Brazil, after a bitterly contested Cop30 reached a deal.

Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:00:16 +0000

The government has offered to make changes to the bill to both the Greens and the Liberals hoping to reach a deal on legislation that can pass the Senate

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‘We’ve got to find answers’: Corby families affected by cancer searching for truth about toxic waste sites

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:04 +0000

Alison Gaffney believes her son’s rare leukaemia was caused by dumped toxic waste from the town’s steelworks

Alison Gaffney and Andy Hinde received the devastating news that their 17-month-old son, Fraser, had a rare type of leukaemia in 2018.

Two years of gruelling treatment followed, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, before a stem cell transplant. Fraser, then aged three, made a “miraculous recovery” from the surgery, before doctors declared the cancer in remission.

How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:03 +0000

Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade

In the next few years, spades could be in the ground for a city made of wood, in the middle of the largest new nature reserve created in England in decades, with four-bedroom homes on sale for £350,000.

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:41:02 +0000

Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:50:06 +0000

Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

The world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown.

Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries.

The five great forests that keep North America’s birds alive

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:35:04 +0000

Migratory birds that fill North American forests with spring songs depend on Central America’s Five Great Forests far more than most people realize. New research shows these tropical strongholds shelter enormous shares of species like Wood Thrushes, Cerulean Warblers, and Golden-winged Warblers—many of which are rapidly declining. Yet these forests are disappearing at an alarming pace due to illegal cattle ranching, placing both birds and local communities at risk.

Fury, confusion and gratitude as climate deal reached in Belém – as it happened

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

After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30

We have some texts, but we do not have the big one yet (the global mutirão decision).

‘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.