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☆ House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for Columbia president's ousting, echoing a familiar and effective threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

House Speaker Mike Johnson wants Columbia University's President out. Johnson and other House Republicans have criticized her handling of campus protests and antisemitism. AdvertisementHouse Speaker Mike Johnson wants Columbia University's president to resign, calling her "inept" and "weak." "This president, Shafik, is shown to be a very weak, inept leader. They cannot even guarantee the safety of Jewish students?

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, —, Israel's, UPenn, Claudine Gay, UPenn's Elizabeth Magill, Sally Kornbluth, Hugh Hewitt, it's, They're, Shafik, Harvard's Claudine Gay, they've, shouldn't, Anthony D'Esposito, Yuda Drizin Organizations: Columbia, Republicans, Service, Harvard, MIT, NYPD, Palestinian, NY Republican, The Washington, Columbia Jewish, Washington Post Locations: Israel, Gaza, America, Columbia

☆ College AI degree programs are booming. Are they worth the cost?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Computer science is not a new major at top schools, but with AI jobs in high-demand, there's a growing list of colleges and universities offering a four-year "AI" degree specifically. These programs generally move beyond the foundations of computer science to home in on topics such as machine learning, computing algorithms, data analytics and advanced robotics. Purdue University offers an AI undergraduate major, while many colleges and universities offer AI classes within their computer science department, even if there's not a dedicated major. The rise of AI-specific degree programs comes as companies are short on talent for this fast-developing field. According to the Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, AI degrees have bucked the general trend in education since 2011, with positive degree conferral growth versus negative growth across all degree areas.

Persons: Carnegie Mellon, there's, Kerem Koca, Maria Flynn, Jobs, master's Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, Artificial Intelligence, Carnegie, Purdue University, Georgetown University Center for Security, Emerging Technology

☆ Polish PM Says There Is No 'Plan B' on EU Aid for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday there was no "Plan B" on European Union aid for Ukraine and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who is stalling it must decide if Hungary is "part of our community". "We need to play hard and play fair, but there is no room for compromise. Orban is the only one of the 27 to have voiced disapproval of an EU aid package and to request a yearly vote on the long-term aid. Thursday summit's is seen as a last opportunity to reach agreement on a four-year plan for 50 billion euros ($53.93 billion) of economic aid for Ukraine, which has been fighting a Russian invasion since 2022. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 Images($1 = 0.9272 euros)(Reporting by Justyna Pawlak; Writing by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Ros Russell)

Persons: Donald Tusk, Viktor Orban, Tusk, Orban, Justyna Pawlak, Anna Wlodarczak, Ros Russell Organizations: Reuters, Polish, Union, EU Locations: Ukraine, Hungarian, Hungary, Russian, Moscow

☆ Bill Ackman says he'll review all MIT professors for plagiarism
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bill Ackman is ramping up his search for plagiarism and pledged to review all MIT professors' work. Ackman led the charge to get Harvard president Claudine Gay to resign over plagiarism accusations. AdvertisementBill Ackman is ramping up his crusade against plagiarism to include the work of all Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors after Business Insider reported on several instances of plagiarism found in academic work by his wife, Neri Oxman, a tenured MIT professor. We will begin with a review of the work of all current @MIT faculty members, President Kornbluth, other officers of the Corporation, and its board members for plagiarism." Business Insider told us that they are publishing their story… — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 5, 2024A representative for Ackman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Ackman, Claudine Gay, —, Neri Oxman, Gay, Kornbluth, @NeriOxman, Liz Magill, MIT's Sally Kornbluth, Critics, Magill, Wharton, Gay's Organizations: MIT, Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Business, Oxman, Israel, Corporation, University of Pennsylvania, Penn

☆ How plagiarism by Claudine Gay, Harvard's former president, compares to that of Neri Oxman, an academic and Bill Ackman's wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Part of what makes her human is that she makes mistakes, owns them, and apologizes when appropriate," he wrote in a post on X following Business Insider's report on Oxman's plagiarism. That's a starkly different approach from the one he took toward Gay after she stepped down as president earlier this week. At the time, Ackman said she should be fired from Harvard's faculty entirely because of what he called "serious plagiarism issues." However, the instances of Oxman's and Gay's plagiarism have more similarities than differences, according to experts and an internal analysis. "It indicates a bad process to drafting this stuff, and I would say that's true for both Gay and Oxman," he said.

Persons: Neri Oxman, MIT who's, Bill Ackman, Ackman, Claudine Gay —, —, Gay, Jonathan Bailey, Bailey, Oxman, Steve Weiner, Daniel Wagner, Christopher Rufo, Christopher Brunet, Lawrence Bobo, Franklin D, — Lawrence Bobo, Gilliam, Jr, Bobo, — Claudine Gay, Anne R, Williamson, Peder Anker, Carol Swain, Swain, Claus Mattheck, Mattheck, David Covin, It's, Peder Anker's Organizations: MIT, Harvard, Gay, American Conservative, The New York Times, Miami University, Harvard Crimson, Vanderbilt University, National, of Struggle, O Movimento, Centers of Struggle Locations: Harvard, German, Luta, O, afoxés

Neri Oxman , a former MIT professor and celebrity within the world of academia, stole sentences and whole paragraphs from Wikipedia, other scholars, and technical documents in her academic writing, Business Insider has found. AdvertisementNeri Oxman directly copied from Wikipedia in her Ph.D. dissertationOn page 81 of her dissertation, "Material-based Design Computation," Oxman published two sentences without attribution that had previously appeared on Wikipedia. Business InsiderThe Wikipedia article for "Weaving" featured virtually identical sentences in April 2010 , when Oxman's dissertation was submitted. Business InsiderOxman's cribbing from the "Weaving" article was one of 15 examples that BI found Oxman plagiarizing from a Wikipedia article in her dissertation. The bulk of the plagiarism BI found was in her dissertation, which runs more than 300 pages.

Persons: Neri Oxman, Oxman, Bill Ackman, Ackman, Claudine Gay, Gay, Claudine Gay's, It's, Rick Norwood, silkworms, Wolfram MathWorld, M.Y . Zhou, Bruno Zevi, Sally Kornbluth Organizations: MIT, Pershing, Capital Management, Washington Free Beacon, Business, Creative, East Tennessee State University, MIT Media, Rhino, BI, Da Capo Press, MIT Corporation, Eastern Tennessee State University Locations: Gaza

☆ Bill Ackman's celebrity academic wife Neri Oxman's dissertation is marred by plagiarism
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Katherine Long | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Harvard's president, Claudine Gay, resigned after conservative activists revealed she had plagiarized. But for Bill Ackman, the plagiarism wasn't only cause for Gay's immediate ouster as Harvard's president — it also warranted her total removal from its faculty. AdvertisementGay resigned as Harvard's president on Tuesday. One remains: Kornbluth, the president of MIT, where Oxman wrote her thesis and worked from 2010 to 2020. "Stay tuned @MIT," Ackman replied.

Persons: Claudine Gay, Bill Ackman, —, Ackman's, Neri Oxman, Oxman, Ackman, Gay, Elle, Björk, Brad Pitt, Jeffrey Epstein, Sally Kornbluth, Kornbluth, Liz Magill, Steve Weiner, Daniel Wagner, Peder Anker, Claus Mattheck, Weiner, Wagner, MIT Oxman, George Reid Andrews, Andrews, Christopher Rufo, Magill Organizations: Harvard, Gay, Service, Israel's, Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York Times, New York's Museum of Modern Art, MIT, Boston Globe, Pershing Square Foundation, Pershing Square Capital Management, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Royal Society of London, University of Pittsburgh, New York Post, Harvard Corporation, Ackman Locations: Gaza, Harvard's, New York City, German, New

☆ Neri Oxman admits to plagiarizing in her doctoral dissertation after BI report
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. BI identified four instances in Oxman's dissertation in which she lifted paragraphs from other scholars' work without including them in quotation marks. In those instances, Oxman wrote in a post on X , using quotation marks would have been "the proper approach for crediting the work. Oxman wrote on X that after she has reviewed the original sources, she plans to "request that MIT make any necessary corrections." Oxman now leads an eponymous company, Oxman , focused on "innovation in product, architectural, and urban design," she wrote on X.

Persons: —, Neri Oxman, Bill Ackman, Oxman, Claudine Gay, Ackman, Gay, Christopher Rufo, OXMAN Organizations: Service, Business, Harvard, MIT Locations: Gaza, Harvard's, Cambridge

☆ MIT's president announces new steps for the university — one day after Harvard's Claudine Gay resigned
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced four "new steps" to help the university progress. The memo comes one day after Claudine Gay resigned as Harvard's president. AdvertisementThe third university president still weathering the fallout of a December congressional hearing is speaking out. Sally Kornbluth, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology President, sent a memo with "four immediate steps" to help the school progress this semester. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Sally Kornbluth, Claudine Gay, Critics, — Organizations: Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Business

☆ Harvard president's resignation draws strong reactions from her critics and supporters
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Claudine Gay is out as the president of Harvard. Gay announced Tuesday in a letter that she was stepping down, and reactions have poured in on social media from both her supporters and critics. AdvertisementElon Musk voiced his agreement with a social media user's post that said Gay had been "caught plagiarizing." I admire Claudine Gay for putting Harvard's interests first at what I know must be an agonizingly difficult moment. AdvertisementNot everyone celebrated Gay's resignation.

Persons: Claudine Gay, Gay, —, Larry Summers, Gay's, Elon Musk, Emil Michael, Uber's, Alan Garber, — Lawrence H, Summers, Bill Ackman, Ackman, hasn't, Sally Kornbluth, Elizabeth Magill, it’s, 3yUDw6tciF — Emil Michael, @emilmichael, Christopher Rufo, Rufo, Elon, Jason Calacanis, Timnit Gebru, Couldn't, Gebru, Nikole Hannah Jones, Janai Nelson, Liz Magill's, Gary Marcus, Uber, Marcus Organizations: Harvard, Service, Treasury, Twitter, Billionaire, Gay, Former University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Corporation, Conservative, Google, NAACP Legal Defense, Educational Fund

☆ Bill Ackman is now turning his focus to MIT's president after Harvard and Penn's resign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bill Ackman took aim at MIT President Sally Kornbluth after Claudine Gay's resignation from Harvard. Gay resigned as president of Harvard after her response to antisemitism and alleged plagiarism. Ackman began calling for the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn to resign in December. Ackman on Tuesday took aim at his final target in a dispute over antisemitism at some of the US's top schools: MIT President Sally Kornbluth. Ackman posted on X after the news of Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Sally Kornbluth, Claudine Gay's, Gay, Ackman, —, Liz Magill, Harvard's Gay, Ackman didn't, Harvard's, Magill, Kornbluth, she'd Organizations: MIT, Harvard, Penn, Service, Pershing, Capital Management, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Israel

☆ Harvard board accepts Claudine Gay's resignation 'with sorrow.' It says she was subjected to 'deeply personal attacks.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Clementine Fletcher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While the Harvard Corporation and faculty members backed Gay, the pressure continued. First and foremost, we thank President Gay for her deep and unwavering commitment to Harvard and to the pursuit of academic excellence. She believes passionately in Harvard's mission of education and research, and she cares profoundly about the people whose talents, ideas, and energy drive Harvard. An economist and a physician, he is a distinguished and wide-ranging scholar with appointments at Harvard Medical School, Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Harvard T.H. While President Gay has acknowledged missteps and has taken responsibility for them, it is also true that she has shown remarkable resilience in the face of deeply personal and sustained attacks.

Persons: Gay, Claudine Gay's, Alan M, Garber, –, missteps, Provost Garber, of Harvard College Penny Pritzker, Timothy R, Barakett, Kenneth I, Chenault Mariano, Florentino, Tino, Cuéllar Paul J, Finnegan Biddy Martin Karen Gordon Mills Diana L, Nelson Tracy P, Palandjian Shirley M, Tilghman Theodore V, Wells, Jr Organizations: Harvard Corporation, Harvard Community, Harvard, Social Science, of Arts and Sciences –, FAS, Harvard Medical School, Harvard's, of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, of Public Health, of Harvard College Locations: MIT's, Chan

☆ Pacific Islands lash out at COP28 presidency: ‘We weren't in the room’ when deal was announced
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-13 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Anne Rasmussen, the lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), told the COP28 Presidency in a closing statement: "We are a little confused about what just happened." "It seems that you gavelled the decisions, and the small island developing states were not in the room. Participants attend a presentation at the Moana Blue Pacific pavilion of Pacific islands prior to the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference at Expo City Dubai on November 30, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFor Pacific Island nations, however, and many other island and low-lying coastal states vulnerable to rising sea levels, the deal falls severely short. For the Pacific Islands, climate change poses an existential threat.

Persons: Michael Runkel, Tina Stege, Anne Rasmussen, Sean Gallup, Brianna Fruean, we've, Fruean, weren't, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster Organizations: Getty Images, United Arab Emirates — Representatives, Pacific, United Arab, Marshall, Alliance of Small, States, UAE, Expo City, Getty, Big Oil, Pacific Climate Warriors, CNBC, UNITED, Natural Resources, United Arab Emirates Locations: Ouvea, New Caledonia, Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab, United Arab Emirates, Pacific, Expo City Dubai, Dubai, Paris, DUBAI, EMIRATES, Samoa, States

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the Transforming Food Systems in the Face of Climate Change event on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit at Dubai Expo on December 1, 2023. "We delivered world first after world first," the UAE summit presidency said in a further social media update. And we have language on fossil fuels in our final agreement." Many believed the COP28 summit could only be considered a success if it resulted in a deal to phase out all fossil fuels. COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber sparked a backlash earlier this month after he claimed there is "no science" behind calls for a phase-out of fossil fuels.

Persons: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Ludovic Marin, Licypriya Kangujam, Sean Gallup, Wopke Hoekstra, Alok Sharma, Sharma, CNBC's, Simon Stiell, We're, John Kerry, Selma de Montgomery, Avinash Persaud, Mikhail Gitarskiy, Sultan al, Jaber, he'd, Al Organizations: Food Systems, Dubai Expo, Afp, Getty Images, UAE Consensus, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Getty, Russian, BBC, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co Locations: Dubai, UAE, United Arab, United Arab Emirates, Pacific, Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, North America, Paris, United States, China, Denmark, Barbados, Moscow, Abu Dhabi

☆ Anger and frustration as COP28 draft text omits fossil fuel phaseout
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-12 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks to the media at the U.N. climate conference on Dec. 10, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The draft text for a COP28 climate deal that does not include the phasing out of fossil fuels has drawn widespread criticism from major players, highlighting enduring rifts on the international summit's final day. The document, published by the United Arab Emirates' presidency of the climate summit, stressed the need to reduce emissions, but did not call for the doing away of fossil fuels altogether. Scientists say fossil fuels are the single biggest factor contributing to potentially life-threatening climate change. Many of us have called for the world to largely phase out fossil fuels, and that starts with a critical reduction this decade."

Persons: Sultan al, Jaber, Wopke Hoekstra, Hoekstra, John Kerry Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Pacific Locations: Dubai, United Arab, DUBAI, U.S, Union, Africa

The first option in the draft is listed as "an orderly and just phase-out of fossil fuels". The second option calls for "accelerating efforts towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels". "I don't think we're going to leave Dubai without some clear language and some clear direction on shifting away from fossil fuels," he added. China's fossil fuel emissions rose after it lifted COVID-19 restrictions, while India's rise was a result of power demand growing faster than its renewable energy capacity, leaving fossil fuels to make up the shortfall. "Leaders meeting at COP28 will have to agree rapid cuts in fossil fuel emissions even to keep the 2C target alive," he said.

Persons: Stephane Mahe, Jean Paul Prates, Patrick Pouyanne, Jennifer Morgan, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, David Waskow, Exeter, Pierre Friedlingstein, Kate Abnett, William James, Valerie Volcovici, Elizabeth Piper, Katy Daigle Organizations: REUTERS, Petrobras, European, Oxford University, Saudi Arabia's Energy, Bloomberg, World Resources, University of Exeter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: France, Montoir, Bretagne, Saint, Nazaire, DUBAI, COP28, Brazil's, United States, European Union, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Dubai, India, China, Paris

☆ Sheryl Sandberg, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and others issue a global call to action to denounce sexual violence at UN Summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Jennifer Cunningham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sheryl Sandberg condemned the violence perpetrated against women during Hamas' terrorist attack on October 7 and called on the world to do the same. Sandberg was joined by a host of luminaries, including Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, for a UN summit on gender-based violence. Gilad Erdan and Debra Messing attend the summit on sexual violence against women in wartime at the United Nations on Dec. 4, 2023. UN Women issued a statement in December condemning the attacks and expressing alarm at the "numerous accounts of gender-based atrocities and sexual violence during those attacks." Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan addresses the UN Summit on the gender-based violence in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.

Persons: Sheryl Sandberg, Sandberg, Hillary Clinton, Sen, Kirsten Gillibrand, —, Debra Messing, Julianna Margulies, Tom Berthal, Amb, Gilad Erdan, Shazar, " Sandberg, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Liel Hetzroni, Ila, Hetzroni, Revivim, Alexi J, Rosenfeld, Simcha Greiniman, Greiniman, York Sen, Gillibrand, Sima Bahous, Erdan Organizations: Hamas, UN, Service, United Nations, Gaza Health Ministry, Be'eri Locations: Gaza, New York City, Israel, Dubai, Revivim, York, Hamas

☆ What to Watch at COP28 on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Dec. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI (Reuters) - Monday is finance day at COP28, which means more funding is likely to be announced for the climate cause. If that sounds familiar, that is because world leaders and the private sector have spent much of the first few days of this year's U.N. climate summit talking about boosting finance for climate action and disaster support. Central to the summit's outcome is how countries will word a final agreement on the future of fossil fuels, and dividing lines are becoming clear. Away from the main COP28 venue, Saudi Arabia will host a side event called Saudi Green Initiative to promote its clean energy plans. The COP28 site could also experience more small, pop-up protests, as activists see the U.N.-led event as a rare chance to rally in the United Arab Emirates, where public protests are banned.

Persons: William James, Will Dunham Organizations: Reuters, Saudi Green Initiative, United Arab Locations: DUBAI, COP28, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

☆ What to watch at COP28 on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A demonstrator holds a placard, during a climate protest coinciding with COP28 being held in Dubai and ahead of the upcoming Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union, in Brussels, Belgium, December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Monday is finance day at COP28, which means more funding is likely to be announced for the climate cause. Away from the main COP28 venue, Saudi Arabia will host a side event called Saudi Green Initiative to promote its clean energy plans. The COP28 site could also experience more small, pop-up protests, as activists see the U.N.-led event as a rare chance to rally in the United Arab Emirates, where public protests are banned. Reporting by William James; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: COP28, Johanna Geron, William James, Will Dunham Organizations: of, European Union, REUTERS, Rights, Saudi Green Initiative, United Arab, Thomson Locations: Dubai, Brussels, Belgium, COP28, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

☆ Sue Wagner, Muffy MacMillan, and other big names denounce the enduring gender gap in funding during entrepreneurship summit for women
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sue Wagner and Muffy MacMillan were among an elite crowd at a women's entrepreneurship summit. The enduring gender gap in funding and a wave of anti-DEI bills were discussed. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWomen's Entrepreneurship Day Organization celebrated its 10th anniversary last month with a summit of women at the top of their games. She hosted the summit at the UN headquarters in Manhattan on November 17, two days before Women's Entrepreneurship Day.

Persons: Sue Wagner, Muffy MacMillan, —, Wendy Diamond Organizations: Service, Organization, UN Locations: Manhattan

Wisconsin (6-2) beat Marquette (6-2) for a third straight season in this in-state rivalry between schools separated by just 79 miles. Marquette cut the lead to 67-62 on a Tyler Kolek 3-pointer with 3:52 left, but the Golden Eagles got no closer the rest of the way. AJ Storr had 13 and Tyler Wahl 10 for Wisconsin, which outrebounded the Golden Eagles 38-23 and outscored them 18-2 in second-chance points. Jones sank a 3-pointer with two seconds left and made another to start the second half and spark a Marquette comeback. BIG PICTUREMarquette: The Golden Eagles keep digging themselves into early holes during these annual matchups with Wisconsin.

Persons: — Max Klesmit, Steven Crowl, Marquette, Tyler Kolek, Kam Jones, Kolek, AJ Storr, Tyler Wahl, Klesmit, Jones, Wisconsin's, Chase Ross, dunking, . Wisconsin didn't, Shaka Smart, ___ Organizations: Marquette, Badgers, Golden Eagles, Wofford, Wisconsin, Eagles, Purdue, . Wisconsin, NEXT Marquette, Texas, Michigan State, AP Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, . Wisconsin, Wofford, Marquette, ., Big

☆ What to watch at COP28 on Friday?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - This year's COP28 climate summit, being held in the glitzy Middle East city of Dubai, clicks into its first full day of scheduled events on Friday. Britain's King Charles III, who has spent decades working on environmental issues, is expected to address the conference. A second day of leaders' speeches is planned for Saturday. The summit's opening on Thursday featured pleas by the COP28 president, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, for all parties to work together toward a consensus on the future of fossil fuels.

Persons: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Amr Alfiky, Britain's King Charles III, William Ruto, Tayyip Erdogan, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Sultan Ahmed al, Jaber, Katy Daigle, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry, Advanced Technology, United Nations, Change, United Arab Emirates, REUTERS, Rights, Kenyan, Saudi, Thomson Locations: Dubai, United Arab, East

☆ Exclusive: World's top MDBs to launch debt-for-nature swap 'task force' - sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The task force creation is the most significant step so far in showing that the global club of multilateral lenders, which between them have trillions of dollars worth of firepower, will significantly ramp up their support for these deals. Four sources involved in the plans, which are expected to be announced at the COP summit's 'finance day' on Monday, say the group will formally be called the "Task Force on Sustainability-linked Sovereign Financing for Nature and Climate". It will initially be chaired by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and U.S. government's Development Finance Institution (DFC), said three of the sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Both lenders have been involved in all the recent swaps which have also included Barbados and Gabon. At their simplest, the swaps work by buying up a country's bonds, often at a discount, and then replacing them with cheaper eco-labelled ones that come with the special MDB guarantees.

Persons: Chico Mendes, Amanda Perobelli, MDBs, Marc Jones, Christina Fincher Organizations: Chico, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Institute for, Environment, Resources, REUTERS, Reuters, Force, Sustainability, Nature, Inter, American Development Bank, government's Development Finance, World Bank, European Investment Bank, Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, ADB, Infrastructure Development Bank, Reuters Graphics, Conservancy, Thomson Locations: Pocone, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Belize, Barbados, Gabon, Beijing, U.S, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Colombia, Ecuador

Such is the scene at the annual COP conference, this year being held Nov. 30-Dec. 12 in the Emirati city of Dubai. Here's how the climate summit unfolds on the ground. THE OPENING CEREMONYThe UAE has spent the last year laying the diplomatic groundwork for this year's summit. But it officially takes on the COP presidency only at the opening ceremony, which features welcome speeches and opportunities to bang the gavel. THE SCENEDuring the first few days, national leaders jet in for what is called the "High-Level Segment" involving back-to-back speeches in the venue's main plenary hall.

Persons: William James, Katy Daigle, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: UAE, Thomson Locations: Emirati, Dubai, UAE, COP26

Persons: William James, Katy Daigle, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: UAE, Thomson Locations: Emirati, Dubai, UAE, COP26

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