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☆ Climate: The UAE is hosting the world’s biggest annual summit. It’s also planning a massive fossil fuel expansion
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The flurry of forest conservation deals with Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Liberia and Tanzania were announced in the months ahead of the annual United Nations’ COP28 climate summit, being hosted this year in December by the United Arab Emirates. The annual climate summit is where global leaders and negotiators from nearly 200 countries will convene to decide how and when to ramp down fossil fuel use. Its parent company, Global Carbon Investments, has already agreed to transfer $1.5 billion to Zimbabwe in “pre-financing for carbon credits.” That’s more than the country spends on education and childcare, which combined are Zimbabwe’s biggest national expense. Minimum Emissions” slogan is a viable climate solution, even as global temperatures soar and scientists press for rapid fossil fuel cuts. Ironically, COP28 could be the arena that transforms ADNOC into a global oil major.

Persons: CNN —, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, —, Sultan Al Jaber —, Al Jaber, ”, Sultan Al Jaber, Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters Al Jaber, ADNOC, Jamie Henn, It’s, Henn, “, Philip Morris, ” Henn, Renat Heuberger, Zinyange Auntony, Julia Jones, ’ ” Justin Kenrick, ” Patrick Galey, “ ADNOC, COP28, Bethlehem Feleke Organizations: CNN, Carbon, United Nations, United, Blue, US Department of Commerce, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, US, Reuters, Free Media, Climate Watch, UN, COP28, Global Carbon Investments, Mucheni conservancy, Getty, “, Bangor University, Peoples, Forest Peoples Programme, Shell, BP, Global, Energy Locations: Dubai, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Abu Dhabi, Houston, UN, COP28, Africa, “, Swiss, Mucheni, Binga, AFP, Wales, Azerbaijan, Nairobi

Demand for carbon credits is on track to fall in 2023, according to two of the top data providers. Nestle, which has also not disclosed its spending on offsets, said it would stop using carbon offsets and was seeking other routes to net zero. Until this year, the voluntary carbon market had grown as more companies came under shareholder pressure to adopt net zero policies. SECOND THOUGHTSFor the carbon markets, another issue is that regulators and carbon market advisory bodies are limiting the scope of their use by companies. "You need to reduce emissions and that's how you will be judged in the market when you're disclosing your carbon emissions."

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, Gucci, Renat Heuberger, Stephen Donofrio, certifier Verra, EasyJet, Jane Ashton, Ashton, Naomi Swickard, Verra, Zimbabwe's, Steve Wentzel, Wentzel, Kristian Rönn, Rob Hayward, Susanna Twidale, Sarah McFarlane, Barbara Lewis Organizations: New England Forestry Foundation, REUTERS, Nestle, Reuters, Marketplace, Shell, Boston Consulting, Offset, GEO, Verra, Carbon, Investments, United Nations, Voluntary, Initiative, EU, KLM, Companies, Thomson Locations: Hersey, New Hampton , New Hampshire, U.S, Kenya, Pole, Stockholm, Ghana

☆ Russia and Ukraine announce prisoner exchange
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Former prisoner of war embraces her children Renat and Varvara as they return home after being illegally taken to Russia, in an unknown location in Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 6, 2023. Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of... Read moreJuly 6 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine announced a prisoner of war exchange on Thursday involving the return of 45 soldiers from each side. Russia's defence ministry said that 45 Russian servicemen had been returned from Ukrainian custody, the Russian news agency RIA reported. Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine's presidential staff, said 45 service personnel and two civilians had been returned to Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have periodically exchanged groups of prisoners in the course of the war, now in its 17th month.

Persons: Renat, Varvara, Read, Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Dmytro Lubinets, Lubinets, Alexander Marrow, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Headquarters, Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Mariupol

☆ Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of plotting imminent attack on nuclear plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 4 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday accused each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, long the subject of mutual recriminations and suspicions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, about Russian "dangerous provocations" at the plant in southeastern Ukraine. Zelenskiy tweeted that he had told Macron in a telephone conversation that "the occupation troops are preparing dangerous provocations at the Zaporizhzhia (nuclear plant)." "But in any case, the world sees - and cannot fail to see - that the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Russia. Zelenskiy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told Ukrainian television that Grossi had proved ineffective in trying to uphold safety at the plant.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Emmanuel Macron, Renat, Zelenskiy, Macron, Rafael Grossi, Mykhailo Podolyak, Grossi, Podolyak, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Mark Heinrich, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, flipflopping, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian

☆ Russia says high waters threaten dam near Ukrainian nuclear plant - Tass
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 4 (Reuters) - Record high water levels could overwhelm a major dam in southern Ukraine and damage parts of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, a Russian official told Tass agency on Thursday. "This (would create) functional problems for the operation of the plant and risks for nuclear safety," he told Tass. Last November, after Russian forces withdrew from the nearby southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, satellite imagery showed significant new damage to the dam. Russian troops took over the plant as they invaded parts of Ukraine last year. It is at the centre of a nuclear security crisis due to near-constant shelling in its vicinity which Kyiv and Moscow blame on each other.

☆ Engineers reduce risk of dam bursting near Russian-held Ukraine nuclear plant, TASS reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

May 5 (Reuters) - Engineers have reduced the risk of a dam bursting and damaging a large Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine, a senior Russian official was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on Friday. "As we anticipated, a technical solution to the problem has been found," Karchaa told TASS, quoting regional officials in Kherson region, where the dam is located. "A gate of the Kakhovka hydropower plant has been opened and repair works have begun at the Kakhovka canal. He had earlier told TASS that a possible breach of the dam owing to high water levels could flood the cable line for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further east and cause nuclear safety risks. Russian troops seized the plant, Europe's largest nuclear station, as they invaded parts of Ukraine last year.

☆ Russian-held Ukraine nuclear plant to stop using US fuel - Ifax
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 20 (Reuters) - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine which Russia captured last year will stop using U.S.-produced nuclear fuel as quickly as possible, the Interfax news agency quoted a Russian official as saying on Thursday. The biggest nuclear power plant in Europe, mostly built in the Soviet times, originally used Russian nuclear fuel, but Ukraine gradually switched to supplies from Westinghouse after its first conflict with Russia in 2014. Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the general director of Russian nuclear energy firm Rosenergoatom which is now in charge of the plant, told Interfax that it had about four years' worth of U.S.-made fuel in reserves. But the Russian management will seek to replace that fuel with the Russian one as quickly as possible as it considers its own technologies superior, he said. Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russia says protection structures at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant near completion -TASS
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The construction of protective structures for key facilities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeast Ukraine is nearing completion, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing an adviser to the head of Russia's nuclear plants operator. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, was captured by Russian troops in March of last year, in the opening days of Moscow's invasion in Ukraine. It remains close to the frontlines, and has repeatedly come under fire, raising fears of a nuclear disaster. "The erection of engineering and construction structures, which are designed to provide additional protection for important infrastructure facilities of the nuclear power plant, including those related to the storage of radioactive materials, is at the completion stage," TASS cited Renat Karchaa of Russia's nuclear plants operator Rosenergoatom as saying. In December, Russia said it had set up a shield over a storage site for spent nuclear waste at the plant.

☆ Blasts near Ukraine nuclear plant, says UN watchdog; Russia calls it provocation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 26 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog on Thursday reported powerful explosions near Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and renewed calls for a security zone around the plant. Russian forces seized the plant in early March, soon after invading neighbouring Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of firing around it near the front lines, prompting the IAEA to place experts at all of Ukraine's five nuclear stations. Grossi, who visited Ukraine last week, said IAEA monitors routinely reported explosions near the plant. On the other, they are again sowing doubt in Western public opinion that somehow Russia cannot cope with upholding nuclear safety."

☆ Russia promotes engineer to head of seized Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had promoted the chief engineer of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to become its director, after Kyiv said the plant's previous boss was abducted by Russian authorities. The nuclear power plant, Europe's biggest, has been occupied by Russian forces since March. Moscow said in October it was putting the plant under the control of Russian nuclear authorities, a move the Ukrainian government says is illegal. "The new director of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and first deputy general director of the Zaporizhzhia power plant operating company is Yuriy Chernichuk," said Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the CEO of Russian state energy organisation Rosenergoatom, according to Russian state Rossiya 24 TV. Kyiv also accuses Moscow of hiding military equipment at the plant, which Russia denies.

☆ Mobile operator Veon to sell Russian business for $2.2 bln
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Veon also operates Beeline in Kazakhstan and Kyivstar in Ukraine. Veon said the management buyout of Vimpelcom implied an expected enterprise value of approximately 370 billion roubles. Though Veon is selling at a discount, the transaction represents a relatively rare example of money changing hands between parties as companies race to exit Russia. The shares have traded near record lows since tumbling after Russia began what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. "The management buyout of our Russian operations will benefit all involved," Veon CEO Kaan Terzioglu said in a statement to Reuters.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more than a dozen blasts shook the nuclear plant late on Saturday and on Sunday. The team plans to conduct an assessment on Monday, Grossi said, but Russian nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom said there would be curbs on what the team could inspect. EAST UNDER RUSSIAN FIREIn eastern Ukraine, Russian forces battered Ukrainian front-line positions with artillery fire, with the heaviest attacks in the Donetsk region, Zelenskiy said in a video address. "The fiercest battles, as before, are in the Donetsk region. Although there were fewer attacks today due to worsening weather, the amount of Russian shelling unfortunately remains extremely high," Zelenskiy said.

☆ Ukraine nuclear power station shelled, UN nuclear watchdog says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2022, shows a security person standing in front of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia, amid the Ukraine war. Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog who said such attacks risked a major nuclear disaster. An IAEA team on the ground said there had been damage to some buildings, systems and equipment at the plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station. "Explosions occurred at the site of this major nuclear power plant, which is completely unacceptable. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has six Soviet-designed VVER-1000 V-320 water-cooled and water-moderated reactors containing Uranium 235, which has a half-life of more than 700 million years.

SummarySummary Companies IAEA says Ukraine plant rocked by 12 blastsPlant is controlled by Russian forcesRussia says Ukraine shelled the plant'You're playing with fire!' - IAEA chiefLONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog who said such attacks risked a major nuclear disaster. An IAEA team on the ground said there had been damage to some buildings, systems and equipment at the plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station. "Explosions occurred at the site of this major nuclear power plant, which is completely unacceptable. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has six Soviet-designed VVER-1000 V-320 water-cooled and water-moderated reactors containing Uranium 235, which has a half-life of more than 700 million years.

☆ Russia to use own nuclear fuel at Zaporizhzhia plant - Rosenergoatom
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant will switch to Russian nuclear fuel after it has used up its current reserves, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Thursday, citing an official with Russia's nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom. "The fuel that is in operation will be used up ... ours will be used in the future," TASS cited Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the general director of Rosenergoatom as saying. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Reuters; Editing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Thousands of Russian tech workers pulled off a perilous escape from their crumbling homeland. Now they face an anti-Russian backlash, reluctant banks, and sky-high rents.
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-14 | by ( Belle Lin | Masha Borak | Kylie Robison | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

While Kristina is leaving Russia soon, she said she has received threatening messages including, "You are the Putin enemy," and "The police are already after you." To staunch the outflow of talent, the Russian government has offered some tech workers favorable loans, mortgage rates, and even income-tax exemptions. Even after securing a precious visa or a flight out, Russian immigration officers closely monitor departing workers' every move. According to Alexandra, Russian workers are also transferring their funds into cryptocurrencies in order to access funds outside the country. As Russian workers establish their new lives in exile, some say they're worried about the costs they've paid.

☆ Cavcaliuc susține că Usatîi i-ar înscena o „investigație jurnalistică": Salut Renat. Aștept investigația cu screenshoturi pentru care ai dat 10 mii de euro
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-16 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Ion Ceban | ) unimedia.info time to read: +1 min

„El a încercat să vorbească cu mine prin persoane terțe, l-am refuzat și s-a supărat. Întrebarea a alta, mi-a venit o informație care este pe rol de verificare că acest turist a plătit 10 mii euro unui jurnalist căruia ia dat niște screenshoturi, doi colegi de ai lui au făcut. Aștept, nu uitați că cu voi o să se întâmple „neabisnima no fakt”, a declarat Cavcaliuc, la un interviu pentru UNIMEDIA. „Cu toate siguranțele tale, așa cum erai cu zâmbetul până la urechi, cu tine se va întâmpla ceva ce nici savanții nu vor putea explica. Asta se va întâmpla cu tine Usatîi, dacă vei continua cu aceste mizerii”, a declarat Gheorghe Cavcaliuc.

Persons: ., Usatîi, Gheorghe Organizations: Cavcaliuc Locations: Bălți

☆ (Video) Ilan Șor susține că Renato Usatîi și Maia Sandu sunt finanțați de către controversatul om de afaceri Veaceslav Platon
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Gabriela Nirca | ) breakingnews.md time to read: 1 min

Liderul Partidului „ȘOR”, Ilan Șor, susține că Renato Usatîi și Maia Sandu sunt finanțați de către controversatul om de afaceri Veaceslav Platon. În cadrul unui video pe Facebook, Șor a sărit în apărarea Violetei Ivanov, după ce Usatîi a declarat că aceasta a fost finanțată de Igor Dodon. Tu ai uitat să spui cine te finanțează pe tine. Îți voi aminti: te finanțează prietenul și complicele Veaceslav Platon – voii ambii figurați într-un dosar penal pentru spălarea a 20 de miliarde de dolari din Rusia. Ai uitat, de asemenea, să spui că Platon o finanțează și pe Maia Sandu cu care, împreună, faceți o familie politică”, a spus Ilan Șor.

Persons: Ilan Șor, Renato Usatîi, Maia Sandu, Veaceslav Platon, Șor, Ivanov, Igor Dodon, Violeta, Platon, Ilan Organizations: Partidului, Facebook Locations: Violeta Ivanov, Rusia

☆ VIDEO // Ilan Șor: Usatîi și Sandu sunt finanțați de Platon
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) 24h.md time to read: 1 min

Persons: Ilan Șor, Renato Usatîi, Maia Sandu, Veaceslav Platon, Șor, Ivanov, Igor Dodon, Violeta, Platon, Ilan Organizations: Partidului, Facebook Locations: Violeta Ivanov, Rusia

☆ Ilan Șor vine cu noi acuzații: Sandu și Usatîi primesc bani de la Platon (Video)
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) subiectulzilei.md time to read: 1 min

Persons: Ilan Șor, Renato Usatîi, Maia Sandu, Veaceslav Platon, Șor, Ivanov, Igor Dodon, Violeta, Platon, Ilan Organizations: Partidului, Facebook Locations: Violeta Ivanov, Rusia

☆ Posibile evoluții post-electorale: Cu ajutorul Maiei Sandu, Renato Usatîi va ajunge cel mai puternic om din țară
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-30 | by ( ) telegraph.md time to read: +2 min

Se depune moțiune de cenzura și guvernul Chicu este demis. Renat face presiuni pe Maia și scoate oamenii în stradă, care scandează “anticipate”. Maia respinge. Maia respinge orice dialog cu deputații lui Sor și socialiștii. Subiectul este dezbătut în Parlament și este aprobat cu majoritatea absolută a deputaților.

Persons: Maia Sandu, prezidențialele, Maia, Sandu, Renato Usatîi, Renato, Unioniștii Organizations: PDM, Usatîi Locations: Moscova

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