Trade war risks curbing access to key green tech, Brazil climate chief warns

Ana Toni says this year’s COP30 will happen in ‘very difficult circumstances’ amid US withdrawal

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Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns

Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending. Countries looking to boost their national security through rearmament or increased defence spending must also ...
The Guardian - Mar. 18
US will be ‘central’ to climate fight even without Trump, says Cop30 president

André Corrêa do Lago suggests US organisations can play a constructive role even if government limits participation. The US will be “central” to solving the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s ...
The Guardian - Mar. 10
Trump, tariffs and wars drain funds from climate action, warns Brazil

‘Triple negative’ puts world on course for ‘civilisation doom’, says environment minister
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US weather agency job cuts could jeopardise climate risk data, insurers warn

Reinsurance trade group lobbies US commerce secretary about potential impact to monitoring hurricanes and drought conditions
Financial Times - Mar. 14
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry

US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations. The US has blocked Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-US ...
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China raises state funding for strategic minerals amid US trade war

Authorities increase subsidies for exploration and mining to shore up high-tech supply chain
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US and Russian spy chiefs speak amid Ukraine war talks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Sergei Naryshkin, chief of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, spoke over the phone Tuesday amid recent peace talks with Ukraine, endorsing a 30-day ...
The Hill - Mar. 12
Nvidia to spend hundreds of billions on US supply chain, says chief

Jensen Huang’s pledge follows onshoring plans by other tech companies as Trump trade policies ripple through industry
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Canada ‘will never be part of the US’, says new PM Mark Carney amid trade war

Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor sworn in and expected to call election soon. Mark Carney has said Canada will never be part of the US, after being sworn in as the country’s 24th ...
The Guardian - Mar. 15

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