According to Financial Times (FT), the Bezos Earth Fund was one of the largest funders of the SBTi which Bezos helped establish five years ago. The $18m grant from Earth fund, originally set to be a three-year commitment, was extended in 2021 but expired last year as planned. This financial support had been essential in…
Some leading European fintech companies are planning to make Hong Kong their base in Asia, the finance chief has said, touting his recent trip to a global economic forum in Switzerland as a way to expand the city’s network. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Sunday that Beijing’s support for collaboration provided stability…
China has reaffirmed its commitment to jointly tackling global challenges on Tuesday, drawing a contrast with the U.S. following President Donald Trump‘s order to quit the World Health Organization (WHO) and a landmark climate agreement for the second time. Newsweek reached out to a Trump representative by email with a request for comment. Why It…
Da Wei is director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy in Beijing. His research focuses on China-US relations and US security and foreign policy. In this interview, he discusses US President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and first day back in the White House. I’d like to start by asking about US President…
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump once again withdrew the United States from the Paris climate deal on Monday, removing the world’s biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade. The move places the United States alongside Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries in…
Robin Niblett is a distinguished fellow with London-based think tank Chatham House, where he was director and chief executive from 2007 to 2022. A leading expert on the relations between Europe, the United States and Asia, he is the author of The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape…
The agenda at the United Nations’ Cop29 climate summit has become more complicated with the re-election of Donald Trump, who made “Drill, baby, drill” an applause line on the campaign trail. The summit, which kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, marks the first time in 15 years that global representatives will negotiate a new…
The election of Donald Trump – a felon and climate crisis denier – as president of the United States comes as a stroke of bitter irony after recent floods exacerbated by global warming smashed parts of the southeast US – Hurricane Milton alone is likely to cost up to US$50 billion – and given the…
Hong Kong’s environment chief will depart for Azerbaijan on Monday to attend the United Nations’ annual climate change summit, while a former head of the city’s weather forecaster has voiced concerns about rising local temperatures. The government said on Sunday that Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan would link up with the Chinese delegation…