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The climate change has a price tag and it could be expensive for the world, the increasing greenhouse gas emissions will exert a growing economic impact on countries leading to price rises, slow-paced technological changes, and slow growth in per-capita incomes. In this exclusive series, we highlight the various climatic and growth scenarios, analysis of economic and environmental costs, damaging eco-systems, changes in socio-economic structures and living situations.

Climate Change Series

Developing countries can prosper without increasing emissions

Sep 22, 2017 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

One of the ironies of fighting climate change is that developed countries which have benefited from decades or centuries of industrialisation are now asking developing countries to abandon highly polluting...

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Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth

Aug 16, 2017 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

A little over half the worlds population sees climate change as a serious problem (54% according to a 40-nation Pew Research survey). Coincidentally, roughly the same number identify as Christian or Muslim (55%). On the...

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Climate Change Killing Hundreds Of Thousands In Europe

Aug 08, 2017 15:48 pm UTC| Technology

The vast majority of scientists all over the world have already settled on the existence of climate change and the huge role that humanity has played in speeding it up. Now, new data is coming in that indicates how many...

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Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

Jul 19, 2017 11:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive today a bill of up to US$535 trillion. This would be the cost of the negative emissions technologies required to...

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Rising sea temperatures will hit fisheries and communities in poor countries the hardest

Jul 12, 2017 19:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Despite having some of the worlds smallest carbon footprints, small island developing states and the worlds least-developed countries will be among the places most vulnerable to climate changes impacts on marine life, new...

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions: U.S. vs. China and India in climate debate part 3

Jun 29, 2017 12:33 pm UTC| Commentary

On 1st June of 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced United States withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord (PCA) portraying the deal to be an unfair one American people and American workers. There has been a furor...

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Volcanoes under the ice: melting Antarctic ice could fight climate change

Jun 16, 2017 05:05 am UTC| Nature

Iron is not commonly famous for its role as a micronutrient for tiny organisms dwelling in the cold waters of polar oceans. But iron feeds plankton, which in turn hold carbon dioxide in their bodies. When they die, the...

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Economy

German bunds slump after October manufacturing PMI cheers markets; 10-year auction in focus

The German bunds slumped Tuesday after the countrys manufacturing PMI for the month of October succeeded to cheer markets, coming in a tad higher than expectations and from the previous reading in September. Also, markets...

Korea Q3 GDP likely to rise 3 pct q/q on decent rise in monthly output numbers, says DBS Bank

South Koreas third-quarter GDP (preliminary) is due for release this Thursday. Headline growth is expected to rise to 3 percent q/q saar, moderately higher than the 2.4 percent in Q2, albeit lower than the Q1 peak of 4.3...

New Zealand bonds close mixed ahead of Q3 employment report

The New Zealand bonds closed mixed Tuesday as investors remained focus on the countrys employment report for the third-quarter of this year, scheduled to be released later today by 21:45GMT. At the time of closing, the...

Global Geo-political Series: U.S. commerce department imposes CVD on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. commerce department, under the guidance of Secretary Wilbur Ross continues to take a tough stance on countries that have used unfair means to promote exports. Last night, U.S....

BoK remains on track to hike by 25 bps as early as November 30, says Scotiabank

The Bank of Korea (BoK) is expected to remain on track for a 25 basis points hike as early as November 30. The central bank maintained its policy rate at 1.25 percent last Thursday morning. However, it was not a unanimous...

Politics

As China prepares for its Communist Party congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?

Of Chinese President Xi Jinpings many achievements in his time in office about which much will be made in the official propaganda one of the most surprising was the more confident and assertive approach to foreign policy...

What it's like to transition on to Universal Credit

Originally designed with the intention of making work pay by smoothing out transitions between paid work and welfare, Universal Credit is now being widely criticised for failing to deliver on its promises. Despite calls by...

Why is Melanie Joly ignoring the crisis in Canadian journalism?

Although we now live in a vast internet landscape with immense amounts of content, the diversity and quality of the news media we consume continues to be a concern.. Large sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google should...

Theresa May's speech and the challenge to expand English social housing

Amid the drama of Theresa Mays conference speech was the announcement of new funding for social housing and a new generation of council houses in England. This follows long-term under-investment in social and affordable...

Las Vegas: the US is racked with impossible divisions over rights and freedoms

In the immediate aftermath of the October 2 Las Vegas massacre the USs 273rd mass shooting in 2017 alone it seems neither President Donald Trump nor his Republican colleagues will entertain a review of current gun...

Science

New Treatment For Blindness Gets FDA Panel Recommendation, First Of Its Kind

Providing hope to thousands of people suffering from hereditary blindness, advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration just gave a critical recommendation to a new type of treatment. Using gene therapy, the treatment...

VP Mike Pence Heads NASA’s Revived Moon Council, SpaceX To Do The Heavy Lifting

After months of hinting that a Lunar mission is in the works, US vice-president Mike Pence announced via The Wall Street Journal op-ed that NASA would be sending humans to the moon. The article was published just before...

Scientists Makes Hydrogen Fuel Production Cheaper With Seawater And New Nanomaterial

Solar and wind energy might be the renewable resources that are growing in popularity, but hydrogen fuel has proven to be incredibly reliable and powerful as well. Now, a University of Central Florida (UCF) scientist has...

Chilled proteins and 3-D images: The cryo-electron microscopy technology that just won a Nobel Prize

Many people will never have heard of cryo-electron microscopy before the announcement that Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson had won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work developing this...

Ikea Now Has Indoor Vertical Farm, Huge Potential For Solar Partnership

With the worlds climate constantly becoming hotter by the year, industries such as farming are going to experience massive problems such as drought and daylight heat thats too much for plants to handle. Thats why products...

Technology

Tesla In Talks To Install Solar Grid In Puerto Rico, Could Privatize Power Industry

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been in talks with Puerto Ricos officials regarding a proposed solar power grid to restore the devastated islands electricity. Much of the US territorys population still dont have access to power...

Amazon Is Now In Real Estate, Sells And Ships Pre-Fabricated Homes To Customers

As the premier online retail giant in the industry, Amazon has a lot of clout in many sectors. Now, it would seem that the merchant behemoth is making a move to completely revolutionize selling homes. Customers can now...

Ex-BioWare Employee Says EA Only Cares About Money, Confirms What Gamers Already Know

The gaming community has long branded Entertainment Arts (EA) as the worst video game company in the industry. Ruining multiple promising studios and franchises, milking players for every last dime, and releasing titles...

No Sequel For PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Blue Zone Carnage To Increase

PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds (PUBG) is currently one of the hottest online, multiplayer shooting games in the market. As such, even though it is still in Early Access, some people are already asking if PUBG 2 is coming....

Apple VS Samsung Patent Battle Heats Up Once Again, Again

The legal disputes between Apple and South Korean rival Samsung have been going on for so long and for so many times, publications are actually losing count. The two companies are once again going to court in order to...

Digital Currency

AICPA collaborates with Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

LedgerX completes bitcoin derivatives trades worth $1M in first week

FxWirePro: BTC/USD sees strong support at 20-DMA, break below to see further downside

Law

Let's face it, we'll be no safer with a national facial recognition database

Uber can't be ethical – its business model won't allow it

Japan FSA approves 11 firms as cryptocurrency exchange operators

Life

The new atheists are not atheist enough

The enduring power of print for learning in a digital world

The end of the world is coming – just not this Saturday

Nature

The immense challenge of desertification in sub-Saharan Africa

Fine-particulate pollution: can we trust microsensor readings?

How hurricanes such as Irma and Maria can devastate the Caribbean marine environment

Sports

The big money Mayweather-McGregor fight pits boxing against UFC in a battle of the brands

The English Premier League is experiencing a textbook case of hyperinflation

Nicotine in sports: high use but little evidence of effects on performance

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: USD/CHF upside capped by 233- day MA, good to buy on dips

FxWirePro: USD/TRY trades in narrow range, sustained close above 3.7150 requires for upside rally

FxWirePro: South African rand falls gradually against U.S. dollar, faces immediate resistance at 13.80 mark

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INDONESIA PROJECT-BASED SUKUK MATURING NOV 2031 WEIGHTED AVG YIELD AT 7.42991 PCT -FIN MINISTRY

INDONESIA PROJECT-BASED SUKUK MATURING AUG 2023 WEIGHTED AVG YIELD AT 6.60745 PCT -FIN MINISTRY

INDONESIA PROJECT-BASED SUKUK MATURING MAY 2021 WEIGHTED AVG YIELD AT 6.40123 PCT -FIN MINISTRY

INDONESIA PROJECT-BASED SUKUK MATURING MAY 2019 WEIGHTED AVG YIELD AT 5.88564 PCT -FIN MINISTRY

INDONESIA ISLAMIC T-BILLS MATURING APR 2018 WEIGHTED AVG YIELD AT 4.79102 PCT -FIN MINISTRY

INDONESIA RAISES 7 TRILLION RUPIAH FROM ISLAMIC BONDS AUCTION -FIN MINISTRY

AUSTRIAN CONSERVATIVE LEADER KURZ SAYS PLANS TO HOLD COALITION TALKS WITH FAR-RIGHT FREEDOM PARTY

TAIWAN SEPTEMBER M2 MONEY SUPPLY +3.8 PCT Y/Y

HK’S HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES DOWN 0.5 PCT AT 28,154.97 POINTS

PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT PANEL SAYS RECOMMENDS LIFTING BAN ON OPEN-PIT MINING

GERMANY OCT MARKIT SERVICE FLASH PMI INCREASE TO 55.2 (FCAST 55.6 )

ITALY SEP FLASH TRD BAL NON-EU* INCREASE TO 3.54 BLN EUR VS PREV 2.53 BLN EUR

POLISH REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 6.8 PCT IN SEPT VS 6.9 PCT SEEN IN REUTERS POLL - STATS OFFICE

IHS MARKIT EURO ZONE OCT FLASH SERVICES PMI EMPLOYMENT INDEX 54.3 (53.7 SEPT)

IHS MARKIT EURO ZONE OCT FLASH MANUFACTURING PMI NEW ORDERS INDEX 58.7 (58.5 SEPT)

IHS MARKIT EURO ZONE OCT FLASH MANUFACTURING PMI OUTPUT INDEX 58.7 (59.2 SEPT)

IHS MARKIT EURO ZONE OCT FLASH COMPOSITE PMI OUTPUT PRICES INDEX 53.3 (52.7 SEPT); HIGHEST SINCE JUNE 2011

OCT MARKIT COMP FLASH PMI DECREASE TO 55.9 (FCAST 56.5 ) VS PREV 56.7

OCT MARKIT SERV FLASH PMI DECREASE TO 54.9 (FCAST 55.6 ) VS PREV 55.8

OCT MARKIT MFG FLASH PMI INCREASE TO 58.6 (FCAST 57.8 ) VS PREV 58.1

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