Environment
Mexico says mass bird deaths likely caused by El Niño’s hotter waters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The deaths of hundreds of wild birds along Mexico's Pacific coast were likely caused by the El Niño…
On the road to 2030: Microsoft’s 2022 Environmental Sustainability Report
2022 marked the sixth warmest year in history. Extreme weather caused devastating droughts, wildfires, famine, floods, and heat waves with alarming frequency.…
Plastic consumption on course to nearly double by 2050 – research
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a…
ESG tops regulatory demands in finance as UK, EU rules diverge – KPMG
Financial firms in Britain and the European Union remained under significant pressure to comply with diverging environmental, social and governance (ESG) rules…
Single-use plastic production rose between 2019 and 2021 despite pledges
Polluting single-use plastic production rose globally by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers…
EU to promote ‘buzz lines’ to help reverse decline of bees by 2030
BRUSSELS,(Reuters) - "Buzz Lines" for bees and other pollinators where they could move across Europe and find food and shelter were among…
Mass crab deaths leave British experts baffled
By Sachin Ravikumar and William James LONDON (Reuters) - A panel of experts investigating the unexplained deaths of thousands of crabs and…
Environment risks dominate in “polycrisis” world – WEF survey
Failure to tackle climate change and environmental degradation dominate the ranking of top risks facing the planet in the next decade, a…
ECB must step up efforts to ‘green’ monetary policy, board member says
The European Central Bank must adjust its monetary policy to make it more climate-friendly, even as it shrinks its bloated balance sheet…
COP27: Sustainable standard setters close in on regulatory gap
Sustainability standard setter chief Emmanuel Faber said he was hopeful of reaching in the coming weeks a "big milestone" towards aligning the…
MFA accepts football coach Devis Mangia resignation / Malta News Briefing – Monday 7 November 2022
Updated 1650 MFA accepts resignation of Malta football coach: The Malta Football Association has accepted the resignation of football coach Devis Mangia.…
COP26 a year later: Where do last year’s climate pledges stand?
(Reuters) - A year ago at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, countries, banks and business leaders announced a slew of…