Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:00:47 +0000

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future

The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 05:00:48 +0000

This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of Brazil

Today, in the Brazilian Amazon, the Belém summit opens ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference (Cop30). I have convened world leaders in the days leading up to the conference so that we can all commit to acting with the urgency the climate crisis demands.

Watch November's 'beaver' supermoon rising over Sydney's Bondi beach – video

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:20:12 +0000

This stunning timelapse shows the 'biggest' supermoon of 2025 lighting up the sky over Sydney on Wednesday evening, shining brightly as it rose above Bondi beach. The moon is considered a supermoon when it is closer to the Earth than usual, making it look much larger. The drama is partly due to something called the moon illusion, which makes the moon appear larger when it is close to the horizon and we have other objects to gauge it against

Trump nominates ex-New Mexico lawmaker to oversee public lands

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:30:36 +0000

President names Steve Pearce to lead agency that manages a quarter-billion acres, about 10% of land in US

Donald Trump nominated a former lawmaker from New Mexico on Wednesday to oversee the management of vast public lands that are playing a central role in Republican attempts to ramp up fossil fuel production.

Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:00:37 +0000

Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating

There is still a chance for the world to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown and return to the goal of 1.5C if governments take concerted action on greenhouse gas emissions, a new assessment argues.

‘We’re leading the way’: Starmer defends plans for green economy before Cop30

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:00:34 +0000

PM defies critics calling for a slowdown as he flies to Brazil, where he may have frosty reception after opting out of tropical forest fund

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:32:04 +0000

Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William

‘We’re leading the way’: Starmer defends plans for green economy before Cop30

Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:30:23 +0000

Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data

Plans for intensive livestock “megafarms” are omitting crucial climate impacts, it can be revealed.

California man who survived 20 days in snowy wilderness says it was walk or die

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:00:23 +0000

Ron Dailey, who got lost on hunting trip in Sierra national forest, resolved to walk to safety after his food ran out

A hunter who spent nearly three weeks lost in the snowy California wilderness says he managed to get rescued after discerning “you either try to walk out or you’re going to sit here and die”.

The remarkable story of survival centers on Ron Dailey, whom authorities say went missing in the Sierra national forest in Fresno county after taking a solo hunting trip there on 13 October.

Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:00:21 +0000

Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat

Magic beans: the protein-rich superfood in a potful of top chefs’ recipes

Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are among a group of celebrity chefs and supermarkets leading a new campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.