Investors with $11 trillion in assets pledge shift from fossil fuels, report says
Institutional investors holding assets worth $11 trillion have now pledged to divest from fossil fuel assets, a significant jump in the number committing to clean energy, a report said on Monday. A growing number of investment and wealth funds have been looking to pull away ...
China's Belt and Road could put Paris climate goals out of reach, analysis warns
Carbon-heavy development in countries part of China's Belt and Road initiative could render the Paris climate goals unreachable, according to a new analysis on the gargantuan global infrastructure project released Monday. The massive network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks spanning Asia, Africa, the ...
September climate summit will put action before words, U.N. says
Next month's three-day U.N. climate summit will highlight the urgency of taking immediate action to reduce global warming and focus on innovations that work, not just making wordy statements, the U.N. special envoy for the event said Tuesday. Luis Alfonso de Alba told a news ...
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Monday outlined proposals that would govern her policy on international trade, including requiring trade negotiators to disclose drafts of new trade agreements to the public. Warren, who has offered the most voluminous policy proposals in the crowded field of ...
Think the European heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points
"Shall we all just kill ourselves?" It was an odd title for a comedy night, but British stand-up Carl Donnelly has chosen an environmental theme with impeccable timing. With temperature records tumbling daily in last week's European heat wave, a crowd in an east London bar ...
Most of world's biggest-polluting firms not on track for climate goals, study finds
Only 1 in 8 of the world's most-polluting companies are on track to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with global temperature goals, a study funded by investors with $14 trillion under management found on Wednesday. The findings underscore the gulf between commitments made ...
G20 world leaders agree on some issues, but significant gaps remain following Osaka summit
World leaders attending the Group of 20 summit in Osaka reached consensus on a number of topics but failed to come to an agreement on others.
Tensions simmer at G20 summit in Osaka over trade and climate change
As host, Japan begins the task of forging agreements on climate change, protectionism and multilateral forums like the Group of 20 itself as dozens of leaders converge on Osaka.
Trump's coal-rich U.N. choice to step back from some climate talks
President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to the United Nations promised Wednesday to allow climate diplomacy to move forward despite her family's fortune in coal. Kelly Craft, at a Senate hearing to confirm her for the high-profile post that has been vacant for nearly half ...
Panel urges Japan to set more ambitious goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Japan should set a higher goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to fight global warming and bring them to effectively zero in the second half of the 21st century, a government panel said Tuesday. The government plans to draft a long-term climate change strategy based ...
The five largest publicly listed oil and gas majors have spent $1 billion since the 2015 Paris climate deal on public relations or lobbying that is "overwhelmingly in conflict" with the landmark accord's goals, a watchdog said Friday. Despite outwardly committing to support the Paris ...
Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2100, study warns
Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world's "Third Pole," could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not sharply reduced, scientists warned in a major new study issued Monday. Even if the most ambitious Paris climate agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius ...
