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Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion fund to tackle climate change

Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,' says Bezos, whose net worth is estimated to be around $130 billion

Elon Musk calls Gates underwhelming as Microsoft founder buys a Porsche

Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., spoke with a YouTube influencer last week about the challenges of reducing emissions to slow climate change

Jaishankar engages with EU leaders on socio-economic issues, climate change

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met top leaders of the European Union and held wide-ranging talks on issues, including economic cooperation, climate change and capacity building, that would "benefit both India and EU". Jaishankar, who was in Germany during the weekend for the Munich Security Conference, arrived here on Monday to prepare the ground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned visit for the India-EU summit here next month. The foreign minister met EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and the two leaders discussed experiences in capacity building and development partnerships. "Coordination on these issues would be to the benefit of both India and EU," Jaishankar tweeted. The minister also held "positive and productive" parleys at the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU. "Thank the attending Foreign Ministers, Ambassadors & senior officials and most of all HR (High Representative) @JosepBorrellF. Looking forward to working together to ...

Australian bushfires extinguished, but sparks debate on climate disasters

While scientists agree climate change created favourable conditions for the blazes, politicians of all stripes are acutely aware how sensitive the issue is in Australian politics

Scientists develop tech to convert carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuel

Malmstadt said that in contrast, the team's discovery uses a millifluidic reactor process, a very small scale chemical reactor system, which has a minimal environmental footprint.

Climate change to drive 33% of earth's flora, fauna to extinction by 2070

About 50% of the species had local extinctions if maximum temperatures increased by more than 0.5 deg Celsius, and 95% if temperatures increase by more than 2.9 deg Celsius.

Green bond sub-component issuance will reach $300 bn this year: Moody's

With climate change becoming a big issue, these bonds will soon find wider acceptance globally

US, EU, India among 'big emitters', must lead way on climate action: UN

He was responding to a question on which countries and governments are responsible for the failure to improve the climate change situation

Budget 2020: Rs 4,400-cr outlay for clean air, old power plants to be shut

The power sector is facing stress due to poor financial conditions of discoms in the country

At 33.4 degrees, 30 Jan was the hottest day in Bengaluru in 150 years: IMD

Explaining the possible reasons, the IMD director said, "We are having an impact of micro climate where there is too much of urbanisation, too much of vehicular pollution."

Future US-UK trade deal needs labour, climate protections: US lawmaker

Britain is the closest US ally but the two countries face big hurdles in working out a new trade agreement, including a dispute over Britain's plan to impose a unilateral digital tax

Developed nations not taking action to reduce carbon emissions: Javadekar

'We need an open source approach for climate change innovation and should not profit while tackling a disaster', said Javadekar

Amazon workers criticise company on climate change despite risk to jobs

Amazon, which relies on fossil fuels to power the planes, trucks and vans that ship packages all over the world, has an enormous carbon footprint.

Best of BS Opinion: Climate change, structural reforms in tax rate, more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Locust attacks have links with climate change

This insect grows exponentially and an average locust swarm, believe it or not, can have 8 million critters, which can devour as much food in one day as 2,500 people or 10 elephants

The next big development challenge

The latest economic forecasts from the IMF and the World Bank are sobering, pointing to protracted slowdowns across the board

Fighting climate crisis on Davos' agenda, but people arriving by pvt jets

While more organizers are recognizing the need to mitigate the damage their events can cause to the environment, the industry hasn't settled on an approach for tackling air travel

Paving the way: Rajasthan student builds road using non-biodegradable waste

Fly ash, dye-containing water, marble slurry and small bits of plastic were used to build the road

My generation will not give up without a fight: Activist Greta Thunberg

We demand that at this year's WEF participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments: halt subsidies, investments to fossil fuels

Climate change could cause the next financial meltdown, suggests report

The ECB is among central banks trying to prepare for what a report warns could be a "coming economic upheaval"