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...Ministers are set to consult on proposals to change the so-called “taxonomy” — or financial classification system — of energy in order to redefine nuclear projects as sustainable investments....
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...But the regulation prompted ire from several developing nations that accused the EU of forcing its green standards on to others....
...More than 300 funds were downgraded from “dark green” Article 9 — which must explicitly follow a sustainable investing strategy — to Article 8 in the final quarter of last year....
...“When the classification is very complex and you have to give trust to the market that what you are doing is adequate and so the interpretation and how to implement it is critical.”...
...MS Swaminathan, who has died aged 98, was a university student in Kerala during the devastating Bengal famine of 1942-43....
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...told journalists that he was hopeful of finding an agreement with Germany, which is one of several countries opposing French efforts to have nuclear recognised in multiple legislative files related to the green...
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...The death of MS Swaminathan is an enormous loss for agricultural research and policymakers concerned with food policies (Obituary, October 7)....
...Central banks are shrinking their balance sheets; the global labour force is shrinking, too; globalisation is wobbling; and higher government spending on defence and the green transition will fuel demand...
...Green bonds Green bonds, green loans, nature bonds, social bonds, sustainability bonds — the definition depends on the use of proceeds....
...The reclassification from “light green” Article 8 funds to their “darker green” Article 9 counterparts is expected as a result of a clarification issued by the European Commission in April....
...Much of the binary categorisation of plants stems from Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus’s 1735 study, Systema Naturae, which put in place the classification system still used today....
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...Fearful of escalation with Moscow, Scholz has long taken a more cautious approach to weapons deliveries than his Green and liberal coalition partners....
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