The president touted U.S. plans to cut methane emissions and boost climate funding to developing countries in an address that sought to reclaim the mantle of global leadership on efforts to limit climate change.
Pakistan’s top climate official blamed climate change for the country’s deadliest flooding in more than a decade, as intense monsoon rains washed away villages and crops, killing more than 900 people since late June.
Senate Democrats met behind closed doors to discuss a revived package aimed at lowering carbon emissions and curbing healthcare costs, a day after Sen. Joe Manchin threw his support behind a deal.
Carbon emissions appear to be plateauing amid the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, making dire scenarios less likely. But limiting warming will still require steep emission cuts.
British pension funds may soon need to explain how they are fighting climate change under a global framework as the U.K. aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
