Carbon emission

Crushed plastic bottles and containers bound in bales in China. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Net zero is stalling out. What now?

Slow growth and rising costs have changed the political calculation. There’s no longer talk of the “green revolution”

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USA

US to invest $1.2 bn on facilities to pull carbon from air

This handout picture, taken and released by the Brazilian Presidency on August 8, 2023, shows President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and his Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, chatting during the Amazon Summit IV Meeting of Presidents of States Parties to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACTO) in Belem, Para State, Brazil. Photo: AFPPIX
World+Biz

Amazon nations launch alliance to fight deforestation at summit

FILE PHOTO: A South Korean army K1A1 tank fires during a live-fire drill which is a part of the joint military drill "Freedom Shield" between South Korea and U.S. at a military training field near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
World+Biz

World's war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot

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Bangladesh

Accelerating electric car rollout in Bangladesh requires strong policy backing: Report

Nishimura Yasutoshi, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Environment Minister Akihiro Nishimura and other delegates attend the opening session of G7 Ministers? Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo, Japan April 15, 2023, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
World+Biz

G7 building consensus for faster end to carbon emissions

Rich countries won’t escape the consequences if poor ones can’t cut emissions. Photographer: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg
World+Biz

'Climate time bomb ticking', emissions must urgently be cut - UN chief

FILE PHOTO: Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines, designed specifically for the Airbus A350 family of aircraft, are seen on the assembly line at the Rolls Royce factory in Derby, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Paul Ellis/Pool/File Photo
World+Biz

Rising airline emissions could trigger global caps as early as 2024 - trade group

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Energy

Govt to go stricter on power plant emission standard

Photo: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Europe's new carbon tariff won't help the climate

Photographer: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg
World+Biz

Singapore lowers emissions forecast target to 60 mln tonnes CO2 in 2030

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Emissions from China-invested overseas coal plants equal to whole of Spain: Research

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows brick factories as smoke rises from the stacks in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/File Photo
World+Biz

Global CO2 emissions to grow less than 1% this year thanks to renewables- IEA