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“We’ve got ourselves a little monster out there,” anchorman Jim Cantore warned, facing the camera in the Weather Channel’s newsroom on a sultry August weekend in 1992. At first, few in …
US: As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing Read More
A new investigation by Carbon Brief reveals exactly how much of the UK’s foreign-aid budget is being used – and how – to help nations in the global south to …
Analysis: How the UK has spent its foreign aid on climate change since 2011 Read More
Australia has announced it will rejoin the United Nations climate fund set up to help poorer countries deal with the challenges of a heating planet ahead of a key donor …
Australia to rejoin Global Climate Fund it abandoned in 2018 Read More
Japan’s ministry of health and welfare has called on the public to sleep longer and better after two recent reports determined that Japanese people are not getting enough shut-eye. And …
Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap Read More
Pakistan’s mobile assembly industry was poised to take off, but a foreign exchange crisis caused the nascent, import-dependent sector to crash. Only 10.6 million phones have been manufactured so far …
Laid-off workers hesitate to rejoin Pakistan’s yo-yoing phone assembly industry Read More
Investors searching for alpha—to beat the market—won’t find it in socially responsible investing. A new study examining a decade of data finds portfolios of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that follow environmental, social, and …
A new study finds returns on ESG ETFs to be “unremarkable” Read More
LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s trade deal with India will not include legally enforceable commitments on labor rights or environmental standards, five people briefed on the text have told …
Rishi Sunak to sign UK-India trade deal without binding worker or environment pledges Read More
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With tired faces, residents of a homeless shelter in Argentina’s capital pass through the main entrance and line up to receive a hot drink and …
Rising poverty grips Argentina as runaway inflation takes its toll Read More
The justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted 9-2 last week against a legal framework that would have made it impossible for Indigenous tribal leaders to reclaim traditional land and that …
Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds Indigenous rights to reclaim land Read More
At first glance, the scene is just one of countless images of India’s contrasts. A child walks naked down a dusty street near a group of huts with corrugated iron roofs, …
How India is seeking to gain ground on China Read More