scorecardresearch
Sunday, October 6, 2024
HomeEnvironment

Environment

Germany should help poor countries bear climate change costs – minister

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs to help countries that cannot afford to pay for the losses and damage caused by climate change, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday at the COP27

EU says China should contribute funding for climate ‘loss and damage’

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - China should contribute funding to help poorer nations cover the cost of climate disasters, European Union climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said on Wednesday at

COP27 negotiators still far apart on strong climate deal

By Dominic Evans and Aidan Lewis SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country

COP27: Children from Global South make their presence felt at climate summit

By Gloria Dickie SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Eleven-year-old Indian climate activist Licypriya Kangujam's dogged questioning of Britain's climate minister Zac Goldsmith about the fate of

Factbox-COP27: Counting the rising cost of climate disasters

(Reuters) - Climate change has raised the cost of natural disasters, as rising sea levels and drought increase the frequency and severity of flooding and wildfires, insurers and risk modelling experts

G20 agrees to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°c – declaration

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Leaders at the G20 meeting in Bali on Wednesday agreed to pursue efforts to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C, including speeding up efforts to phase down

G20 agrees to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C – declaration

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Leaders at the G20 meeting in Bali on Wednesday agreed to pursue efforts to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C, including speeding up efforts to phase down

At COP27, EU says will back India’s ‘all’ fossil fuels phase out bid if coal pact ‘not diminished’

India has proposed that limiting global warming 'requires phase down of all fossil fuels', not one. Last year it opposed coal phase out, leading to adoption of phase down clause instead.

What to watch on Wednesday at COP27

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Time is ticking for COP27 negotiators, who are now in crunch time to reach a final deal for this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt. But the top ticket item on the

Australia’s southeast remains on flood watch as river levels peak

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Flood-weary residents across Australia's southeast rushed to fortify their properties with sandbags on Wednesday as water continued to flow from overloaded dams and swollen rivers.

On Camera

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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?