Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
What are leaders saying at the UN climate summit?
DUBAI (Reuters) - World leaders addressed the COP28 summit on Saturday, where their countries' delegations are assessing progress towards meeting global climate goals. Here are the latest comments: GE...
Dec 02, 2023
US lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate ‘super pollutant’ from oil and gas
By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on U.S. oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global p...
Dec 02, 2023
Over 110 countries set to join COP28 deal to triple renewable energy
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) - A pledge to triple the world's installed renewable energy by 2030 is poised to win support from more than 110 countries at the COP28 climate summ...
Dec 02, 2023
How food and agriculture contribute to climate change
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Feeding the world is a big job, and the effort produces billions of mets of emissions of greenhouse gases each year - around a third of the global total. Despite the fact t...
Dec 02, 2023
Exclusive-Colombia makes major changes to auction rules for offshore wind blocks
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has significantly modified the terms for its first-ever offshore wind energy auction, set to receive bids in August next year, with the aim of opening it ...
Dec 02, 2023
Olympics-Tahiti villagers say barge for surf tower build damages reef
By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - A barge planned for use building a controversial judging tower for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti snagged on a reef and damaged coral near the contes...
Dec 02, 2023
U.S. to announce $3 billion into green climate fund – sources familiar with matter
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States will announce a $3 billion contribution to the green climate fund, sources familiar with matter said on Saturday. The fund, which was created in 2010, is the larges...
Dec 01, 2023
On COP28 sidelines, philanthropies invest $450 million to help tackle methane
By Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) - Nearly a dozen deep-pocketed philanthropies announced on Saturday they will invest $450 million over the next three years to help countries launch national actio...
Dec 01, 2023
Cow burps, food waste to take spotlight at COP28 agriculture day
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Climate advocacy groups are pressuring world governments gathered at this year's United Nation's COP28 climate conference in Dubai to commit to cutting global food sector e...
Dec 01, 2023
Explainer-Can technology solve the global climate crisis?
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - Governments and investors are pouring billions of dollars into emerging technologies to combat global warming in long-shot bets that entrepreneurship can help lead the w...
Dec 01, 2023
