climate-change
Top StoriesEU Agrees Law to Make Airlines Pay More to Pollute
Top StoriesU.N. Summit Aims for Global Pact to Protect Nature
Top StoriesExplainer-What’s on the Agenda at the U.N.’s COP15 Nature Summit?
Top StoriesU.N. Summit Aims for Global Pact to Protect Nature
EU Seeks Deal on Law Preventing Import of Deforestation-Linked Goods
Date: December 5, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will attempt to clinch a deal on Monday evening on a law to prevent companies from selling into the EU market soy, beef, coffee and other commodities linked to deforestation around the world. Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament hope to finish the new...
Tax Credits for EU Electric Vehicles to Dominate Monday’s Trade Talks With U.S
Date: December 5, 2022
By David Lawder COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Reuters) -Top European Union officials are aiming to be more vocal at a trade meeting with their U.S. counterparts on Monday in their criticism of President Joe Biden’s climate law that would cut off the bloc’s electric vehicles from U.S. tax credits. The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC),...
Norway to Postpone Oil and Gas Licensing Round
Date: November 29, 2022
By Nora Buli and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will not issue licences for energy companies to explore for oil and gas in frontier areas during the life of the current parliament, which ends in 2025, its oil and energy minister told Reuters on Tuesday. The decision to postpone the so-called 26th licensing round was...
The EU Is Divided, Climate Action Could Provide Unity
Date: November 28, 2022
Dr. Nicolas Befort holds the Chair of Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development at NEOMA Business School. If the EU is to face the challenges of tomorrow, it must reduce tensions among its member states. In her 2022 State of the European Union address, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen pushed for the EU...
Bankers Bet Billions on New Wave of Debt-For-Nature Deals
Date: November 18, 2022
By Clare Baldwin, Marc Jones and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – The Galapagos Islands, whose thousands of unique species inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution, have incalculable ecological value. But what are they worth? Perhaps around $800 million, judging by the size of a “debt-for-nature” swap deal that could see Ecuador’s debts cut in...
COP27 Negotiators Still Far Apart on Strong Climate Deal
Date: November 17, 2022
By Dominic Evans, Aidan Lewis and Jake Spring SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline. The outcome of the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh is...