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COP27-Tree-counting NGO offers data to tackle deforestation

By Juliette Portala (Reuters) - California-based non-governmental organisation CTrees launched on Tuesday a data service to help countries limit deforestation and monitor the number of trees they have

Mexican village blames climate change as sea swallows its homes

EL BOSQUE, Mexico (Reuters) - Celia Figarola and her husband stayed in their simple seafront home by the Gulf of Mexico as long as they could - until, finally, the encroaching tide caused their walls

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Nepal – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Nepal on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 2 km (1.24 miles), the EMSC added. (

Island nations want ‘highly polluting’ emerging economies China and India to pay for climate change

By Valerie Volcovici and Aidan Lewis SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Highly polluting emerging economies including China and India should pay into a climate compensation fund to help countries

Namibia secures $544 million in climate finance at COP27

WINDOEK (Reuters) - Namibia said at the COP27 summit on Tuesday that it had secured over 540 million euros ($544 million) in climate finance from the Dutch government and European Investment Bank. One

Macron tells France’s heavy polluters to cut emissions, pledges aid

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday told France's biggest polluters they should cut their greenhouse gas emissions by half over the next decade and said there

There can be no effective climate policy without peace, says Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy

By Gloria Dickie and William James SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Russia's invasion of Ukraine has distracted world governments from efforts to combat climate change, Ukrainian President Volodymyr

COP 27: China climate envoy says Beijing committed to carbon neutrality

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - China's special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said on Tuesday that Beijing is committed to reaching carbon neutrality and believed multilateralism and cooperation is key

Australian mining magnate Forrest calls for ban on seabed mining

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Fortescue Metals executive chairman Andrew Forrest on Tuesday said his charitable foundation is in favour of a pause on seabed mining, the first time a prominent mining

New Zealand allocates $12 million to fund climate damage in developing nations

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it was allocating NZ$20 million ($12 million) of climate funding to address loss and damage in developing countries.

On Camera

TMC’s home run in Presidency looks secure. Why the math everywhere else is on shaky ground

If the 'math' fails this time, it would have less to do with the voters changing their minds, and more to do with the very ground beneath all calculations being swept away. 

Indian negotiating team headed to US next week for another round of trade agreement talks

The earlier interim trade deal announced by India was based on tariff rates imposed by the US on the IEEPA. The IEEPA was struck down by the US Supreme Court in February.

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.