Business South Africa gets €600 million to support green transition Johannesburg – South Africa is to receive 600 million euros ($603 million) from France and Germany as part of... Read more 10 Nov, 2022
Business Nine countries join alliance to boost offshore wind power Sharm el Sheikh – Nine countries including Britain, Germany, the United States and Japan joined an international alliance on... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Countries Pressure mounts on Egypt to release hunger-striking dissident Sharm el Sheikh – International pressure mounted on Tuesday for the “immediate release” of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah,... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Countries At COP27, US says election won’t disrupt climate plan Sharm el Sheikh – The United States sought to reassure the UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday that... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Countries Colombia, Venezuela launch COP27 call to save Amazon Sharm el Sheikh – The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro, launched a call on... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Countries China says committed to climate fight at UN summit Sharm el Sheikh – China’s top climate envoy told a UN summit on Tuesday his country would not retreat... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Countries Ukraine’s Zelensky tells COP27 Russia’s war harms climate efforts Sharm el Sheikh – A fast-heating world “cannot afford a single gunshot”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Business Island nations call for oil tax, anti-fossil fuel treaty at UN summit Sharm el Sheikh – Small island nations led calls at the UN climate summit Tuesday to tax oil companies’... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Countries World ‘burning up faster’ than it can recover, says Pakistan PM Sharm el Sheikh – Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with its devastating impacts,... Read more 9 Nov, 2022
Business ‘Toxic cover-up’: UN draws red line around net zero greenwashing Sharm el Sheikh – The UN’s chief called Tuesday for an end to a “toxic cover-up” by companies as... Read more 9 Nov, 2022