U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Wednesday "the time has come" for American farmers to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by taking advantage of newly announced incentives designed to fight climate change.
BlackRock Inc told Reuters it has raised a target-beating $673 million for an infrastructure fund with backing from the French, German and Japanese governments to invest in climate-focused projects such as renewable energy in emerging markets.
The Biden administration on Tuesday will unveil a plan to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas methane across the country, starting with oil and gas wells, pipelines and other infrastructure as part of its broader strategy to crack down on climate change.
Britain, the United States, India, China and the European Union will aim to raise production of near-zero emission steel in all parts of the world by 2030, the British government said on Tuesday.
African leaders demanded at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday that wealthy countries responsible for the bulk of carbon emissions make good on an earlier pledge to provide $100 billion a year to help poorer countries cope.