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April 28, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden Jr., with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, kicks off the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate in Washington, D.C., on April 22. Courtesy of Close Authorship By the time President Joe Biden articulated it officially Thursday on Earth Day, the new U.S. pledge to halve emissions over the next nine years was one of the worst-kept secrets in climate action circles. Neither was it surprising that the U.S...

The Rockefeller Foundation Updates 04.26.21 copy url Climate change is an existential threat, one that demands all of us to urgently consider every opportunity and scenario to reduce CO2 emissions. During last week’s White House Leaders Summit on Climate, a group of governments and companies announced the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition, an ambitious new public-private initiative designed to accelerate climate action by providing results-based finance to ...

Source: Link Group’s Dividend Monitor In Other News FE fundinfo has added Richard Watts (Jupiter), Anthony Srom (Fidelity) and Terry Smith (Fundsmith) to the 2021 Alpha Manager ‘Hall of Fame’ list. The Hall of Fame, which recognises managers who have been ‘Alpha-rated’ consistently over a period of seven years, now stands at 51 managers in total. To gain an Alpha rating, fund managers are ranked according to their track records since 2000, with extra weighting applied to those w...

Amazon, Unilever, and Nestlé join the UK, US and Norway in New $1Billion Initiative to Preserve Tropical Rainforests Apr 25, 2021 This week, during the international Climate Summit, three governments and nine giant corporations announced a groundbreaking coalition, called LEAF, which is mobilizing to raise at least $1 billion this year, alone, for large-scale forest protection and sustainable development. Maggie Collins The coalition already includes the governments of the UK, US, and Norway...

LEAF Coalition: UK joins US, Norway, and top corporates to launch $1bn tropical forest protection drive Content by subject If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Deforestation in the Amazon and other tropical forests is on the rise | Credit: iStock Coalition aims to mobilise $1bn in financing for tropical forest protection and re...

Share This The FINANCIAL -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) welcomes the groundbreaking $1 billion coalition that aims to raise global climate ambition and urgently halt deforestation announced today during the Leaders Summit on Climate by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway and a group of leading international corporations. Further work ahead is needed to support tropical forest countries and safeguard the rights of forest-dependent communities. According to WWF, th...

On Day One, President Biden fulfilled his commitment to rejoin the Paris Agreement. Days later, he took executive actions to ensure we tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad – all while creating jobs and strengthening our economy. This week, he held a historic summit with 40 world leaders to show that America is back. Over the course of two days and eight sessions, President Biden convened heads of state and government, as well as leaders and representatives from international organizat...

Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Four years after President Donald Trump began to pull the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, President Joe Biden and his top officials are re-engaging with world leaders and making aggressive commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Biden administration has an unequivocal message at the two-day Leaders Summit on Climate this week: America is back. The biggest news out of the virtual event was the commitments various countries m...

The United States can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 50% by the end of this decade, said President Biden at an Earth Day summit intended to spark global action on climate change.

4 winners and 4 losers from Biden’s climate leader summit Vox.com 2 hrs ago Ella Nilsen, Rebecca Leber, Jariel Arvin, Benji Jones, and Umair Irfan © Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images World leaders participate in President Joe Biden’s virtual Climate Change Summit. Four years after President Donald Trump began to pull the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, President Joe Biden and his top officials are re-engaging with world leaders and making ag...