Environment Protection, Climate Change

Amazon communities worry about livelihoods as water levels fall further

HUMAITA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilians living near the Madeira River, a major waterway that runs through the Amazon rainforest, have been watching its water levels drop to historic lows this year as the area is reeling from a drought

Sep 06, 2024

Environment Protection, Energy Management, Climate Change

Fuel oil spill shuts several beaches in Spain's Gran Canaria

TELDE (Reuters) - An oil spill off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria forced local authorities to close several beaches in the popular holiday destination on Thursday and declare an environmental emergency

Sep 06, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Climate Change, Energy Management, Environment Protection, Technology

Factbox-How Trump would seek to dismantle Biden’s climate legacy

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has laid out an energy policy platform centered around maximizing U.S. fuel and power output, in part by dismantling the Biden administration’s centerpiece efforts to fight climate change

Sep 06, 2024

Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The impact of global warming is costing African nations up to 5% of their economic output, the United Nations climate chief said on Thursday, calling for more investments to help adapt to climate change

Sep 06, 2024

Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Ghana begins pilot program to trace cocoa as EU deforestation law looms, official says

LONDON (Reuters) - Ghana is piloting a system that traces cocoa beans from farm to port as it gears up for a new EU law banning the import of commodities linked to deforestation, a government official said on Thursday. The landmark new law, which could in time reshape global commodity markets, comes into effect end of December

Sep 06, 2024

Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Factbox-The climate threats on Pope Francis' Asia-Pacific itinerary

Climate change will be high on the agenda as Pope Francis embarks on his longest ever foreign trip on Monday, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore over 12 days. Following are some of the climate challenges facing the countries on his itinerary

Sep 05, 2024

Climate Change, Environment Protection, Climate Policy & Regulation

EU Manages Record Number Of Responses To Extreme Weather

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has coordinated a record number of emergency responses to extreme weather this year, as climate change fuels wildfires and other disasters in Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent

Sep 05, 2024

Climate Change, Environment Protection, Climate Policy & Regulation

Wildfire Destroys 20% Of Brasilia Forest, Arson Suspected

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Firefighters succeeded on Wednesday in reducing the extent of a massive wildfire that blazed for two days and destroyed 20% of a forest in the Brazilian capital, cloaking the city in clouds of gray-white smoke, according to officials, who suspect that it may have been started by arsonists

Sep 05, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Climate Change

As China, U.S. Climate Envoys Meet, Presidential Election Casts Shadow

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The outcome of November's presidential election will loom large over talks in Beijing this week between U.S. climate envoy John Podesta and his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin, experts said on Wednesday

Sep 05, 2024

Energy Management, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

Norway Seeks To End Climate Injunction Against Three Oilfields

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's government asked an appeals court on Wednesday to lift injunctions against developing three oil and gas fields, part of a wider effort by Oslo to overturn an earlier verdict invalidating the permits on environmental grounds

Sep 05, 2024

Amazon communities worry about livelihoods as water levels fall further

Sep 06, 2024

Fuel oil spill shuts several beaches in Spain's Gran Canaria

Sep 06, 2024

Factbox-How Trump would seek to dismantle Biden’s climate legacy

Sep 06, 2024

Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says

Sep 06, 2024

Ghana begins pilot program to trace cocoa as EU deforestation law looms, official says

Sep 06, 2024

Factbox-The climate threats on Pope Francis' Asia-Pacific itinerary

Sep 05, 2024

EU Manages Record Number Of Responses To Extreme Weather

Sep 05, 2024

Wildfire Destroys 20% Of Brasilia Forest, Arson Suspected

Sep 05, 2024

As China, U.S. Climate Envoys Meet, Presidential Election Casts Shadow

Sep 05, 2024