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17.02.2021 - 'Put a big fat price on carbon': OECD chief bows out with climate rally cry
The environment, climate change and the protection of nature must be the defining tasks of rich and major developing countries now and in the years to come, the outgoing head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said, and the institutions that advise governments must take responsibility for keeping them focused on those tasks.
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15.02.2021 - 'Let's think big' - Germany wants to work closely with Biden on trade, China, climate
Germany wants Europe and the United States to strengthen transatlantic ties with a trade deal to abolish industrial tariffs, a WTO reform to increase pressure on China and a joint carbon-emission trading system to protect the climate.
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15.02.2021 - Bill Gates warns that manufacturing could challenge climate goals
Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world's ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that, he is worried.
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13.02.2021 - Russia's Lavrov holds climate talks with U.S. envoy Kerry amid sanctions concerns
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed climate change with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Saturday, with the pair agreeing to cooperate further within the Arctic Council, the Russian foreign ministry said.
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10.02.2021 - Norway proposes €200 per ton CO2 tax by 2030
Released on January 8, the white paper outlines how Norway will achieve a 45% reduction in emissions not falling under the Emissions Trading System by 2030, but the new increase in the CO2tax has sparked the most debate. The government’s position is that by increasing the cost of emitting CO2, there will be stronger incentives to reduce emissions.
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09.02.2021 - Heat stroke risks to Hajj pilgrims could be halved if global warming is limited to 1.5°C
Risks of deadly heat stroke to millions of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims during summer could be halved if global warming is limited to 1.5°C as stipulated in the Paris climate accord compared with 2°C, according to a new study published today in journal Environmental Research Letters.
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08.02.2021 - 'Eat and have a job': Moldovan youth advisor lays out economic basis for climate action
Young economist Vladislav Kaim, who advises the UN chief, worries his generation will face a huge burden of debt from COVID-19 spending, lack of jobs and growing climate threats
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26.01.2021 - Britain pins global cooperation hopes on shared climate fears
Shared concern over climate change could help strengthen global cooperation more broadly in the run-up to a U.N. climate summit in November, its British president Alok Sharma said on Tuesday.
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26.01.2021 - 'Resilient recovery': Cities link pandemic, climate adaptation responses
Cities across the globe pledged on Monday to use their post-pandemic recovery plans to bolster ways to adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change.Cities across the globe pledged on Monday to use their post-pandemic recovery plans to bolster ways to adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change.
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25.01.2021 - U.S. 'proud to be back' in climate fight, Kerry tells leaders
The United States is "proud to be back" in international efforts to tackle global warming, Washington's new special climate envoy John Kerry told a summit of world leaders on Monday.
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