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Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform
1 month, 1 week ago

Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Good or bad, the United Nations climate negotiations process itself became the focus of the international talks that aim to curb warming from coal, oil and natural gas. “We consider COP29 as a litmus test for the global climate architecture,” conference lead negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev said at a Friday news conference. Share Share Copy Link copied Email …

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Top polluting cities revealed as activists fume at COP29 fossil fuel lobby
1 month, 1 week ago

Top polluting cities revealed as activists fume at COP29 fossil fuel lobby

Al Jazeera  

Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks. “It’s like tobacco lobbyists at a conference on lung cancer,” David Tong from campaign group Oil Change International told the AFP news agency. “It’s unfortunate that the fossil fuel industry and the petrostates have seized control of the COP process to an unhealthy …

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William's hipster makeover! Fans swoon over Prince of Wales new look including £130 biodegradable trainers - and some say its a nod to Kate
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

William's hipster makeover! Fans swoon over Prince of Wales new look including £130 biodegradable trainers - and some say its a nod to Kate

Daily Mail  

When Prince William took to the Earthshot awards ceremony in Cape Town yesterday evening, he debuted a new look. The Prince of Wales debuted a new look at yesterday evening's Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town The royal father-of-three sported a grey vintage blazer with a light blue shirt at the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards A third added: 'I …

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Salvador Dalí’s genius wasn’t in his art, it was in his branding
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Salvador Dalí’s genius wasn’t in his art, it was in his branding

The Independent  

In June 1936, Salvador Dalí travelled to London to give a lecture at the New Burlington Galleries in Mayfair. According to John Russell, writing in his obituary of the artist in The New York Times in 1989, Dalí’s “best work became rare to the point of invisibility” in the latter part of his career. In fairness, Dalí did produce impressive …

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Prince William’s 2023 Earthshot Prize winners announced
1 year, 1 month ago

Prince William’s 2023 Earthshot Prize winners announced

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. Singapore CNN — An agritech startup that helps female farmers in India to cut food waste using solar-powered dehydration equipment is among the five green innovations to …

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Prince William congratulates Earthshot Prize 2022 finalists
1 year, 10 months ago

Prince William congratulates Earthshot Prize 2022 finalists

Daily Mail  

The Prince of Wales was deep in conversation with the finalists of the 2022 Earthshot Prize this afternoon at a retreat in Windsor, telling one woman her story was 'unbelievable'. Prince William, 41, met with the innovators for the first time at the Earthshot Prize Fellowship Retreat in Cumberland Lodge at Windsor Great Park, which is part of the Earthshot …

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Fight over aid for climate losses divides UN talks
2 years, 1 month ago

Fight over aid for climate losses divides UN talks

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — With an end-of-the-week deadline rushing at them faster than agreements are coming out of them, negotiators at the U.N. climate summit were in a difficult spot Wednesday. Former Irish President Mary Robinson, who is also chair of the Elders group of former global leaders, urged negotiators at the climate talks to take a “real decision” on …

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Economist Rodrigo Chaves elected Costa Rica’s president
2 years, 8 months ago

Economist Rodrigo Chaves elected Costa Rica’s president

Al Jazeera  

Economist Rodrigo Chaves, a right-wing former finance minister, has won a runoff presidential election in Costa Rica amid rising unemployment and a soaring budget deficit. Chaves, whose ascent to the runoff race surprised many, won comfortably with 53 percent of the vote to centrist former President Jose Maria Figueres’s 47 percent, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said on Sunday. Figueres, who …

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Former President Figueres takes early lead in Costa Rica polls
2 years, 10 months ago

Former President Figueres takes early lead in Costa Rica polls

Al Jazeera  

A candidate needs to win 40 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff that has been scheduled for April 3. Costa Rica’s former President Jose Maria Figueres has taken an early lead in the Latin American country’s national elections. Figueres, who was president from 1990 to 1994, had 27 percent of the vote with 63 percent of ballots counted, …

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Costa Rica headed towards likely April presidential runoff
2 years, 10 months ago

Costa Rica headed towards likely April presidential runoff

Al Jazeera  

Costa Rica is headed towards a presidential run-off, as preliminary results of Sunday’s election showed no candidate in a crowded pool of 25 contenders managed to win 40 percent of the votes. Costa Rica, with its green economy and booming tourism industry, has long been seen as a beacon of stability in the region, but polls have shown unemployment, corruption …

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The COP26 summit to fight climate change has started. Here's what to expect
3 years, 2 months ago

The COP26 summit to fight climate change has started. Here's what to expect

NPR  

The COP26 summit to fight climate change has started. Nations also have not delivered on their promises regarding "climate finance" — the stream of money that will help poorer countries deal with the consequences of a warming climate. Climate experts are hoping that it will "send a signal" that nations understand the need for deeper emissions cuts to reach that …

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US returns to Paris Accord, vows no more sidelining of climate
3 years, 10 months ago

US returns to Paris Accord, vows no more sidelining of climate

India Today  

The United States officially returned to the Paris global climate accord on Friday, and U.S. leaders declared the nation could not afford to ever sideline the growing climate crisis again. “Climate change and science diplomacy can never again be add-ons' in our foreign policy discussions,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, in what was expected to be …

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Back in Paris pact, US faces tougher climate steps ahead
3 years, 10 months ago

Back in Paris pact, US faces tougher climate steps ahead

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — World leaders welcomed the United States’ official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel emissions. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the official American reentry “is itself very important,” as is …

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BP CEO and climate leader: We can only fight climate change if businesses help
3 years, 11 months ago

BP CEO and climate leader: We can only fight climate change if businesses help

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Bernard Looney is CEO of BP. We may look to be strange bedfellows – a global leader on climate change and the chief executive of a multinational oil company – but we share two characteristics that the world needs more than ever: stubborn optimism and a fierce commitment to inclusivity. With Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president this …

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