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Climate change: 2024 might offer room for optimism
We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was…
ESG funds suffer weaker demand despite help from tech-sector performance
Sustainable funds faced a sharp slowdown in demand globally in 2023 amid political controversy and concerns about "greenwashing," even as many outperformed…
French lower house rejects Macron’s immigration bill
French lawmakers sent the government's immigration bill back to the drawing board on Monday in a surprise move that cut short debates…
Fossil fuel phase-out among options on COP28 table
Countries at the COP28 climate conference are considering calling for a formal phase-out of fossil fuels as part of the U.N. summit's…
Climate finance takes centre stage at COP28 climate talks
Money pledges grabbed the spotlight again at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in…
EU pledges ‘substantial’ contribution to COP28 climate damage fund
The European Union will make a "substantial" financial contribution to a new international fund addressing the destruction caused by climate change, the…
Migrant children treated like adults as record influx overwhelms Canary Islands
Orphaned during a coup in his homeland Guinea, teenager Moussa Camara took to sea in a wooden boat with 240 other migrants,…
This year ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say
By Kate Abnett and Gloria Dickie BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - This year is "virtually certain" to be the warmest in 125,000…
Italy PM hails migrants deal with Albania as possible model for EU
Italy's plan to build reception centres in Albania for migrants arriving by sea could be a blueprint for deals between the European…
MEPs want all countries to strengthen their climate commitments
The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, which will take stock…
EU, US rally support for global deal to triple renewable energy
T he Eu ropean Union, United States and the United Arab Emirates' COP28 climate summit hosts are rallying other governments to join…
World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says
By David Stanway SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The world is heading towards a series of environmental "tipping points" that could cause…