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COP27: Cities with net zero promises falling short on tracking, report says

By Gloria Dickie SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - More than half of cities with pledges to reach net zero emissions have no plan for how they'll track and report progress, an analysis published

Sticking points slow deal-making at COP27 climate talks

By Kate Abnett, Gloria Dickie and William James SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Government ministers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries on Tuesday began the slog of finding common ground for

Berlin startup to wrap homes in ‘second skin’ as heating costs soar

By Riham Alkousaa BOCHUM (Germany) (Reuters) - A Berlin-based startup is to renovate apartment buildings in the German city of Bochum, giving them a tailored wooden "second skin" to make them more

Climate activists attack glass screen protecting Klimt painting in Vienna

VIENNA (Reuters) - Climate-change activists on Tuesday smeared and glued one of their hands to a glass screen protecting a Gustav Klimt painting in a Vienna museum to protest against oil drilling, on

Gaza’s chicken farmers rejoice in recycled egg trays

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Cheaper, stronger, available and environmental - for Gaza chicken farmers seeking to deliver eggs unbroken, there is everything to like about trays made from

EU supports calls to phase down all fossil fuels – Timmermans

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The European Union supports any call to phase down fossil fuel use, the bloc's climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said on Tuesday when asked about India's push to

California tries to harness megastorm floods to ease crippling droughts

By Sharon Bernstein HURON, Calif. (Reuters) - The land along the Arroyo Pasajero Creek, halfway between Sacramento and Los Angeles, is too dry to farm some years and dangerously flooded in others.

U.S. climate envoy Kerry wants development banks overhaul plan by April

By Valerie Volcovici and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday he wants to come up with a plan by April to reform the multilateral development

COP27: Don’t demand climate ambition if you can’t provide for it, India to developed nations

At a roundtable, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said increasing climate ambition required ‘public action’.

BOJ’s Kuroda says climate financing plays crucial role in decarbonisation

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday highlighted the importance of sustainable finance to address climate change and achieve decarbonisation. "Sustainable finance has a

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?