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WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund said its executive board met on Tuesday to discuss a report prepared for the World Bank alleging that IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva pressured staff to alter data …
IMF board gets initial briefing on Georgieva role in China data rigging scandal Read More
So what can we expect from COP26, billed as the “most important international meeting to address climate change yet”? Will country ambition “ratchet up” as the architects of the Paris …
Cop out? Read More
As we struggle to find common international cause to address climate change, you might not immediately think of reaching for a philosopher’s book – How to think about the climate …
The climate crisis cause Read More
“The future of the auto industry is electric,” President Joe Biden said in a voiceover to a video posted on Twitter Wednesday night. Automakers seem to agree with him. On Thursday, …
Biden, “Big Three” automakers join forces on EV goals Read More
Two controversial new projects propose laying thousands of miles of pipe through America’s Corn Belt, carrying liquid carbon dioxide across five states, from Iowa to the Dakotas, where they’d wind …
The Oil Industry’s New Climate Change Solution Is More Pipelines Read More
G20 environment ministers in Naples, Italy, concluded a “hard-fought summit” yesterday, reports the Financial Times, which “at times appeared to be on the brink of disintegrating”. The newspaper continues: “In the …
Fraught G20 meeting highlights divisions Read More
The huge amount of money poured into the pandemic recovery—around $16 trillion, by the latest count—could have helped launch the world on a path to cut emissions quickly enough to …
Only 2% of the pandemic recovery goes to clean energy Read More
For decades, rich and poor countries were trapped in a stalemate over how to deal with the carbon-dioxide coated, rapidly overheating planet. The United States and other developed countries — …
A $100 billion promise holds the Paris Agreement together. Now, it’s coming apart. Read More
There is widespread coverage across the UK newspapers of the latest annual report by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), in which the UK fiscal watchdog focuses on both the …
Funding net-zero could cost UK less than pandemic Read More
‘This Is the Climate Emergency’: Dozens of Sudden Deaths Reported as Canada Heat Hits Record 121°F Dozens of sudden-death calls that Vancouver authorities have received this week are believed to be …
Sudden Deaths Reported in Canada Heatwave Read More