The war in Ukraine has triggered a costly humanitarian crisis that demands a peaceful resolution. At the same time, economic damage from the conflict will contribute to a significant slowdown in global growth in 2022 and add to inflation. Fuel and food prices have increased rapidly, hitting vulnerable populations in …
Rich countries have missed a U.N. deadline for outlining aid to help developing nations combat climate change. Among industrialized nations, only Russia and Ukraine sent letters to the United Nations by the May 1 deadline -- only to say they did not feel obliged to contribute under a deal to …
Kiev (Ukraine): Greenpeace said hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are still eating food contaminated by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion a quarter-century after the blast. In a report, the environmental group said samples of milk,berries,potatoes and root vegetables in two Ukrainian regions show unacceptably high levels of …
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports.
Japan has no objection to buying more carbon emissions rights from Ukraine as its checks have shown that money Tokyo previously paid for permits has been properly accounted for, a government official said Thursday. Ukraine's current government has accused the former prime minister of misusing the funds. "We sent people …
Peter Walker Ukraine announces official tours of the 1986 nuclear disaster site. LESSONS FROM AN ACCIDENT: Visitors can now learn more about the tragedy. A 2007 file photograph of the abandoned town of Pripyat and the now closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the background. Already been to North Korea? …
Moscow: As if things in Russia were not looking sufficiently apocalyptic already, with 100-degree temperatures and noxious fumes rolling in from burning peat bogs and forests, there is growing alarm here that fires in regions coated with fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 24 years ago could now be emitting …
Richard WrayRussia is the world's second largest producer of barley after the EU and the cereal crop is used by many farmers as animal feed.Shoppers could see the cost of the meat and poultry in their baskets rise as the price of barley has more than doubled over the past …
For hundreds of thousands of people in south-east Europe, the true meaning of energy security was brought home at the beginning of the year, during Russia
The objective of the periodic verification is to verify that actual monitoring systems and procedures are in compliance with the monitoring systems and procedures described in the monitoring 4th JI Verification of the project:
The European Union plans to extend strict radioactivity checks by 10 years on food imports from areas affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster due to continuing nuclear contamination, a document showed on Monday. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, first restricted imports just days after the accident in April …
Ukrainian customs said Monday its officers had seized 250 tortoises that a passenger had tried to smuggle across the former Soviet republic's eastern border aboard a sleeper train. "While officers were conducting a check aboard the Tashkent-Kharkiv train, a citizen of Uzbekistan was found to have hidden 250 tortoises behind …
This publication examines the use of index insurance to help reduce vulnerability and poverty and adapt to climate change. Experience in index insurance to-date has been limited to individual case studies, which show promise of lessening the impacts of climate shocks, and enabling investment and growth in the agriculture sector. …
The European Union urged Australia on Monday to make deeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions than it has committed to so far, saying the success of climate change talks this year depended on tougher action from rich nations. Australia has committed to a 5 percent cut in carbon emissions by …
As energy markets shrink, the same tactics that the Kremlin used to build Gazprom, the giant energy company, into a fearsome economic and political power that could restore Russian influence in the world are now backfiring, slashing both its profits and its influence. Throughout his eight years as president of …
Japan's power firms paid a combined 100.1 billion yen, or $1 billion, for carbon credits in the year that ended on March 31, their annual earnings reports showed, giving investors a rare glimpse into how much utilities are spending to offset their own carbon emissions. The sector is one of …
Canada said on Monday it will pursue World Trade Organisation action against China if it maintains its ban on pork and hogs from the province of Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Saturday it had found the H1N1 flu virus in a swine herd in the western province of …
