Emmanuel Macron pledges ?1bn to fund research into melting ice caps

The French president has called for action at a climate summit in Paris attended by heads of state and scientists before Cop28France will spend ?1bn (?880m) on polar research between now and 2030, amid rapidly rising scientific concern over the world's melting ice caps and glaciers.A new polar science vessel will spearhead the effort, and France is calling for a moratorium on the exploitation of the seabed in polar regions, to which the UK, Canada, Brazil and 19 other countries have so far signed up. Continue reading...