Climate and energy top of mind for long-term investors, panelists say
World 13:44 04/12/2025NEW YORK - Climate and energy remain top of mind for long-term investors looking to ensure robust portfolios, panelists at the Reuters Next conference in New York said on Wednesday.
Nam A Bank, GCPF sign MoU: Joint exploration of climate-adaptation financing framework in 2026
Economy 15:00 24/11/2025Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Nam A Bank, HOSE: NAB) and the Global Climate Partnership Fund (GCPF) have signed a memorandum of understanding as a signal of the mutual interest from both sides to jointly explore a new climate-adaptation financing framework in Vietnam, potentially focusing on the agricultural sector.
Turkey set to host COP31 climate summit, Australia to lead government talks
World 12:10 20/11/2025SYDNEY - Turkey will host next year's UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.
Brazil's COP30 climate summit opens with a plea for countries to get along
World 12:16 11/11/2025The COP30 climate summit opened on Monday with the U.N. climate chief urging countries to cooperate rather than battle over priorities, as efforts to limit global warming are threatened by a fracturing international consensus.
'Moral failure': Leaders seek to rally world at Amazon climate talks
World 10:25 07/11/2025Fears of a fracturing global resolve loomed over climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as world leaders acknowledged their failure to contain global warming to agreed limits.
EU set to miss UN climate deadline amid internal divisions
World 15:40 18/09/2025European Union countries' climate ministers are expected to confirm on Thursday that the bloc will miss a global deadline to set new emissions-cutting targets, owing to divisions among EU governments over its climate plans.
Poll shows huge support for global cooperation, but failing grades for UN, others
World 15:20 18/09/2025NEW YORK - A new poll of over 36,300 people worldwide showed huge support for more international cooperation on issues including trade, global health, climate and poverty, but gave largely failing grades to institutions like the United Nations, IMF and others.
UN holds emergency talks over sky-high costs for COP30 climate summit
World 13:52 30/07/2025The United Nations' climate bureau held an urgent meeting on Tuesday over concerns that sky-high accommodation prices for this year's COP30 climate summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out of the negotiations, according to diplomats and a document seen by Reuters.
Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says
World 14:58 29/07/2025The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a U.N. report said on Monday.
Countries agree 10% increase for UN climate budget
World 16:04 27/06/2025Countries agreed on Thursday to increase the U.N. climate body's budget by 10% for the next two years, a move the body welcomed as a commitment by governments to work together to address on climate change, with China's contribution rising.
Indians buy 14 million ACs a year, and need many more
World 17:11 12/05/2025Aarti Verma is about to join the growing ranks of Indians installing air conditioning, scraping together savings to secure relief from sometimes deadly temperatures that can reach nearly 50 Celsius.
‘Green’ office in Vietnam’s Quang Binh seen as heat-proof model amid extreme heat
Vietnam News 18:24 01/05/2024The building was initially planned to be the same as other construction works, but a ‘green’ change was made to it in 2022
