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FILE PHOTO: A general view of molten copper at Anglo American's smelter in Chagres, Chile, obtained by Reuters on April 26, 2024. Anglo American/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Opinion: Copper views Trump win through Chinese lens

Trump's 2024 U.S. election win hasn’t reignited copper prices, unlike his 2016 victory, as market focus shifts to China's economy.

FILE PHOTO: Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Biden’s Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump

Biden will become the first U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon, meeting with leaders to discuss its preservation.

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles drive past the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference posters, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit

China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue...

New UN rules would give local communities more power to object to carbon credit projects (AFP)
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UN aims to set standards for scandal-hit carbon markets at COP29

Governments could finally approve new UN standards for countries and companies wanting to trade carbon credits.

A pumpjack operates in the foreground as wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rise in the distance, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?

A second Trump term could further isolate the U.S. from global climate action, risking setbacks as world powers adapt to fill the void.

Climate activists held a banner reading 'Banks dirty our future. Let's block them' outside the headquarters of French bank Societe Generale in 2019. Protests are one of the risks bank face over their response to climate change (AFP)
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From floods to regulations: Climate change poses complex risks for the banking sector

Climate change poses risks to banks on several levels: it can directly impact their finances, tarnish their image and land them in the...

Dung from India's cows, sacred to many in the Hindu-majority country, is being used to power a movement towards biogas fuel (AFP)
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Sacred cow: Coal-hungry India eyes bioenergy to cut carbon

Venerated as sacred, India's cows now fuel energy transition, as biogas plants transform their dung and crop waste into clean energy, reducing reliance...

FILE PHOTO: An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, U.S., April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Marcy de Luna/File Photo
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US LNG developers see Trump win lifting pall over expansions

U.S. LNG developers expect Trump's win to fast-track export permits, easing Biden-era DOE reviews focused on climate impacts.

The transport of choice for the rich and famous, private jets are the most energy-intense form of flying and the industry has long been a target of climate protesters (AFP)
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Private jet carbon emissions soar 46%: study

Private jet emissions rose 46 per cent from 2019-2023, now at 15.6M tonnes CO2 in 2023; study urges regulation for ultra-luxury travel.

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