Trump torpedoes international deal to reduce shipping emissions | Climate Crisis News

Trump torpedoes international deal to reduce shipping emissions | Climate Crisis News

Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have voted to postpone approving a plan to curb shipping emissions, after United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose sanctions on countries that supported the measure. The vote on Friday set back plans to regulate the shipping industry’s contributions to climate change by at least 12 months,…

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Comment | Why it's time to increase UK's art export threshold - The Art Newspaper

Comment | Why it’s time to increase UK’s art export threshold – The Art Newspaper

Seventy-five years ago, the UK’s post-war Labour government appointed a committee chaired by Viscount Waverley to examine the export of “works of art, books, manuscripts, armour and antiques” and to recommend a new government policy in this area. The impact of the committee’s report two years later can still be felt today. The central recommendation…

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