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G7 Launches Climate ‘Shield’ Fund, Some Countries Wary
Date: November 14, 2022
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A G7-led plan dubbed “Global Shield” to provide funding to countries suffering climate disasters was launched at the U.N. COP27 summit on Monday, although some questioned the effectiveness of the planned scheme. Coordinated by Group of 7 president Germany and the V20 group of...
Germany Warns Its Delegation of Egyptian Spies at COP27
Date: November 14, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – German federal police have warned their nation’s delegation at the COP27 environmental summit in Egypt that its members may be subject to spying by Egyptian security agents, three people with knowledge of the matter said. In an email sent on Saturday, the police, known in Germany as the BKA, warned delegates of...
Global CO2 Emissions to Rise Again, Climate Goals at Risk, Scientists Say
Date: November 11, 2022
By Kate Abnett SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the world to avoid disastrous levels of climate change. Released during the United Nations COP27 climate summit, the...
Winter Weather Could Be Mild, German Met Office Dwd Says
Date: November 10, 2022
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany could be in for a mild winter, the meteorological office DWD said on Thursday, raising the possibility that energy supply tightness caused by Russia’s curbs of fuel exports might not hurt consumers and industry as badly as feared. European gas prices have hit multi-year highs this year as Russia dramatically cut...
Biden’s COP27, G20 Plans: Talk to Xi, Pressure Russia, Contain North Korea
Date: November 10, 2022
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden starts a week-long trip to Egypt and Asia on Thursday to grapple with some of the United States’ thorniest foreign policy issues, boosted by a better-than-expected showing by Democrats in the midterm elections. Biden hops from an international climate summit in Egypt on Nov....
Africa’s Heritage Sites in Peril as Planet Heats Up
Date: November 9, 2022
By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to the ruins of the ancient Tunisian city of Carthage and Senegal’s slave island of Goree, Africa has a wealth of iconic cultural and natural heritage sites. But climate change impacts, from higher temperatures to worsening floods, now threaten to...