ANALYSIS-Who Pays? UN Climate Report Reignites Global Fight for Compensation March 4, 2022 By Kate Abnett With this week’s U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and losses already faced from climate change,...
COP26 Climate Agreement Targets Fossil Fuels as Key Driver of Global Warming November 15, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and William James GLASGOW – U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the...
Draft COP26 Climate Deal Tries to Balance Demands of Developing and Richer Nations November 12, 2021 By Kate Abnett, Elizabeth Piper and Simon Jessop GLASGOW – A new draft agreement for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to be more...
COP26 Coal Pledge Falls Short on Support From Big User Countries as Emissions Surge November 5, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Elizabeth Piper GLASGOW – A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the U.N. climate conference...
Coal in Crosshairs as UN Climate Summit Brings Raft of Clean Energy Pledges November 4, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop GLASGOW – Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...
Polluters, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay to Clean Up Environmental Damage: EU Auditors July 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge...
EU Top Court Upholds Partial Ban on Bayer Pesticides May 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming...
EU Prepares to Get Tougher on Asset Managers that ‘Greenwash’ Sustainable Credentials March 10, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS – For money managers and advisers keen to market their sustainable investing credentials to European clients, going green is...
Warming Arctic Is Key to Understanding Climate Change Risks, Experts Say January 14, 2021 By Clare Baldwin and Kate Abnett HONG KONG/BRUSSELS – The environmental transformation happening in the Arctic is key to understanding the potential global impacts of climate...