DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II Anti-monarchists drowned out as UK mourns queen 15-09-2022 09:29 Amid blanket media coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and wall-to-wall tributes, republican voices calling to ditch the royals have struggled to be heard in Britain.
BRITISH MONARCH PASSES AWAY End of an era: Queen Elizabeth II dies at age of 96 08-09-2022 14:33 Buckingham Palace confirms that Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch with over 70 years on the throne, has died at the age of 96.
BRITISH ROYALS Queen's doctors 'concerned' for her health, says Buckingham Palace 08-09-2022 09:20 Members of Royal family travel to Balmoral after doctors say they are "concerned" about her health and recommend that she stay under medical supervision.
ENVIRONMENT Latin America’s climate to-do list after COP26 16-11-2021 16:23 Following intense talks, governments will now have to deliver on a set of commitments announced at the UK climate summit, from decarbonisation to ending deforestation
ENVIRONMENT COP26 climate deal clinched as nations rally to compromise 13-11-2021 17:13 Nearly 200 nations came together Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises.
SPECIAL REPORT Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink 11-11-2021 13:40 The Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs. Its destruction has accelerated, especially in Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pushes to open protected lands and indigenous reservations to agribusiness and mining.
cop26 summit Don't waste chance to save planet, pleads Pope Francis 11-11-2021 12:24 Pope Francis warned time was "running out" to save the planet while expressing regret at his absence from climate talks in Glasgow, in a letter published Thursday.
INTERVIEW Rafael Grossi: Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind 08-11-2021 12:50 As the climate crisis deepens and the need to transition away from fossil fuels becomes more urgent, attitudes to nuclear energy may be shifting, says Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
G20 & COP26 SUMMITS Fernández asks Biden for ‘greater flexibility’ in restructuring IMF debt 05-11-2021 18:22 Debt with the multilateral credit organisation was the main issue of the presidential agenda during his European tour to Rome and Glasgow.
EDITORIAL Foreign policy in debt 05-11-2021 18:13 The current administration is a fragmented coalition projecting all its internal splits into external policy, with the result that its diplomatic discourse not only continues to be isolationist, self-indulgent and anachronistic but also ambiguous, inconsistent and unpredictable.
Greenwashing? Overseas trips and the green agenda 05-11-2021 17:59 Argentina’s international agenda had moderate pretensions. President Fernández needed to show himself as the proactive leader of a country that has a say in world affairs, even if we don’t. by Agustino Fontevecchia
BLOOMBERG Buenos Aires landfill leads Latin America in turning methane into power 05-11-2021 14:18 As COP26 redoubles efforts against methane gas, Ceamse's new plant in Buenos Aires Province is turning trash into power.
G20 & COP26 SUMMITS Argentina offers its creditors climate action instead of money 05-11-2021 01:48 Argentina is pushing for a new way to service debt: instead of paying creditors with cash, it wants them to recognise the country’s efforts to tackle climate change.
PRESIDENT ON IMF TALKS President: 'Argentina can't pay IMF US$19 billion next year' 31-10-2021 23:12 "It is evident that Argentina cannot pay US$19 billion next year. We are working so that we can achieve an agreement that is sustainable," says President Fernández.
G20 Leaders Summit G20 disappoints on key climate target as eyes turn to Glasgow 31-10-2021 22:57 G20 major economies commit key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but negotiators had to water down initial proposals to get everyone to sign off on final communiqué.
IMF DEBT TALKS Fernández vows to be 'firm' in talks with IMF 30-10-2021 17:35 President Alberto Fernández vows to negotiate "firmly" with the International Monetary Fund; Meets US President Joe Biden briefly on sidelines of G20 summit.
G20 Leaders Summit Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage 30-10-2021 08:23 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been under constant attack from the Amazon rainforest’s soaring deforestation, is set to be given the cold shoulder at the G20 summit in Rome.
Alberto heads to Europe Alberto Fernández arrives in Rome searching for key to unlock IMF deal 29-10-2021 21:55 President gets off plane at Fiumicino airport convinced that the G20 Leaders Summit may help unblock talks with the International Monetary Fund. by Rosario Ayerdi
EDITORIAL Is all the world a stage or something more? 29-10-2021 21:51 In general, green thinking in Argentine politics spells greenbacks rather than environmental conservation – a tendency underlined by the total absence of the issue in the electoral debates earlier this month.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Fernández flies to Rome for G20 with a dozen bilaterals on his agenda 29-10-2021 01:28 President has meetings lined up with Kristalina Georgieva, Angela Merkel, Pedro Sánchez, Úrsula von der Leyen, Queen Máxima and the director-general of the World Health Organisation, among others. by Rosario Ayerdi
UNITED KINGDOM Queen Elizabeth II won’t attend COP26 climate summit in Glasgow 26-10-2021 16:34 Ninety-five-year-old monarch will not attend a reception next week at the United Nations climate change summit hosted by the United Kingdom, and will send a video message instead.
ENVIRONMENT Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries 25-10-2021 15:00 Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit.
ENVIRONMENT Climate talks in times of crisis: Your roadmap to COP26 25-10-2021 11:15 Glasgow will welcome world leaders and thousands of attendees for the crucial COP26 United Nations summit on climate change in November.
ENVIRONMENT As COP26 nears, the toughest goals are still out of reach 25-10-2021 09:51 With seven days to go until global climate talks kick off in Glasgow, the chances of success remain decidedly mixed.
INTERVIEW / BLOOMBERG Sebastião Salgado: 'Nature is capable of rebuilding if we stop the destruction' 19-10-2021 09:33 Putting a price on nature after nine years in the Amazon – an interview with documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado.
ENVIRONMENT Argentina plans to host Latin America climate summit next month 06-08-2021 16:07 President Alberto Fernández’s government plans to host a summit as soon as September to bring together leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean, in an effort to build a united regional strategy ahead of the COP26 conference in November.