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US oil industry urges Trump to ditch Biden climate policies

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to scrap many of President Joe Biden's policies aimed at fighting climate change, saying

UK’s Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal

BAKU (Reuters) -Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a more ambitious climate goal at the United Nations COP29

What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?

BAKU (Reuters) -World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Tuesday where United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told them to "pay up" to prevent climate-led

What is Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement adopted at COP29 & why climate researchers are sceptical

Multiple attempts previously to both define and adopt it have failed. Yalchin Rafiyev, the lead negotiator of COP29 from Azerbaijan, called it a 'game-changing tool'.

Big Oil’s climate targets

(Reuters) - The world's biggest oil and gas companies have set varying targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and the combustion of the products they sell. On Tuesday, Shell

COP 29: UK’s Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal

BAKU (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a more ambitious climate goal at the United Nations COP29

Development lenders set new climate finance target for poorer countries

By Simon Jessop and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) - The world's top multilateral banks pledged on Tuesday to ramp up climate finance to low and middle income countries to $120 billion a year by 2030

Global carbon market ‘breakthrough’ can save $250 bn annually, says COP29 lead negotiator Rafiyev

He further says that negotiations have begun on an ambitious climate fund to developing countries; a new goal of $1 tn is this summit’s top agenda.

Singapore commits up to $500 million funding to support decarbonisation in Asia

(Reuters) - The government of Singapore has committed up to $500 million in concessional funding to support the local central bank's initiative to help fund Asia-focused climate projects, a senior

What are they saying at the U.N. climate summit?

BAKU (Reuters) - World leaders are speaking at the U.S. climate summit in Baku on Tuesday where United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told them to "pay up" to prevent climate-led

On Camera

Chinese say Beijing is negotiating Iran ceasefire talks. Pakistan is a proxy

There is a broad consensus across Chinese online platforms that US and Israeli actions have driven unilateral tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, troubling global energy markets.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.