Financial firms that control around 40% of global assets will align themselves to the Paris Agreement 1.5 degree warming limit, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will say on Wednesday at critical UN climate talks. On “finance day” at COP26 on Wednesday, Mr Sunak will laud the “historic” climate commitment from global firms that control $130tr (£95tr) of
President Joe Biden has said Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s failure to turn up to the COP26 climate summit is a “big mistake”. Addressing reporters at the end of the second day of the climate conference in Glasgow, the president of the United States said China has “walked away” on the biggest issue of our time.
A woman pleaded for help to an Ohio police dispatcher while her alleged abductor slept just feet away. CNN’s George Howell reports.
The Basalt Vista community, nestled high in the mountains in Basalt, Colorado, is about to get a whole lot smarter in the pursuit of energy efficiency and renewable energy integration. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is installing its R&D 100 Award-winning foresee™ software in local homes to field-test smart energy management and community-level energy aggregation and
[Editor’s note: It is good to remember that because many places, such as many parts of India, are behind in development, they are able to develop green infrastructure at a point before more damage is done. This is the one blessing of underdeveloped countries. As they play catchup in development, they can start more originally
One of Britain’s top scientists has quit the government’s pandemic advisory body, warning the COVID crisis is “a long way from over” and that the situation in the UK is “concerning”. Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, quit the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) at the end of October. Sky News can
Three of Britain’s biggest high street lenders will this week join an alliance aimed at phasing out the world’s dependence on coal power amid a blizzard of efforts by multinationals to demonstrate their green credentials at the COP26 summit. Sky News has learnt that HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group will be among 10
Three people who died after getting into trouble while paddleboarding on a river in Wales have been identified by police as tributes have been paid by friends and family. Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed that the victims of the incident on the Cleddau River at the weekend were Morgan Rogers, 24, from Cefin Coed, Merthyr Tydfil; Nicola
Gazelle has just launched its latest electric commuter bike, the Medio T9 City. The electric bike uses a mid-drive motor from one of the most popular suppliers in the industry, but without the typical high price. Powered by a Bosch Active Line motor, the Gazelle Medio T9 City electric bicycle powers the rear wheel through
BP logos are seen at a BP petrol and diesel filling station southeast of London on June 15, 2020. BEN STANSALL | AFP | Getty Images Oil and gas giant BP beat third-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday, fueled by surging energy prices. The British energy major posted an underlying replacement cost profit, a proxy for
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his ex-UEFA counterpart Michel Platini have been charged with fraud in Switzerland. It follows a six-year investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.6m) from FIFA to Platini. Blatter, 85, and French football legend Platini, 65, could now face a trial within months. “This payment damaged FIFA’s
In February 2005, Eddie Moss was one of the most successful Michael Jackson impersonators in the world when his life, and career, were turned upside down. Jackson had been charged with molesting a 13-year-old boy named Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch estate in California, and was now set to take centre stage in what
In this article AMZN Twenty/20 Amazon wants us all to stop talking to its Alexa voice assistant so much and get on with living our lives. Tom Taylor, senior vice president of Alexa, said “it may surprise you” that Amazon wants you to talk to Alexa less. “We believe that the future of consumer technology
A British scallop trawler detained by French authorities as part of a fishing feud with the UK is still being held, despite a cabinet minister earlier telling Sky News it had been released. The impounded Cornelis Gert Jan, a Scottish-registered scallop dredger that was seized by officials near Le Havre last week, will continue to
Eternals was never intended for release while the COP26 climate summit was taking place, but the timing does seem strangely appropriate. Pushed back from hitting cinemas in 2020 due to the pandemic, the latest big-budget film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe tells the story of a disparate group of superheroes who find that, with the
The help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been deployed by tech firms and NGOs worldwide to fight the climate change crisis. Gadgets 360 caught up with some, including the team at Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) — a New Delhi-based NGO — and IBM India, to talk about their efforts to apply tech
NASA has shared a stunning image of a giant eye-shaped nebula that is among the brightest and closest to Earth. The image, captured by the agency’s Spitzer Space Telescope, showed a deep vacuum surrounded by a sparkling cloud of dust and gas. The dust and gas are spread over a two-light-year diameter around a central
Two Metropolitan Police officers have pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office after sharing photos of the bodies of two murdered sisters on WhatsApp. PC Deniz Jaffer 47, and PC Jamie Lewis, 33, appeared before Judge Mark Lucraft at the Old Bailey on Tuesday morning charged with committing misconduct in a public office between
From Gadhafi to Ahmadinejad, Bush to Chavez: look back at memorable moments from past UNGA sessions. Richard Roth reports.
Gogoro’s international expansion has been going quickly, with the Taiwan-based swappable battery and electric scooter company now announcing a partnership with Gojek to enter the Indonesian market. Indonesia is the third largest market in the world for two-wheeled vehicles like scooters and motorcycles, after China and India (two markets that Gogoro has already announced plans