Sunday, 4 May 2025

Focus on Climate

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines are seen at an offshore wind farm, Kriegers Flak, in the Baltic Sea between Denmark, Sweden and Germany, September 6, 2021. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson/via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
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Wind, not nuclear, is the best way to meet Sweden’s climate goals, leading think tank says

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The cheapest way for Sweden to meet its expected rise in demand for electricity and goal of net zero emissions...

FILE PHOTO: Special envoy to the United Nations for climate change Michael Bloomberg speaks during the One-on-One discussion panel with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on side of the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
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Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover...

'I believe that many countries will continue moving in the direction of green energy,' said Saulo (AFP)
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Global green energy push likely to continue despite Trump climate retreat: UN

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement should not slow the global momentum towards renewable energy investments...

The community of Apex, Nvt., is seen from Iqaluit on August 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Parts of tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb: study

Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published Tuesday suggests, upending a millennia-old...

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with reporters in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada’s Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing

OTTAWA — The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away — to one degree or another — from the...

Washington , DC - January 20: Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump takes part in a signing ceremony in the President’s Room following the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump became the 47th president of the United States in a rare indoor inauguration ceremony. Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS
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World reacts to Trump’s plan to withdraw US from Paris climate pact

(Repetition) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement on Monday, once again placing the world’s...

FILE PHOTO: The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) logo is seen outside of a branch in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File photo
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Scotiabank joins major Canadian lenders quitting global climate coalition

Bank of Nova Scotia on Monday joined some of Canada's biggest lenders to walk away from a global banking sector climate coalition.

FILE PHOTO: The Rocky Mountains are pictured as a layer of air pollution hangs over Denver, Colorado, U.S. January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
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Trump to withdraw from Paris climate agreement, White House says

U.S. President Donald Trump will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, according to a White House document released on Monday.

FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
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Central banks’ green push hits a hurdle as Fed drops out

A global effort by central banks to join the fight against climate change has hit a major hurdle with the U.S. Federal Reserve's...

FILE PHOTO: An employee sifts diamonds at a diamond cutting and polishing factory in Surat, Gujarat March 3, 2009.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo
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India’s NMDC to extract diamonds worth $3.4 million from mine near tiger reserve

NMDC in India is expected to extract 6,500 carats of diamonds, worth $3.4 million, this fiscal year from ores in a mine near...