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EU countries to pledge help for solar sector, but no trade curbs on China, draft shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Most European Union countries are set to commit more support to help Europe's ailing solar panel manufacturers on Monday, but steer clear of restrictions on cheap

Southeast Asia ‘woefully off track’ on green investment, Bain says

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South East Asia is "woefully off track" on green investments to reduce emissions and needs new policies and financial mechanisms to help bridge the gap, the global consultancy

Climate investors target Japan’s top banks, this time on board oversight, sources say

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -A coalition of climate groups filed shareholder proposals with Japan's top three banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, calling for stricter board

Debt-for-nature swaps could give $100 billion boost to climate fight, says report

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Debt-for-nature swaps, where poorer countries have debt written off in return for protecting ecosystems such as barrier reefs or rainforests, could provide $100

Neurodiversity can drive sustainable urban planning – here’s how

Neurodiversity is the idea that brains work in all sorts of ways. There's no ‘correct’ way to think, learn or act, and these differences shouldn't be seen as deficits.

Climate targets group trustees seek to calm governance storm

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Trustees of a climate targets verification group at the centre of a governance storm on Friday sought to assuage concern over their plan to allow offsetting of

Russian city calls for mass evacuations due to rapidly rising flood waters

ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg called on thousands of residents to evacuate immediately on Friday due to rapidly rising flood waters after major rivers burst

Shell, Friends of the Earth each say European climate ruling backs their view in Dutch case

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Shell told a Dutch court on Friday that a European climate ruling against the Swiss government supported their appeal against a Dutch climate ruling

Russian city calls for a mass evacuation due to rising flood waters

ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg called on residents to evacuate immediately on Friday due to rapidly rising flood waters after major rivers burst their banks

Analysis-Climate verdict for Swiss women a warning for European states, oil industry

By Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Alison Withers LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Governments and companies that are lax on climate action should be worried since this week's European human rights court

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India’s diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific has an economic hole. Fill it with trade, investment

Modi govt has made economic diplomacy a key part of its engagement with US, Quad, and others. Yet, India’s economic linkages in Indo-Pacific region remain underdeveloped.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?