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World’s top climate scientists issue ‘survival guide for humanity,’ call for major course correction
5:30 AM ET Thu, 23 March 2023
The latest report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides world leaders with a gold-standard summation of modern climate science.
The effort to free 331 sailors, 61 vessels trapped for a year in Ukraine
4:27 PM ET Wed, 22 Feb 2023
CNBC Senior Editor Lori Ann LaRocco reports on the shipping industry's urgent pleas to the UN to help release more than 300 foreign sailors trapped on 61 vessels in Ukraine since the start of war with Russia.
Death toll rises after fresh earthquake hits Turkey-Syria border
8:01 AM ET Tue, 21 Feb 2023
Monday's quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centered near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
U.S. says joint drills in the region do not serve to provoke North Korea
11:11 PM ET Wed, 1 Feb 2023
The comment came after North Korea's Foreign Ministry said the drills threaten to turn the peninsula into a "huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone."
UN expert warns Myanmar's military plans to seek legitimacy in 'sham' election
9:09 PM ET Tue, 31 Jan 2023
U.N. member nations have an important role to play in determining whether Myanmar's military junta will succeed in achieving legitimacy, Andrews said.
UN says Myanmar opium cultivation has surged 33% amid violence
8:41 PM ET Thu, 26 Jan 2023
The cultivation of opium had been trending downward in recent years before the military took control of the government in 2021.
Actors Idris and Sabrina Dhowre Elba on how their parents inspired their activism
11:05 AM ET Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Actors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba say their parents were driving forces behind their own activism today, which focuses on food security.
UN nuclear watchdog to visit Tehran as Iran enriches uranium at its highest level ever
9:01 AM ET Mon, 19 Dec 2022
The IAEA will send a delegation to Tehran on Dec. 18 to clarify outstanding issues linked to nuclear particles discovered at undeclared Iranian sites.
How corn fuels the U.S. economy
12:19 PM ET Thu, 8 Dec 2022
There's a reason people refer to corn as yellow gold. In 2021, the United States' corn crop was worth over $86 billion. According to the USDA, the U.S. is the largest consumer, producer and exporter of corn in the world. It's not just what we eat. Corn is in what we buy and how we fuel up. And these days, the rest of the world relies on U.S. corn, too. At $2.2 billion in 2019, corn is the most heavily subsidized of all crops. Here's how the U.S. started fueling its economy with corn.
Historic deal for poorer nations as COP climate summit agrees to 'loss and damage' fund
7:32 AM ET Mon, 21 Nov 2022
Delegates at the world's biggest climate-related conference struggled to build consensus on an array of issues.
'Profoundly disturbing': The PR firm for the COP27 climate summit has a long history with Big Oil
1:45 AM ET Wed, 16 Nov 2022
Hill and Knowlton Strategies has been sharply criticized for what critics say is a long track record of spreading disinformation on behalf of its Big Oil clients.
In Australia, firms plan 'super hub' to produce green hydrogen using wind and solar
7:02 PM ET Tue, 15 Nov 2022
Construction of the first phase is slated to begin in 2025.
The 'world's largest floating wind farm' produces its first power
7:37 AM ET Mon, 14 Nov 2022
While wind is a renewable energy source, Hywind Tampen will be used to help power operations at oil and gas fields in the North Sea.
World leaders insist Russia's war in Ukraine must be a reason to act even faster on climate
1:26 AM ET Wed, 9 Nov 2022
World leaders took to the stage on the opening days of the COP27 to insist Russia's onslaught in Ukraine must not derail urgent climate action.
Ex-Obama advisor says climate efforts are being overshadowed: 'We are not acting swiftly enough'
7:07 AM ET Tue, 8 Nov 2022
Former Obama advisor Alice Hill said the "urgent" often overshadows the "important."
Taxation is a blunt instrument, IATA chief says: 'The carrot is far more effective than the stick'
6:33 AM ET Mon, 7 Nov 2022
His comments came during a discussion at CNBC's Sustainable Future Forum.
Where's the money? COP27 climate summit opens with a rallying call for rich nations to pay up
6:24 AM ET Mon, 7 Nov 2022
Climate finance, as it has done since the first U.N. climate conference in 1995, will once again be at the heart of the negotiations.
A showdown over climate reparations is brewing — and it will determine the success of COP27
6:31 AM ET Mon, 7 Nov 2022
Climate reparations — sometimes referred to as "loss and damage" payments — is a core issue likely to dominate proceedings at the COP27 summit.
Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser discusses her philanthropy and her legacy
7:49 AM ET Fri, 28 Oct 2022
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser tells CNBC's Tania Bryer what more needs to be done to help protect education and what she hopes her legacy will be.
Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser discusses the most pressing issues facing education
7:49 AM ET Fri, 28 Oct 2022
Tania Bryer talks with Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. Her Highness discusses her philanthropic work to protect education and describes a trip to Iraq in 2003 that opened her eyes to the issue.

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