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    • Apr 3, 2023
    • 2 min read

Positive Climate & Biodiversity News - Week #11

Happy Monday! Here is your weekly dose of positive Climate and Biodiversity news to help motivate you and get your week off to a great start.


It's time to balance out all the “doom and gloom” news we often hear and add some positivity to our lives. 🙌



Positive Climate & Biodiversity News Week 9



Under the law, which is being hailed as the most ambitious maritime fuels legislation in the world, ship emissions will be reduced by 2% as of 2025 and 80% as of 2050.

"Under the law, which is being hailed as the most ambitious maritime fuel legislation in the world, ship emissions will be reduced by 2% as of 2025 and 80% as of 2050."

Read the full article on Euractiv.



A deal to pass changes to Australian climate laws is considered key to Labor’s commitment to cut emissions 43% by 2030 compared with 2005 levels.

Image by Mark Baker / AP


"Australia’s parliament has passed the country’s most significant emissions reduction legislation in more than a decade after the government won backing from Greens and independent MPs for a plan to deal with pollution from major industrial sites."

Read the full article in The Guardian.



Lolita, the killer whale that has entertained visitors to the Miami Seaquarium for decades, may be released to the ocean in 18 months to two years, according to the company that owns the marine aquarium.

Image by Walter Michot/Miami Herald, via Getty Images


"The killer whale, also known as Tokitae, has been in captivity for more than 50 years. Amid increasing pressure, the Seaquarium has agreed to release her."

Read the full article in The New York Times.




The EU hopes tighter regulations can help cut into the estimated 35 million tonnes of potentially repairable products being thrown out each year in the bloc.

Image by © HAZEM BADER / AFP/File


"The EU's executive arm proposed new rules on Wednesday that would force manufacturers to allow customers to have broken products repaired, in a bid to cut the number thrown out."

Read the full article on France 24.




More than 42,000 puffins have been recorded on Skomer Island

Image by Getty Images


"A record-breaking number of puffins have been counted on and around Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire. The first count of the year earlier this week clocked 42,513 birds, the highest since the island counts began in the late 1980s."

Read the full article on BBC News.



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