Britain on Tuesday vowed an ambitious 78 percent cut to carbon emissions by 2035, but faced calls for more policy specifics from sceptical environmental groups ahead of US-led summit talks.
Environment
Apr 20, 2021
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Alpine summits at 3,000 to 4,000 m may have been ice free until about 5,900 years ago, just before the lifetime of the Tyrolean Iceman (Oetzi), when new glaciers started to form, according to a study published in Scientific ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2020
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The climate summit in Madrid earlier this month did not collapse—but by almost any measure it certainly failed.
Environment
Dec 25, 2019
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The United Nations Climate Change (COP25) World Climate Summit, which starts today in Madrid, is the latest initiative by world governments to seek agreement on legal frameworks to help protect the planet. However, there ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2019
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Two trends have defined the past decade and both have been on display at this year's session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Political science
Sep 25, 2019
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As leaders at the G7 Summit in Biarritz today announced an aid package for the Amazon, currently dealing with the impacts of unprecedented deforestation, WWF underlines the importance of leaders tackling the root causes of ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2019
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UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned Sunday that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe.
Environment
Jun 30, 2019
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Heading in to the G20 summit, Facebook is on notice from powerful regulators including the Fed chief that its plans for a global cryptocurrency face piercing scrutiny.
Business
Jun 26, 2019
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Japan has joined Britain in pledging to become carbon neutral later this century, as the world races to prevent catastrophic climate change, but critics blasted Tokyo's plan as unambitious.
Environment
Jun 12, 2019
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Global efforts to impose a unified tax policy on Google, Facebook and other internet giants have cleared a major hurdle ahead of a G20 summit in Japan, officials said Friday.
Internet
May 31, 2019
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