Tag: Summits
Biden’s virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
WASHINGTON — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The...
Reports: UK to toughen climate target before Biden summit
<p>LONDON — The U.K. government will set itself a more ambitious climate target, pledging to reduce carbon emissions by three-quarters of their 1990 levels...
Reports: UK to toughen climate target before Biden summit
LONDON — The U.K. government will set itself a more ambitious climate target, pledging to reduce carbon emissions by three-quarters of their 1990 levels...
AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 as he convenes as a...
AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 as he convenes as a...
DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden...
DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden...
Former UN leader presses for ‘strong action’ on Myanmar
<p>UNITED NATIONS — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world body and Southeast Asian countries Monday to take swift and strong action to...
Former UN leader presses for ‘strong action’ on Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world body and Southeast Asian countries Monday to take swift and strong action to...
Senate Democrats urge Biden to deny funds for Brazil Amazon
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful...