Joe Coroneo-Seaman

Oct 28, 2024 | dialogue.earth | Joe Coroneo-Seaman |Coroneo-Seaman Joe

The UK closed its last coal power plant on 30 September, ending the use of coal for electricity in the country that built the world’s first such power station in 1882. It’s a milestone in the country’s efforts to slow climate change, and a stark difference from just a year ago, when then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a rollback of net-zero policies, drawing criticism from climate experts.

Jun 1, 2023 | dialogochino.net | Joe Coroneo-Seaman |Alejandra Cuéllar

In March, after nearly two decades of discussions, UN member states approved a landmark agreement to protect marine life on the high seas. Even though two-thirds of the global ocean is considered high seas, meaning beyond national jurisdiction, only 1% of this area is currently protected, leaving the rest mostly unregulated and vulnerable to overfishing and pollution.

May 24, 2023 | dialogochino.net | Joe Coroneo-Seaman |Flávia Milhorance

After more than two decades on the negotiating table, the trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc now faces another obstacle: new environmental demands from the EU, with which the Brazilian government appears unwilling to abide, and which even environmentalists have denounced as “greenwash”.