'Cop28 UAE' logo is displayed on the screen during the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) under the theme of 'United on Climate Action Toward COP28', in Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the U.N. climate conference later this month, three sources familiar with the deliberations told Reuters in India and Europe.The plan, which was communicated to India...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacts as he presides over the "Compact with Africa" investment summit attended by French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and African leaders in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Germany will invest 4 billion euros in green energy projects in Africa until 2030, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, noting these could in turn help Europe's largest economy achieve its own transition to carbon neutrality.Germany will need to import large quantities of green...
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Investors have rarely been more bearish about oil prices as a slowing economy and an increase in non-OPEC output lead them to conclude OPEC⁺ production cuts will not prevent a rise in inventories.Hedge funds and other money managers sold the equivalent of 7 million barrels in the six most important petroleum-related futures and options contracts over the seven days ending on Nov. 14.Fund managers had sold petroleum in seven of the last eight weeks cutting their position by a total of 338 million barrels since...