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EU Commission to target 55 pct emissions reductions
EU Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen in her first state of the union speech announced an increase to the 2030 climate target, to ’at…
Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing
Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms of slavery and other exploitation due to the…
Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauritius, Panama regulator says
A Japanese ship that wrecked off the coast of Mauritius in July and sparked one of the worst environmental disasters in the country’s history may…
Free emissions allowances must be better targeted: EU auditors
Free allowances under the EU’s ’cap and trade’ emissions trading system (ETS) – distributed to industry, aviation and sometimes the electricity sector, were not well…
Lego is replacing its clear plastic bags with recyclable paper
If you buy a Lego set today, the toy bricks come packed in tiny numbered plastic bags. Every year, the toy manufacturer uses hundreds of…
What can we expect in Von der Leyen’s first state of the union speech?
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her first landmark state of the union address on Wednesday. The speech, delivered to MEPs, traditionally sets…
OECD: Progress in updating rules on international shipping of plastic waste
OECD countries have agreed to update rules on the export of hazardous plastic waste for recycling in line with international changes so that advance consent…
Europe needs to be a player, not a playing field, EU tells China
The EU needs a balanced relationship with China, EU president Charles Michel told Chinese president Xi Monday in a summit which underlined differences over human…
Countries must ‘get their hands dirty’ to stem COVID and prevent future pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended a world embroiled in chaos, unleashing catastrophic health, social and economic consequences along with irreparable harm to humanity, according to…
Coronavirus: Disposable masks ’causing enormous plastic waste’
The government has been urged to do more to get people to switch from disposable masks to reusable coverings. The Liberal Democrats said single-use surgical…
ECB’s Lagarde shifts burden to governments to aid recovery
Euro zone governments must keep spending heavily to aid the bloc’s recovery from its historic pandemic-induced recession, complementing already super-easy monetary policy, European Central Bank…
Changing tack: wind power breezes back into shipping with Swedish venture
A Swedish consortium aims to launch commercially by 2025 a wind-driven car carrier that will emit 90 per cent less carbon dioxide than a conventional…
Nomadland takes first prize at scaled-down Venice Film Festival
Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao has become the first woman in a decade to win the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The event…
Protests against virus restrictions in Germany, Poland
Several thousand people protested in German cities on Saturday against measures imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, while hundreds marched in the Polish…
Pandemic pushes world’s biggest jobs programme to brink in rural India
Omkar Rathod was thankful for the company of hundreds of fellow migrant workers as they trudged home to far-flung villages once lockdown had shut Indian…
’Pesticide scandal’: UK branded biggest exporter of ’banned’ chemicals
An investigation by Greenpeace’s Unearthed journalism unit has uncovered exports of 32,000 tonnes of ’banned’ agrochemicals from the UK in 2018. The pesticides have been…
Belarus: UN chief deeply concerned over use of force against peaceful protesters
Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday expressed deep concern over the continued use of force against peaceful protestors in Belarus and detention of those exercising their…
EU Parliament’s environment committee votes to support 60% EU emissions cut by 2030
Lawmakers in European Parliament’s environment committee on Thursday voted in favour of a legally binding target for the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas…
Brussels mulls regulatory action against fake news
Online platforms need to show more accountability, responsibility and transparency, the EU Commission said Thursday, as it presented its assessment of the effectiveness of the…
Citigroup’s Jane Fraser to become first woman to head a Wall St. bank
Citigroup Inc (C.N) on Thursday named consumer banking head Jane Fraser to succeed Michael Corbat next year as the bank’s chief executive officer, making her…
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