The passageway between the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi and the Fabbriche Nuove in the Berlin sheet, for example, is drawn with a similar technique to that found in Canaletto's graphic oeuvre. Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine last year has fundamentally undermined the peaceful co-operation and low tension that has characterised the 8-member Arctic Council – to which the UK is a State Observer – since its inception in 1996. Over the month, Saturn's brightness will diminish a little from magnitude 0.7 to 0.85. Viewed in a telescope during November Saturn will show an apparent disk diameter of 17.4 arc-seconds, and its rings will span nearly 41 arc-seconds.

We have drafted it through engagement with our Arctic partners, for which I offer our sincere thanks. Thanks also to colleagues across government from other departments for their valued contributions. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 fundamentally undermined the peaceful cooperation that had characterised the Arctic Council since its inception. The UK strongly supported the decision of the seven other Arctic States to pause their engagement with the Russian Chairmanship in March 2022, pending consideration of how to continue the Council’s important work. The UK also welcomed their decision in June 2022 to implement a limited resumption in their work in the Arctic Council, in projects that do not involve the participation of the Russian Federation. We will continue to engage with our Arctic partners and Allies to contribute to ongoing critical work, and we stand ready to recommence participation in multilateral cooperation across the Arctic region when appropriate. On November evenings, the Andromeda Galaxy is positioned very high in the eastern sky. This large spiral galaxy, also designated Messier 31 (or M31) and NGC 224, is located 2.5 million light-years from us, and covers an area of sky measuring 3 by 1 degrees.M. Levey, National Gallery catalogues, the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Italian Schools, London 1971, pp. 135-36. We will continue to strengthen our cooperation with Canada in the Arctic to contribute to achieving shared objectives, allowing the UK to learn from Canada’s expertise as an Arctic nation. Kingdom of Denmark The fact that the canvases were met with great public acclaim indicates that they were unusually accomplished works by the artist. Gradenigo specifically describes the paintings as large (' non picciole' meaning 'not small') which would suggest that the Iveagh painting, rather than the Metropolitan or ex-Lepke versions (each c. 53 by 85 cm), was the one exhibited. Succi concurs with such an identification not only due to the dimensions but also to the fact that the rather distorted view may indeed be due to the artist's use of the ' camera ottica' device that Gradenigo cites. However, the matter is somewhat complicated by Gradenigo's description of the second work exhibited as a View of Piazza San Marco, which clearly does not accord with the present painting, but nor does it with the pendants of any of the other possible candidates (see discussion above). In the eastern sky between 3 a.m. and sunrise, the horns of the pretty crescent moon will shine less than a lunar diameter to the left (or celestial northeast) of the brilliant planet Venus. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)

The 2021 Integrated Review confirmed the UK’s commitment to maintaining the Arctic region as one of high cooperation and low tension. It set out that we would maintain a significant contribution to Arctic science, focused on understanding the implications of climate change. It also outlined our commitment to working with our partners to ensure that increasing access to the region and its resources is managed safely, sustainably and responsibly. For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. We have consistently fought for better international regulations to protect the ocean, and we will continue to do so. And to support the protection of fragile marine ecosystems, we will seek to join the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement as soon as we possibly can. Climate change is devastating Arctic ecosystems and communities. Sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet are rapidly melting. Permafrost is thawing. And nature is already showing signs of struggling to adapt. Migratory patterns are already shifting.UK science has played a key role in building our understanding of the Arctic. In terms of published research, UK-based scientists are ranked first among non-Arctic states in the number of published articles. The November Full Moon, traditionally known as the Beaver Moon or Frost Moon, always shines within or near the stars of Taurus and Aries. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) The UK government is committed to working with partners to ensure that effective governance, and environmental protections, are in place to regulate ships operating in Arctic waters.

The UK will also look to strengthen multilateral relationships with Arctic States through collaboration as members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy – a global initiative to drive the transition to a sustainable ocean economy that the UK announced it will join at the UN Ocean Conference 2022. UNFCCC COP26 Parties also agreed to ask all relevant parts of the UN climate change convention to integrate the ocean in their work, and to start a bespoke annual dialogue on the ocean to strengthen action. This outcome is helping to raise the visibility of the ocean within the UNFCCC and strengthen ocean-climate action. In June 2022, the UK joined the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification, a collaborative partnership which includes many of the Arctic nations, and which works to elevate urgency for climate action and increase the visibility and importance of ocean acidification in policy development. The UK and the Kingdom of Denmark share a commitment to a prosperous, peaceful, and sustainable future for the Arctic. Foreign Office Minister of State responsible for the polar regions, Lord Goldsmith, gave a keynote speech to launch the UK's new Arctic policy framework: The impact of changes will also be felt far beyond the Arctic. As a result of absorbing excess heat and human CO2 emissions, negative impacts on the ocean and associated ecosystems are being seen. Sea levels are rising, the ocean is becoming more acidic and warmer, ocean oxygen levels are declining and much of the ocean is becoming less productive. Warmer seas are less able to absorb CO2, so more will stay in the atmosphere and further amplify the impacts of global warming. Reduced biological productivity and absorption of carbon will reduce the effectiveness of the ocean as part of the global carbon cycle as a key carbon storage reservoir.

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All 197 Parties agreed to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreeing collectively to work to reduce the gap between existing emissions reduction plans and what is required to reduce emissions, so that the rise in global average temperature can be limited to 1.5 degrees. The Glasgow Climate Pact, combined with increased ambition across adaptation, finance and mitigation, means that 1.5 degrees remains in sight, but only with concerted and immediate global efforts to achieve a worldwide net zero transition. The important group of figures on the right, some seen from behind with swirling cloaks, are also largely beautifully intact, with the architectural detail strong up the right side of the painting. The more shadowy buildings on the far side of the water have naturally proved more vulnerable: the increasing transparency of the paint over time has led to some sinking, with fine detail sometimes blurred, and the characteristically subtle reflections from the water on the facades faint. There is a superficial splatter of little white splashes across the upper facades at centre left. Browns are especially

The new framework, Looking North, sets out how the UK will use its scientific, military and diplomatic strengths to respond to these challenges and opportunities. The Buccleuch Guardis are the key works in this early group given that they can now be securely dated. The eight views (six of which remain in the collection) were almost certainly commissioned by John Montagu, Lord Brudenell, later Marquess of Monthermer (1735-70) and passed to the Dukes of Buccleuch by inheritance. Brudenell's Guardis were undoubtedly acquired during his long sojourn in Venice from 21 st September 1758 to 24 th February 1760 and all of them must therefore date to this time, later than proposed by Goering and Morassi and more in line with Byam-Shaw, Mahon and, later, Dario Succi. Given that, by 1758, Guardi's style had thus not evolved nearly as far as Morassi and others thought, a dating of the Iveagh Guardis, which in their impressionistic handling are far removed from the Buccleuch paintings, to 1768 is far easier to argue for, at least on stylistic grounds. People and prosperity. Of course, fishing is extremely important to the Arctic economy, and a reminder that the region is, first and foremost, a home to nearly 4 million people. It is a region of vibrant and diverse communities, cultures, languages and traditions. Inv. 71.120, oil on canvas, 53.3 by 85.7 cm; Idem., p. 398, cat. No. 465, reproduced vol. II, fig. 471.Looking North was formally launched at a reception on 9 February 2023 by Lord Goldsmith, Minister of State with responsibility for the polar regions at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. He said: The UK is open to the world, with a global network of friends and partners, and with the opportunity to forge new and deeper relationships. un dipinto stupendo per la luce vivida, trasparente, per nitidezza di fattura"; Idem, vol. I, p. 233. Morassi considered the Louvre drawing preparatory for the Gulbenkian painting and dated it to 1760-5. Conversely Bettagno 7 considered it later in style and therefore probably a ricordo of the composition rather than a preparatory sketch. Except for the composition being slightly cropped on the left side, rather like the Gulbenkian painting, the sheet is almost identical to the Iveagh picture: the figures on the quayside and steps are exactly the same and the drawn composition ends in line with the man in profile, thus omitting the shop-front in the Gulbenkian painting. Contrary to Morassi's view, the fact that the Louvre drawing is closer to the Iveagh variant would suggest that it was done in preparation for it. It is entirely plausible that Guardi only extended the view of the left bank once he elaborated the drawing's composition in the painting. Although it has a marked fold down the middle, as if torn from the spine of a book or album, the Louvre sheet is still intact.