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Switzerland more exposed to climate change than expected
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European Union tries to forge new climate targets before the COP30 summit in Brazil starts next week
Nation & World News The European Union is working to establish new climate goals before the U.N. climate talks in Brazil starts next week European Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth Wopke Hoekstra speaks with the media as he...
Global concern for forests and climate falls behind in 2025, Ipsos–FSC survey finds
A new Ipsos survey commissioned by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) reveals that concern for climate change and the forests that help fight it has fallen dramatically in 2025. While over half of respondents (52%) say war and conflict are their...
Africa’s Climate Duties Are Binding, Key to Sustainable Dev’t— Prof. Mbengue
Addis Ababa, November 4, 2025 (ENA)— Professor Makane Mbengue, the African Union’s External Counsel at the International Court of Justice, underscored that African states’ rights and duties in the fight against global warming can no longer be...
Newsom’s fables create a target-rich environment | Other views
As Gov. Gavin Newsom was edging closer to declaring a 2028 campaign for president during a CBS News interview Sunday, a deepfake video of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, appeared on YouTube denouncing Newsom and predicting his political...
Tk 21bn lost to corruption in climate projects during AL rule: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has said more than half of the funds allocated to climate finance from the national budget during the previous Awami League administration has been lost to corruption. From 2010 to 2024, the organisation...
world EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30
BRUSSELS — EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday (Nov 4), in an effort to avoid going to the UN COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. Failure to agree could undermine the European Union's...
Kenya’s Farm to Feed raises $1.5m to build climate-resilient food system
Kenyan agri-tech startup Farm to Feed, which has developed a B2B platform that connects surplus produce with new uses, has closed a US$1.5 million seed funding round to help it scale and continue to build a climate-resilient food system on the...
Bloomberg expands climate analytics for low-carbon transition
Bloomberg has expanded its climate solutions suite with analytics to help financial institutions assess how companies and portfolios may perform as low-carbon technologies continue to scale. The tools enable investors to identify opportunities,...
Brussels Panics as States Rebel Over 2040 Climate Plan
The European Commission can feel the ground shifting beneath its ‘green transition,’ so it is scrambling to shore up the project. Ahead of an environment summit later today, on November 4th, Brussels’ top green official, Teresa Ribera, warned that...
Taking the plunge: Fujairah divers' coral reef project battling climate change
A project to revive the country's marine species is paying dividends but more needs to be done to mitigate the impact of pollution on the UAE's coral reefs, an expert said. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Marine Owen, co-owner of Freestyle Divers,...
Austria’s defection leaves EU 2040 climate target on shaky ground
Austria has said it can’t support the EU’s 2040 climate target, casting doubt on whether a majority in favour of the 90% proposal is possible despite months of negotiations. Environment ministers are meeting on Tuesday to vote on the EU’s proposed...
Climate change, policy revisions major risks in highway investments: VCCircle Summit Panelists
(L to R) Pawan Parikh, Ankur Trehan and Abhinav Agarwal Global warming and resultant unexpected weather events, and government policy shifts are some of the key risks for platform managers when investing in roads, highways and other assets,...
Though US may cop out of COP30, climate action continues across world
The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and will likely not attend the upcoming COP30 climate summit. Despite the federal government's withdrawal, many U.S. states and cities are continuing their own climate action...
White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback
The White House circumvented EPA’s career staff to write almost half of the cost-benefit analysis for the agency’s proposal to stop regulating planet-warming emissions, according to emails and drafts from the rule’s interagency review. The...
Liberals letting Chris Bowen get away with more ‘lunatic climate schemes’
‘Most countries will default’: China has ‘no intentions’ of meeting climate targets
CARE MENA forum set to drive climate innovation in Dubai
Dubai: The inaugural edition of CARE (Climate Action, Renewable Energy & Sustainability) forum series by Trescon is set to become the MENA region’s most influential platform for sustainability investment and climate innovation. The forum will...
Writer Stephen Alter: Blaming climate change for every natural disaster is wrong
The 69-year-old conservationist, speaking at the recently concluded 10th edition of "Himalayan Echoes: Kumaon Festival of Literature & Arts", said that the term climate change has been used so frequently -- and often incorrectly Noted author...