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UK’s Johnson warns of ‘doomsday’ as climate summit begins

GLASGOW, Scotland — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a global climate summit Monday, saying the world is strapped to a “doomsday device.” Johnson likened an ever-warming Earth’s position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond — strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and […]

US, EU say deal on steel tariffs will help on climate change

ROME — President Joe Biden said Sunday a new U.S. and European Union trade agreement would crack down on “dirty steel” that produces carbon emissions that are blamed for climate change and also patch up a trans-Atlantic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs. Biden and European Commission […]

COP26: World will try again to avert climate disaster

Summary World eyes Glasgow for new pledges of climate action UN chief Guterres says ‘serious risk’ of failure Current action not enough to avert future hothouse world GLASGOW, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The United Nations COP26 summit that starts in Glasgow this week has been billed as a […]

Factbox: COP26: What would success look like at the climate summit?

Oct 31 – Making a final assessment of the progress achieved over the two weeks of the COP26 talks in Glasgow will be complex. Unlike past climate summits, the event won’t deliver a new treaty or one big “win”. Rather, it will attempt to produce a myriad of […]

Putin to address Biden’s climate summit despite crisis in U.S.-Russia ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a speech on Thursday at an online climate change summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, the Kremlin said, despite a deep crisis in relations between Moscow and Washington. Putin’s attendance signals he is still open to dialogue with the United States […]

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