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03 Sep 2024

MarineNews

A new report from McKinsey & Company reveals the urgent need to scale up decarbonisation technologies to meet global climate targets, particularly in Europe and the United States. Despite progress since the Paris Agreement, there remains a “reality gap” between ambitious climate goals and actual implementation of necessary technologies like renewable energy sources (RES), electrification […]

03 Sep 2024

MarineNews

The Scottish Government’s decision to redirect £5 million from its Nature Restoration Fund to settle local government pay disputes has triggered widespread concern, especially within rural and environmental sectors. This fund, designed to combat climate change and biodiversity loss through conservation projects, has been vital for numerous initiatives across Scotland, such as saving rainforests, protecting […]

03 Sep 2024

MarineNews

A new scientific assessment has reported steep declines in the UK’s seabird populations over the last 25 years. Five new species have joined the “red List”, which denotes the highest category of conservation concern and means a risk of local extinction: Leach’s storm-petrels, common gulls, great black-backed gulls, Arctic terns and great skuas. These join the […]

27 Aug 2024

MarineNews

  SEA-CHANGERS MARINE CONSERVATION GRANTS – apply now!   Sea-Changers gives grants to UK-based charities and not-for-profit organisations (including schools) carrying out marine conservation related activities.  We are currently accepting applications to our Main and Small grants funds.     For both funding streams, the projects we fund should achieve one or more of the […]

27 Aug 2024

MarineNews

We’ve come a long way since Bob Earll began organising coastal and marine events back in the nineties. The CMS news and jobs service and the Coastal Futures conference have become focal points for our sector, with subscribers and attendees running into tens of thousands.   In 2022 we became Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF) with three Directors: […]

27 Aug 2024

MarineNews

Conservation and animal protection groups have sued U.S. federal agencies in the U.S. Court of International Trade for failing to enforce import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Ban seafood imports The provisions aim to protect marine mammals from bycatch in foreign fishing gear by holding countries exporting seafood to the U.S. to […]

27 Aug 2024

MarineNews

The Australian Government have announced they are developing a Sustainable Ocean Plan for Australia. The plan will work across governments, industries, research organisations, conservation groups and communities to better manage Australia’s ocean. It will chart a course for Australia to meet the increasingly complex challenges that face the ocean and the $118.5 billion ‘blue economy’ […]

27 Aug 2024

MarineNews

A £60m transformation of a Pembrokeshire dockyard could see 1,800 jobs created. The Pembroke Port was officially reopened on 21st August as a “world-class centre” for wind, wave and tidal power projects. 1,800 new jobs It is proposed the £60m project will help turn the site into a renewables port by creating a hub for […]