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Oil and gas companies say they’re going green. Yesterday I looked through some of their accounts to see if it’s true.
In the first half of this year, 4 companies made £74.4bn and reinvested £3.4bn in low carbon energy. On average, that’s equivalent to 5% of their profits.
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Which are the barriers to achieve #gender #equality in political and financial institutions?
Join us at @EUI_Schuman premises in Florence or online for 'Private and Public gender #inclusiveness in decision-making positions: why and how?' #WomeninFinance
bit.ly/3QdxOYQ
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🚨Save the date!
Join @EUI_FBF_School at the @EUI_Schuman for an event on the role of #women in #leadership positions in political and financial institutions.
🗓️Wednesday, 15 June
⏰14:30 CEST
📌Register here: bit.ly/3GT9uHp
Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi retweeted
Anlässlich des #WEF in #Davos demonstrieren Klimastreikende und Jungsozialist:innen gegen die Mächtigen der Welt. Darunter ist auch Millionenerbin Marlene Engelhorn. Die 30-Jährige fordert eine gerechtere #Vermögensverteilung und dass sie selbst stärker besteuert wird.
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A quick walk around my neighborhood in Kyiv and everyone is buying water, dragging suitcases, and checking updates on their phones.
City is emptying out fast as Russian troops pour into Ukraine.
Sound of shelling has stopped, but can hear military jets flying above
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Credit Suisse faces money laundering charges in trial of Bulgarian cocaine traffickers reut.rs/34f7Ykd
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A group of more than 100 billionaires and millionaires has issued a plea to political and business leaders convening virtually for the World Economic Forum: make us pay more tax reut.rs/3GJWcvQ #DavosAgenda
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Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, a United Nations report said, in another stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks reut.rs/3EmsL1z 1/5
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Resort staff at one of Switzerland's most popular Alpine destinations are covering parts of Mount Titlis with a protective polyester fleecing to stave off summer melting reut.rs/3znKByV
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A former minister in Afghanistan became delivery man in Germany. While interviewing him yesterday, I was constantly reminded of how much a migrant loses in starting over somewhere new.
I wrote part of his story here:
reuters.com/article/us-afgha…
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“Cutting methane is the single biggest and fastest strategy for slowing down warming.” By @ValerieVolco reuters.com/business/environ…
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Nations have delayed curbing their fossil-fuel emissions for so long that they can no longer stop global warming from intensifying over the next 30 years, a UN report found. But there is still time to prevent worst-case scenarios.
Here are five takeaways: nyti.ms/3s642cF
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@CreditSuisse executives fear the scandal-hit bank could be challenged by investors demanding its break-up, or that its shrinking market value makes it a target for a U.S. rival. Management due to meet next week @Reuters @johnodonnell21 @hughesneghaiwi reuters.com/business/fearing…
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NEW: Before Venezuela’s economy imploded, well-connected dealmakers earned fortunes from the Chávez government and moved the money abroad to live lavishly.
One of them was Alejandro Betancourt. This is how he remade himself while his country went dark reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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An important story for women's/children's rights. While women are no longer jailed for sex outside wedlock in the UAE after last year's reforms, the status of pregnancies outside marriage is still unclear. reut.rs/3u0rWFX
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Elon Musk says Tesla won't use or accept bitcoin until he can be sure it's produced sustainably. What options does he have? Can Tesla make #Bitcoin greener?
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w/ @tomwilson1983
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The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the lights in Melbourne
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It is Tuesday and my Reuters colleague Kumerra Gemechu is still in the custody of Ethiopian police, held without charge, six days after his arrest. #FreeKumerra reut.rs/3pxC5Ix
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"This pandemic has been very severe, it's spread around the world extremely quickly. But this is not necessarily 'the big one'. Its current case fatality (rate) is reasonably low in comparison to other emerging diseases. This is a wake-up call," @DrMikeRyan @who warns on #COVID