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Trump Prepares to Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement, Nyt Reports
Date: November 9, 2024
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported on Friday. Trump is also expected to end the pause on permitting new liquefied natural gas...
Greece’s Mussel Harvest Wiped Out by Warming Seas
Date: November 9, 2024
By Alexandros Avramidis THERMAIC GULF, Greece (Reuters) – When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as they should be at harvest time but were instead filled with cracked, empty shells. It is the second...
Explainer-Who Are the Key Voices at the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku?
Date: November 9, 2024
By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett (Reuters) – Nearly 200 countries will gather next week for the U.N. climate summit, COP29. Reaching a consensus for a deal among so many can be difficult. Here are some of the major players and negotiating blocs involved in the COP29 summit starting Nov. 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. CHINA...
COP29 Climate Agenda Clouded by Trade Tensions Ahead of Summit
Date: November 9, 2024
By Kate Abnett and Tim Cocks BRUSSELS/JOHANNSEBURG (Reuters) -China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue could disrupt the start of global climate talks. The draft agenda for this year’s climate summit, published on Friday, includes a Chinese proposal, previously...
Analysis-New Green Steel Firms Could Reap Rewards as EU Carbon Tariffs Loom
Date: November 8, 2024
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – On Thailand’s eastern coast, plans are underway to build an electric arc furnace that will deliver green steel to Europe and benefit from contentious new rules that will force buyers to pay tariffs on high-carbon imports. Governments and industry associations in Asia have lobbied ferociously against Europe’s Carbon Border...
European Investment Bank to Give 900 Million Euros to Flood-Hit Spain
Date: November 7, 2024
MADRID (Reuters) – The European Investment Bank on Wednesday announced a 900-million-euro financial aid package to help Spain’s recovery and reconstruction efforts after last week’s deadly flash floods that hit the eastern region of Valencia particularly hard. The bank said in a statement it also stood ready to come up with additional measures if required...