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Subscribe on LinkedIn to be notified of each new Daily Update—a curated selection of essential intelligence on financial markets and the global economy from S&P Global. Many countries have been advertising their ambitious decarbonization plans but have yet to take the aggressive action needed to put their plans in motion. However, change may be on the horizon. A group of global leaders reaffirmed or even advanced their net zero commitments and detailed the steps they will take to achieve thei...

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As climate summit unfolds, no Biden-Bolsonaro Amazon deal forthcoming The United States and Brazil have been conducting closed door negotiations to broker an Amazon rainforest protection agreement — with the U.S. and other nations tentatively to provide significant funding, and Brazil possibly agreeing to pragmatic measures to end deforestation. However, as the global Climate Leaders Summit progressed today, it became apparent that those talks are likely stalemated, with no deal announced, no...

Biden assembled an all-star climate team. Now he has to deliver. POLITICO 2 hrs ago By Michael Grunwald © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Biden’s climate all-stars will help him as well as pressure him to keep his climate pledges, including a zero-emissions electric grid by 2035, a carbon-neutral nation by 2050 and the 2030 goals he plans to announce this week at his Earth Day climate summit. Jigar Shah was a green finance legend, the founder of the pioneering solar firm Su...

Article content NEW YORK CITY — In the autumn of 1969, a young doctoral student thumbs through a magazine published by his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Vietnam War is raging. Richard Nixon is president. The Manson killings have just horrified America with their Helter Skelter depravity. But a different kind of headline blows Michael Oppenheimer’s mind: “The Modification of Planet Earth by Man.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing...

Biden in Risky Talks to Pay Brazil to Save Amazon Activists fear billion-dollar climate deal will bolster Bolsonaro and reward illegal forest clearance, but US says action can’t wait. April 13, 2021 The US is negotiating a multi-billion dollar climate deal with Brazil that observers fear could help the reelection of president Jair Bolsonaro and reward illegal forest clearance in the Amazon. That is the concern of Indigenous groups, environmental campaigners and civil society activists...

The US is negotiating a multi-billion dollar climate deal with Brazil that observers fear could help the reelection of president Jair Bolsonaro and reward illegal forest clearance in the Amazon. That is the concern of indigenous groups, environmental campaigners and civil society activists, who say they are being shut out of the most important talks on the future of the rainforest since at least 1992. Senior US officials are holding weekly...

Activists fear billion-dollar climate deal will bolster Bolsonaro and reward illegal forest clearance – but US says action can’t wait

Fiji Department of Information 5 April, 2021, 8:15 am Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Satyendra Prasad (top right) spoke at the recent World Bank Pre-Spring virtual Meeting. Picture: SUPPLIED Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations,  Satyendra Prasad spoke at the recent World Bank Pre-Spring virtual Meeting, during which he emphasised on the need for greater support in addressing the repeated climate catastrophes that continues to threaten stability a...

Fiji faced over 12 cyclones and several billion dollars worth of damages in last 10 years - Prasad Fiji faced over 12 cyclones and several billion dollars worth of damages in last 10 years - Prasad [image: supplied] Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Satyendra Prasad is calling for greater support in addressing the repeated climate catastrophes as over a 10 year period, Fiji faced over 12 cyclones and several billion dollars worth of damages. While speaking at the recent W...