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World Court to Open Climate Change Hearings
Date: December 2, 2024
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE – The United Nations’ top court on Monday starts hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to global warming, the outcome of which could influence litigation worldwide. Vanuatu, one of the small island states that spearheaded the...
Exclusive-UN Calls for $2.6 Trillion Investment to Reverse Land Degradation
Date: December 2, 2024
By Simon Jessop and Pesha Magid RIYADH (Reuters) – Restoring the world’s degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time. More frequent and severe...
Storm Bora Floods Homes, Streets in Greek Island of Rhodes
Date: December 2, 2024
ATHENS (Reuters) – Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing authorities to temporarily ban the use of vehicles as Storm Bora pounded the country for a second day. On Saturday, a man died in flash floods which hit another Greek island in the northern...
Britain Seeks Views on Including Shipping in Carbon Market From 2026
Date: November 29, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has called for views on changes to its emissions trading system (ETS) that could see the shipping sector join its carbon market from 2026. Britain’s ETS is part of its wider efforts to meet climate targets and was launched in 2021 to replace its participation in the European Union’s ETS after...
China Scientists Rush to Climate-Proof Potatoes
Date: November 28, 2024
By Mei Mei Chu, Florence Lo and Xiaoyu Yin YANQING, China (Reuters) – In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven unusually small potatoes, one as tiny as a quail’s egg, from a potted plant. Grown under conditions that simulate predictions of...
HSBC Sustainability Chief Leaves After Executive Committee Role Dropped
Date: November 25, 2024
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC’s chief sustainability officer, Celine Herweijer, has stepped down, the bank said on Monday, weeks after a management reshuffle removed her role from the lender’s executive committee. Herweijer will leave to pursue new opportunities, the bank said, having played a pivotal role in shaping its climate policy. Her role...