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Today at Scottish Parliament, MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill.
This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝
This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾
#savenature
This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝
This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾
#savenature
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today at Scottish Parliament, MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill.
This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝
This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾
#savenature
This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝
This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾
#savenature
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The Scottish government has published proposals for protecting priority marine features (PMFs) such as flame shell and maerl beds outside marine protected areas.
Read our new blog to why this matters for Scotland’s seas and coastal communities:
www.scotlink.org/new-manageme...
Read our new blog to why this matters for Scotland’s seas and coastal communities:
www.scotlink.org/new-manageme...
New management measures for Scotland’s seas beyond marine protected areas. - Scotlink
The newly published proposals for protecting priority marine features outside of marine protected areas (MPAs), which are expected to open for formal public consultation in November along with proposa...
www.scotlink.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Scottish government has published proposals for protecting priority marine features (PMFs) such as flame shell and maerl beds outside marine protected areas.
Read our new blog to why this matters for Scotland’s seas and coastal communities:
www.scotlink.org/new-manageme...
Read our new blog to why this matters for Scotland’s seas and coastal communities:
www.scotlink.org/new-manageme...
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It’s hard to imagine a more important task than restoring nature, which sustains our very lives and is our only home. By supporting real action through the Natural Environment Bill, our politicians can show us that at last they’re starting to make nature a priority.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
We need legally-binding targets to drive Scotland's nature recovery
We know that Scotland’s nature is in serious trouble - but we know how to fix it
www.scotsman.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It’s hard to imagine a more important task than restoring nature, which sustains our very lives and is our only home. By supporting real action through the Natural Environment Bill, our politicians can show us that at last they’re starting to make nature a priority.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets.
Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...
Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets.
Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...
Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...
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Sea Scotland 2025 is now sold out! ✨
But good news — you can still join us online. 🎥
On Monday 6 October from 7pm - 8.30pm, we will hear Scotland’s political parties' ideas and plans for the future of our seas ahead of the Holyrood 2026 elections.
Watch live 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCt...
But good news — you can still join us online. 🎥
On Monday 6 October from 7pm - 8.30pm, we will hear Scotland’s political parties' ideas and plans for the future of our seas ahead of the Holyrood 2026 elections.
Watch live 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCt...
Sea Scotland 2025 Ocean Hustings
YouTube video by ScotLINK
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October 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sea Scotland 2025 is now sold out! ✨
But good news — you can still join us online. 🎥
On Monday 6 October from 7pm - 8.30pm, we will hear Scotland’s political parties' ideas and plans for the future of our seas ahead of the Holyrood 2026 elections.
Watch live 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCt...
But good news — you can still join us online. 🎥
On Monday 6 October from 7pm - 8.30pm, we will hear Scotland’s political parties' ideas and plans for the future of our seas ahead of the Holyrood 2026 elections.
Watch live 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCt...
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'We know protection works' - Calum Duncan, convenor of our marine group, spoke to @parliament.scot
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee this morning about fisheries management measures for offshore marine protected areas.
Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee this morning about fisheries management measures for offshore marine protected areas.
Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
'We know protection works' - Calum Duncan, convenor of our marine group, spoke to @parliament.scot
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee this morning about fisheries management measures for offshore marine protected areas.
Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee this morning about fisheries management measures for offshore marine protected areas.
Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.
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🌊New blog!
Scotland’s policies aspire to empower communities in marine decision-making, but our recent research supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social and delivered by @howellmarine.bsky.social shows big gaps between ambition and reality.
Read in full: www.scotlink.org/giving-scotl...
Scotland’s policies aspire to empower communities in marine decision-making, but our recent research supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social and delivered by @howellmarine.bsky.social shows big gaps between ambition and reality.
Read in full: www.scotlink.org/giving-scotl...
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌊New blog!
Scotland’s policies aspire to empower communities in marine decision-making, but our recent research supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social and delivered by @howellmarine.bsky.social shows big gaps between ambition and reality.
Read in full: www.scotlink.org/giving-scotl...
Scotland’s policies aspire to empower communities in marine decision-making, but our recent research supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social and delivered by @howellmarine.bsky.social shows big gaps between ambition and reality.
Read in full: www.scotlink.org/giving-scotl...
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We're pleased that the @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature.
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
October 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We're pleased that the @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature.
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
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The next Scottish Government must take action to protect and restore the natural environment in the face of climate change and threats to biodiversity.
Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, we've published a manifesto for nature.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/manifesto-fo...
Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, we've published a manifesto for nature.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/manifesto-fo...
Manifesto for nature launched ahead of 2026 election - Scotlink
The next Scottish Government must take action to protect and restore the natural environment in the face of climate change and threats to biodiversity. Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, Scotti...
www.scotlink.org
September 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The next Scottish Government must take action to protect and restore the natural environment in the face of climate change and threats to biodiversity.
Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, we've published a manifesto for nature.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/manifesto-fo...
Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, we've published a manifesto for nature.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/manifesto-fo...
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🌊 Sea Scotland 2025 is almost here!
📅 6th October | Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Don’t miss our first-ever Ocean Hustings with Scotland’s main political parties. We'll also celebrate the launch of @youth4seas.bsky.social Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas!
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/44nKQfm
📅 6th October | Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Don’t miss our first-ever Ocean Hustings with Scotland’s main political parties. We'll also celebrate the launch of @youth4seas.bsky.social Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas!
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/44nKQfm
Sea Scotland 2025
Join Sea Scotland's first ever Ocean Hustings on 6th October at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute!
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September 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🌊 Sea Scotland 2025 is almost here!
📅 6th October | Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Don’t miss our first-ever Ocean Hustings with Scotland’s main political parties. We'll also celebrate the launch of @youth4seas.bsky.social Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas!
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/44nKQfm
📅 6th October | Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
Don’t miss our first-ever Ocean Hustings with Scotland’s main political parties. We'll also celebrate the launch of @youth4seas.bsky.social Youth Manifesto for Scotland's Seas!
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/44nKQfm
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A dark day for Scotland’s seabirds.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
July 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A dark day for Scotland’s seabirds.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
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We are thrilled to bring back our Making Waves: Sea Scotland Youth Voices events🌊
In partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social, we will deliver tailored sessions to equip young participants with the skills and confidence to engage in the Sea Scotland 2025 Ocean Hustings. 👇
In partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social, we will deliver tailored sessions to equip young participants with the skills and confidence to engage in the Sea Scotland 2025 Ocean Hustings. 👇
📣Aged 18-30 with an interest in marine?
🌊 Free registration is now OPEN for both sessions of Sea Scotland Youth Voices 2025 — online and in-person!
Build skills, meet inspiring changemakers, and shape the future of our seas.
Register here:
🌊 Free registration is now OPEN for both sessions of Sea Scotland Youth Voices 2025 — online and in-person!
Build skills, meet inspiring changemakers, and shape the future of our seas.
Register here:
Making Waves: Sea Scotland Youth Voices 2025
Join the third edition of the Sea Scotland Youth Voices events! A platform dedicated to young people 18-30.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are thrilled to bring back our Making Waves: Sea Scotland Youth Voices events🌊
In partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social, we will deliver tailored sessions to equip young participants with the skills and confidence to engage in the Sea Scotland 2025 Ocean Hustings. 👇
In partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social, we will deliver tailored sessions to equip young participants with the skills and confidence to engage in the Sea Scotland 2025 Ocean Hustings. 👇
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I’m obsessed with snorkelling in Scotland: starfish below, sea eagles overhead – and it really isn’t that cold
I’m obsessed with snorkelling in Scotland: starfish below, sea eagles overhead – and it really isn’t that cold
Developing snorkelling trails is part of my job, but I never tire of the teeming underwater life and seeing some of the least crowded parts of Britain’s coast
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I’m obsessed with snorkelling in Scotland: starfish below, sea eagles overhead – and it really isn’t that cold
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It's World Whale and Dolphin Day! 🐳
Did you know that Scotland's seas are home to a variety of different whales, dolphins and porpoises, including some of the biggest on Earth?
Take our short quiz to discover more about these incredible creatures!
⬇️
forms.office.com/e/7qp0mi0Lq4
Did you know that Scotland's seas are home to a variety of different whales, dolphins and porpoises, including some of the biggest on Earth?
Take our short quiz to discover more about these incredible creatures!
⬇️
forms.office.com/e/7qp0mi0Lq4
July 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It's World Whale and Dolphin Day! 🐳
Did you know that Scotland's seas are home to a variety of different whales, dolphins and porpoises, including some of the biggest on Earth?
Take our short quiz to discover more about these incredible creatures!
⬇️
forms.office.com/e/7qp0mi0Lq4
Did you know that Scotland's seas are home to a variety of different whales, dolphins and porpoises, including some of the biggest on Earth?
Take our short quiz to discover more about these incredible creatures!
⬇️
forms.office.com/e/7qp0mi0Lq4
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🌊Tickets are selling fast!
We look forward to welcoming you to our first-ever Ocean Hustings.
Join us to engage with the main Scottish political parties on their ideas & plans to support meaningful progress for our marine environment and coastal communities.
🐙Register: bit.ly/44nKQfm
We look forward to welcoming you to our first-ever Ocean Hustings.
Join us to engage with the main Scottish political parties on their ideas & plans to support meaningful progress for our marine environment and coastal communities.
🐙Register: bit.ly/44nKQfm
July 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🌊Tickets are selling fast!
We look forward to welcoming you to our first-ever Ocean Hustings.
Join us to engage with the main Scottish political parties on their ideas & plans to support meaningful progress for our marine environment and coastal communities.
🐙Register: bit.ly/44nKQfm
We look forward to welcoming you to our first-ever Ocean Hustings.
Join us to engage with the main Scottish political parties on their ideas & plans to support meaningful progress for our marine environment and coastal communities.
🐙Register: bit.ly/44nKQfm
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"Despite how it might sound, ocean literacy isn’t about reading and writing about the ocean."
Our latest blog from @scotwildlife.bsky.social goes into detail on the importance of ocean literacy and what more Scotland should be doing to encourage it:
www.scotlink.org/deepening-ou...
Our latest blog from @scotwildlife.bsky.social goes into detail on the importance of ocean literacy and what more Scotland should be doing to encourage it:
www.scotlink.org/deepening-ou...
Deepening our understanding of life below the waves: introducing ocean literacy - Scotlink
By Rebecca Crawford, Marine Policy Officer at the Scottish Wildlife Trust Introduction As a maritime nation with over 900 islands and one of the longest coastlines in Europe, the marine cultural herit...
www.scotlink.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"Despite how it might sound, ocean literacy isn’t about reading and writing about the ocean."
Our latest blog from @scotwildlife.bsky.social goes into detail on the importance of ocean literacy and what more Scotland should be doing to encourage it:
www.scotlink.org/deepening-ou...
Our latest blog from @scotwildlife.bsky.social goes into detail on the importance of ocean literacy and what more Scotland should be doing to encourage it:
www.scotlink.org/deepening-ou...
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“Marine protected areas are essential for Scotland’s traditional fishing industry”. In a new article, LINK expresses concerns over the lack of marine actions in the Programme for Government and calls for the long-awaited fisheries management measures in MPAs.
📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Siis7L
📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Siis7L
Why marine protected areas are essential for Scotland’s traditional fishing industry
The SNP government didn’t even mention the sea in its recent Programme for Government
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May 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Marine protected areas are essential for Scotland’s traditional fishing industry”. In a new article, LINK expresses concerns over the lack of marine actions in the Programme for Government and calls for the long-awaited fisheries management measures in MPAs.
📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Siis7L
📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Siis7L
🌊Today, we’ve released the first official review of our Ocean Recovery Plan, assessing progress over the 2020–2024 period. Brilliant work from Tanja Kiiveri! 👏
Read the report👇
Read the report👇
In 2020, we published the Ocean Recovery Plan, calling for urgent action to restore Scotland’s seas by 2030.
Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made?
📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec...
📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash
Now, our first review (2020–2024) is out. How much progress has been made?
📘 Read the report: www.scotlink.org/an-ocean-rec...
📷Paolo Chiabrando / Unsplash
May 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌊Today, we’ve released the first official review of our Ocean Recovery Plan, assessing progress over the 2020–2024 period. Brilliant work from Tanja Kiiveri! 👏
Read the report👇
Read the report👇
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🌊 Sea Scotland 2025🌊
This autumn, ahead of next year’s election, we will host our first ever Ocean Hustings, in partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social
Discuss plans to support our marine environment and coastal communities with Scottish political parties:
www.seascotland.scot/sea-scotland...
This autumn, ahead of next year’s election, we will host our first ever Ocean Hustings, in partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social
Discuss plans to support our marine environment and coastal communities with Scottish political parties:
www.seascotland.scot/sea-scotland...
May 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🌊 Sea Scotland 2025🌊
This autumn, ahead of next year’s election, we will host our first ever Ocean Hustings, in partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social
Discuss plans to support our marine environment and coastal communities with Scottish political parties:
www.seascotland.scot/sea-scotland...
This autumn, ahead of next year’s election, we will host our first ever Ocean Hustings, in partnership with @youth4seas.bsky.social
Discuss plans to support our marine environment and coastal communities with Scottish political parties:
www.seascotland.scot/sea-scotland...
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🌊Stay tuned🌊
Exciting news about Sea Scotland 2025 is coming soon 😉
Exciting news about Sea Scotland 2025 is coming soon 😉
May 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🌊Stay tuned🌊
Exciting news about Sea Scotland 2025 is coming soon 😉
Exciting news about Sea Scotland 2025 is coming soon 😉
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Ocean with David Attenborough is now in cinemas - a new feature-length documentary showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
In Scotland, we have been waiting for over ten years for the vital protections needed for our seas. 1/2
In Scotland, we have been waiting for over ten years for the vital protections needed for our seas. 1/2
May 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Ocean with David Attenborough is now in cinemas - a new feature-length documentary showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
In Scotland, we have been waiting for over ten years for the vital protections needed for our seas. 1/2
In Scotland, we have been waiting for over ten years for the vital protections needed for our seas. 1/2
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📰“In order to see our amazing seas, marine species and coastal communities thrive, we desperately need more action from the Scottish government.”
David Attenborough's new film should signal a wake up call on the need to protect Scotland's seas 🌊
Read more:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2514...
David Attenborough's new film should signal a wake up call on the need to protect Scotland's seas 🌊
Read more:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2514...
May 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📰“In order to see our amazing seas, marine species and coastal communities thrive, we desperately need more action from the Scottish government.”
David Attenborough's new film should signal a wake up call on the need to protect Scotland's seas 🌊
Read more:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2514...
David Attenborough's new film should signal a wake up call on the need to protect Scotland's seas 🌊
Read more:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2514...
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🚨 The climate crisis has driven half of all #marineheatwaves since 2000, destroying key #ocean habitats & supercharging storms. This news is hard to bear, but important to share. The ocean needs us now more than ever & we must keep fighting to protect it. 🌊 1/2
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds
Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨 The climate crisis has driven half of all #marineheatwaves since 2000, destroying key #ocean habitats & supercharging storms. This news is hard to bear, but important to share. The ocean needs us now more than ever & we must keep fighting to protect it. 🌊 1/2
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🎉🌊🚢 Good news for the #ocean! Countries have agreed a global deal to tackle #shipping emissions for the first time, after nearly TEN YRS of negotiations.
This means that from 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This means that from 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Global breakthrough agreement to tackle shipping emissions
Countries break ten-year deadlock to agree measures to reduce commercial shipping emissions.
www.bbc.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🎉🌊🚢 Good news for the #ocean! Countries have agreed a global deal to tackle #shipping emissions for the first time, after nearly TEN YRS of negotiations.
This means that from 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This means that from 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines.
www.bbc.com/news/article...