Six weeks before taking power, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday told a packed crowd at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt that his administration would crack Read more
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Opinion: Opinion: Global cooperation is not necessary to fight climate change
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Project Syndicate)—This week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt highlights the growing consensus that multilateral cooperation is necessary to avert environmental catastrophe. But with geopolitical tensions Read more
Opinion: Protecting forests is even more powerful in the climate fight than we thought
At last year’s United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, more than 100 heads of state committed to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030. If successful, this pledge would play a huge role Read more
What is COP27? Key issues for markets to watch as U.N. climate talks kick off in Egypt
Scores of high-profile government officials, corporate interests and protestors converage by Egypt’s Red Sea for the next two weeks, charged with quickening the progress in curbing costly and deadly global Read more
For EVs, solar tax breaks and climate change, the midterm elections that matter
Climate change may not top inflation when it comes to burning midterm election issues, but the younger the voter, the more important the topic grows. Clean-energy jobs are at stake, Read more
Amazon.com funneling more dollars to women fighting climate change
It’s all hands on deck if the world is to solve its climate-change dilemma in just a few decades. But money in female entrepreneurial hands is much harder to come Read more
Here’s where the big U.S. banks stand up and fall down on climate change
The net-zero emissions commitments from Wall Street’s banking giants was a significant step toward holding global warming in check, but in the almost two years since each of the U.S. Read more
Emerson receive $9.5 billion upfront for sale of stake in climate technologies business; beats Q4 profit expectations
Shares of Emerson Electric Co. EMR, +1.76% gained 0.7% in premarket trading, after automation technology and software company confirmed Monday an agreement to sell a majority stake in its climate Read more
Farm groups rally against SEC proposal to report climate data
Big agricultural groups say a proposal from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring companies to report their carbon footprint could drive small farmers out of business. Skeptics say it Read more
U.K. says new P.M. Rishi Sunak won’t go to U.N. climate conference
New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday. Sunak’s office said the decision was based on “pressing Read more