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EU lawmakers adopt law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a law to place methane emission limits on Europe's oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to clamp down on

Canada may face another ‘catastrophic’ wildfire season, government says

By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada risks another "catastrophic" wildfire season, the federal government said on Wednesday, as it forecasted higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much

Russians flee ‘very unusual’ floods in boats clutching valuables, food, pets

ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Residents of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg arrived at evacuation points on Wednesday by inflatable boat, carrying whatever they could grab from their homes

Canada risks another ‘catastrophic’ wildfire season, government says

By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada risks another "catastrophic" wildfire season, the federal government said on Wednesday, as it forecasted higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much

Rain, cooler weather in Argentina farmlands should stall leafhopper spread

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's key agricultural regions will receive rain and a drop in temperatures in the coming days, the Buenos Aires grain exchange said on Wednesday, a combination expected

EU Parliament approves law to slash trucks’ carbon footprint

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to pass a law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the

Global 2023 carbon trading revenues grew to $74 billion, report says

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Global revenues from the sale of carbon permits in emissions trading systems (ETS) grew to a record $74 billion last year, as governments increasingly turn to such

U.N. climate chief says two years to save the planet

By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Governments, business leaders and development banks have two years to take action to avert far worse climate change, the U.N.'s climate

Europe’s wildfires in 2023 were among the worst this century, report says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday. Last year, more than half a million (

Exclusive-Russia considers easing gasoline environmental requirements, sources say

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's government is looking at the possibility of introducing some easing of rigorous fuel environmental standards in order to allow the usage of low-quality gasoline in the face

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Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

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?