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  Spanish bank Santander to end ties with coal companies by 2030

  Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 11:45am on February 23, 2021

  Spanish banking giant Santander said Monday it would stop doing business with companies most exposed to coal mining by 2030 as part of its efforts...

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  US officially back in Paris accord

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:24pm on February 20, 2021

  The United States on Friday officially returned to the Paris climate accord, with president Joe Biden vowing to make the fight against global warming a...

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  Dozens of nations miss deadline to boost climate ambition

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:35am on January 06, 2021

  More than half the world’s nations failed to submit upgraded commitments by year’s end to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, straggling behind the schedule of...

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  Climate ambition summit Dec 12

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:03am on December 08, 2020

  Climate Ambition Summit 2020, co-hosted by the UK COP26 presidency, the UN and France in partnership with Chile and Italy, will be held on December...

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  US formally quits Paris agreement

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:36am on November 05, 2020

  The United States left the Paris accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact as the fate...

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  Developed nations put conditions for climate fund: TIB

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:20am on November 29, 2019

  Transparency International Bangladesh on Thursday said developed countries were putting new conditions to release Green Climate Fund but remain indifferent to gather yearly $100 billion...

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  Climate action: emergency now

  | Updated at 12:00am on November 12, 2019

  FEW countries that signed the landmark Paris Agreement are respecting what they promised, the United Nations’ 2018 Environment Program annual report confirmed. What can we...

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  Donors pledge nearly $10b for UN climate fund

  Agence-France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:15am on October 27, 2019

  Developed countries on Friday pledged nearly $10 billion for the UN’s flagship climate change fund, offsetting the impact of US president Donald Trump’s decision to...

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  Rosatom stresses use of nuclear tech for SDGs

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:52am on October 08, 2019

  Director general of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev emphasised maximum harnessing the potential of nuclear technologies in order to implement the decisions of the Paris Agreement on...

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  US dissents as G20 split over climate change

  Reuters . Osaka | Updated at 03:44pm on June 29, 2019

  After much wrangling, the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday agreed to disagree on fighting climate change, with the United States dissenting from a...