A draft UN climate summit text Wednesday urged countries to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022 — three years earlier than planned — as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dashed back to Glasgow to check the pulse of negotiations. Wednesday’s text was the first indication of where nations are 10 days into the COP26 …
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FILE PHOTO: Fridays for Future activists protest calling for a “Global Day of Climate Action”, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria, March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Leonard Foeger March 22, 2021 (Correct title of Mindy Lubber in paragraph 7) By Simon Jessop and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s biggest …
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FILE PHOTO: A plane flies in a red sky above London, Britain February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs March 18, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A United Nations scheme for the global airline industry to offset emissions with carbon credits may undercut Europe’s climate goals, a newly-surfaced study says. Launched this year with a …
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FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder February 25, 2021 By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – The U.S. economy remains far from the Federal Reserve’s goals for employment and inflation and monetary policy will …
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FILE PHOTO: Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends a conversation at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing, China November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo/File Photo February 15, 2021 By Katy Daigle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he …
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December 15, 2020 By Hugh Bronstein SAN MARTIN, Argentina (Reuters) – When Martin Guzman was doing a PhD in economics at Brown University in the United States, he and two other Argentine friends formed part of their department’s intramural soccer team and reached the tournament final. Losing 1-0, Argentina’s now economy minister scored an equalizer …
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses her supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington, New Zealand, October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Praveen Menon December 15, 2020 SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended her country’s climate change policies, saying that comments by activist Greta Thunberg suggesting the country lacked ambition referred only …
Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during a product launch event at company headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S., September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam December 12, 2020 (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called on governments and businesses to implement stronger climate targets starting next year, during remarks at the United Nations’ Climate …
