Qatar to invest $1.3 billion in climate technology in Britain

Qatar will invest 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in climate technology in the United Kingdom, with engineering company Rolls-Royce set to benefit from some of the cash to support its energy transition, the British government said on Wednesday

Washed-up detritus from Valencia floods puts Albufera wetland in jeopardy

ALBUFERA NATURAL PARK, Spain (Reuters) - One of Europe's most biodiverse coastal wetland reserves has been inundated with tons of plastic waste, wrecked cars and pharmaceutical products by the flash floods that ravaged southeastern Spain last month

Climate Investment Funds board backs $500 million Ethiopia nature plan

LONDON (Reuters) - Multilateral lender Climate Investment Funds will back a $500 million plan to help drought-prone Ethiopia restore degraded land, protect its forests and bolster food security, it said on Wednesday

South Africa sets climate finance and debt relief as G20 presidency focus

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's G20 presidency next year will focus on mobilising finance for nations stricken by climate-induced disasters and extending debt relief for developing countries, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday

Angry Bosnian villagers wait for help months after deadly floods

DONJA JABLANICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Reuters) - Drivers entering Donja Jablanica in Bosnia pass under a banner with an angry message from locals who say authorities have done little to help since deadly floods devastated the village in October

Top emitter China tells World Court that UN treaties cover states' climate obligations

China told the top U.N. court on Tuesday that existing U.N. treaties should provide the basis for its advisory opinion on states' legal obligations to fight global warming and address the consequences of their historic contributions to it. The U.N

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson remains detained in Greenland

Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to deal with drought

TRES HERMANAS, Panama (Reuters) - The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising cattle, could soon be submerged by a massive man-made reservoir designed to ensure the viability of the Panama Canal in the face of a changing climate

Amazon to pilot AI-designed material for carbon removal

Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc plans to pilot a new carbon-removal material for data centers, which are at risk of worsening emissions from artificial intelligence systems they power, a startup behind the deal said on Monday

Thailand, Malaysia brace for fresh wave of floods as water levels ease

KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Malaysia and Thailand are facing a second wave of heavy rain and potential flooding this week, authorities said on Monday, even as some displaced residents were able to return home and the worst floods in decades began receding in some areas