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Carbon needs to cost at least $100/tonne now to reach net zero by 2050 : Reuters poll
By Prerana Bhat BENGALURU (Reuters) - Setting the global average price of carbon per tonne significantly higher at $100 or more is necessary right away to incentivise net zero emissions by 2050, accor...
Oct 25, 2021
Shipping drifts off net-zero course without carbon levy -study
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The global shipping industry is on course to see its greenhouse gas emissions rise by around a fifth by 2050 if action including introducing a carbon levy on f...
Oct 25, 2021
Explainer-Climate change: what are the economic stakes?
By Mark John COP26 climate talks in Glasgow starting next Sunday may be the world's best last chance to cap global warming at the 1.5-2 degrees Celsius upper limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement....
Oct 25, 2021
Climate inaction costlier than net zero transition – economists
By Swathi Nair BENGALURU (Reuters) - Hitting the Paris Agreement goal of net-zero carbon emissions will require investments in a green transition worth 2%-3% of world output each year until 2050, far ...
Oct 25, 2021
Canada boosts U.S. natgas exports, drills more as global prices surge
By Nia Williams and Scott DiSavino CALGARY, Alberta/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demand has jumped for relatively cheap Canadian natural gas, driving exports to the United States to three-year highs and promp...
Oct 25, 2021
With corporate tax off table, U.S. Democrats turn to billionaires to fund spending bill
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are expected to unveil a tax plan on Monday that would seek to raise hundreds of billions of dollars from the country's roughly 700 billionaires to help p...
Oct 25, 2021
Novartis lung cancer drug fails phase III trial
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis on Monday said its canakinumab drug had failed in its targets to improve overall survival rates for lung cancer patients and also prevent the progression-fre...
Oct 25, 2021
Twin peaks: Whether it’s supply or demand, oil era heads for crunch time
By Noah Browning (Reuters) - Energy transition and peak demand predictions have spooked investors in oil, putting the prospect of peak production sooner than anticipated accompanied by wild price spik...
Oct 25, 2021
Roche launches genomic profiling kit to ease cancer research
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche is launching a new genomic profiling kit that lets cancer researchers explore tumours without having to send tissue samples to centralised laboratories, the...
Oct 25, 2021
Sudan cabinet members, others arrested in apparent coup – Reuters witness
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The majority of Sudan's cabinet members and a large number of pro-government party leaders have been arrested in an apparent coup in the capital Khartoum, a Reuters witness report...
Oct 25, 2021
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