03 Dec 2024
The UK’s Royal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Programme (MDAP) and Global Fishing Watch have signed an agreement to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUUF). The UK Government, Global Fishing Watch and the Joint Analytical Cell (JAC) already work closely together to tackle IUUF through an innovative pilot project in the Philippines funded by the […]
03 Dec 2024
The Government’s marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme is delivering evidence, tools and guidance to integrate natural capital approaches into policy and decision making for marine and coastal environments. Photo: James Watson The mNCEA has announced the release of year two research outputs: A Seascape Natural Capital Approach for Sustainable Management […]
03 Dec 2024
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters for precious metals – an area equivalent to Italy – situated between Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island in the Arctic region. The […]
03 Dec 2024
Three leading keynote speakers have been announced for the Coastal Futures 2025 conference. Coastal Futures is the UK’s largest annual gathering of coastal and marine practitioners. The 2025 programme will include six sessions across two-days, covering the big issues and shining a light on future trends. The acting CEO of the Marine Management Organisation, Michelle […]
03 Dec 2024
The UK has called for views on changes to its emissions trading system (ETS) that could see the shipping sector join its carbon market from 2026. Britain’s ETS is part of its wider efforts to meet climate targets and was launched in 2021 to replace its participation in the European Union’s ETS after it left […]
03 Dec 2024
A third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction, says a new landmark report. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, that highlights new knowledge compiled by 353 experts from 115 countries and stresses the urgent need to address overfishing and bycatch […]
27 Nov 2024
As the clean-up continues in areas hit by Storm Bert, forecasters, environment officials and politicians have been strongly criticised over the warnings issued before the storm and the fitness of flood defences to cope with increasingly common extreme weather (The Guardian). Photo credit: Ray Bilcliff The Environment Agency said that lessons learned from […]
27 Nov 2024
COP29 ended with a deal in which rich countries promised to raise $300bn a year by 2035 tripling climate finance support for developing countries. However, many poorer countries were left outraged by the deal, and the financial settlement also fails to consider the effect of inflation. Photo credit: Markus Spiske The UK government […]
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