International NGO focused on wilderness preservation and reducing human impact on nature
The European Commission has proposed extending free emissions permits and slowing the rate at which caps fall, extending some allowances to 2038 and allowing outside-EU carbon credits from 2036. The shift aims to cushion industry from energy shocks while keeping climate targets in view, triggering debate among member states and green groups.
A coalition including supermarkets, charities and farming bodies warns the UK food system faces future shocks as production falls and imports rise. They call for a legally binding Good Food Bill to improve national food security, nutrition and resilience, citing higher prices, climate risks and biodiversity loss.
A record summer of heat, drought and wildfires has prompted an emergency Cobra meeting and voluntary retailer suspensions of disposable-barbecue sales. Green groups have written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to call the crisis 'climate change' and stop new North Sea drilling; Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has questioned net zero and urged adaptation and celebration of warmer weather.
King Harald V has died at Oslo University Hospital at 06:35 on Friday, Aug. 28, aged 89. Crown Prince Haakon has become King Haakon VIII and will take the oath before parliament on Tuesday. Norway has declared national mourning; tens of thousands have left tributes at the royal palace and a funeral date is set for Sept. 9.