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09 December 2023

UK backs work to protect global water and food supplies at COP28
seen at 22:42, 9 December in News and communications (Our copy).
UK backs work to protect global water and food supplies at COP28
Being young and bereaved: sharing my experience
seen at 11:41, 9 December in Defra digital, data and technology (Our copy).

*Warning: potential triggering content – this blog talks about death and dealing with grief. *

In National Grief Awareness Week Katie Bishop shares her experience of being young and bereaved...

Tech Ethics: Shaping service standards for the future
seen at 11:37, 9 December in Justice Digital (Our copy).

On 22 March 2023, the Future of Life Institute published a letter calling on AI labs to immediately pause training AI systems that were more powerful than GPT-4. To date, there have been 33,709 signatories...

Reducing Net Migration Factsheet – December 2023
seen at 10:40, 9 December in Home Office in the media (Our copy).
Reducing Net Migration Factsheet – December 2023
Expanding the concept of 'blue carbon’: Cefas science on coastal ecosystems and their role in tackling climate change
seen at 10:39, 9 December in Marine Science (Our copy).

Turtle swims across seagrass, Credit Michele Roux/Unsplash

The importance of mangroves and other blue carbon ecosystems in mitigating the impacts of climate change is once again high on the agenda at this...

Support for rough sleepers in London
seen at 10:30, 9 December in MHCLG in the Media (Our copy).

 

There has been coverage in local press on rough sleeping and homelessness in London, following the launch of the Mayor of London’s first rough sleeping charter yesterday. It is reported ...

Nicola's return to the Probation Service
seen at 09:35, 9 December in Working in the Prison and Probation Service (Our copy).
Nicola's return to the Probation Service

The Probation Service is encouraging qualified probation officers who have left the Service to consider returning and to check out the flexible working and great benefits...

Supermarket essentials will no longer be linked to illegal deforestation
seen at 02:46, 9 December in News and communications (Our copy).
Supermarket essentials will no longer be linked to illegal deforestation
Meteor showers and winter stars: the night sky in December
seen at 02:38, 9 December in UK Space Agency blog (Our copy).

The solstice on 21 December marks the start of astronomical winter.

The Sun will be at its lowest in the sky, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year with over 16 hours of darkness.

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Delivering 30by30 on land in England
seen at 02:30, 9 December in Policy papers and consultations (Our copy).
Delivering 30by30 on land in England