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In den letzten Tagen wurde der Druck auf die ukrainischen Truppen, die im Gebiet Kursk de facto eingekesselt sind, massiv erhöht. Nach dem Coup, bei dem russische Spezialeinheiten durch die von der Ukraine stillgelegte Gaspipeline hinter die Linien der Ukrainer gelange sind, begann der Kessel Auflösungserscheinen zu zeigen und am 12. März hat das ukrainische […]

Damascus, SANA- Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Dr. Mohammad Taha al-Ahmad, discussed prospects for cooperation with a delegation representing Saudi Ajyal Petroleum and Energy Company, particularly in the areas of agricultural investment, the use of alternative energy, and the provision of modern technologies for drilling wells to secure water and maintain irrigation projects.

During the meeting held at the ministry today, the two sides discussed ways to rehabilitate agricultural infrastructure to build integrated projects that contribute to greater investment and the creation of new job opportunities.

MHD Ibrahim

In der Region Kursk werden die verbleibenden ukrainischen Einheiten zerschlagen. Nach dem Coup der russischen Spezialeinheiten, durch eine von der Ukraine stillgelegte Gaspipeline hinter die Front direkt in die Stadt Sudscha zu gelangen, scheinen die ukrainischen Einheiten in Panik geraten zu sein. Die russischen Einheiten konnten sich in Sudscha im Rücken des Gegners festsetzen und […]

Damascus, SANA-Based on the powers granted to the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, and based on the supreme national interest, and keen to enhance national security and respond to security and political challenges in the coming period, the President of the Republic decides the following:

1. The National Security Council shall be formed under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic. Its purpose is to coordinate and manage security and political policies.

2. The national security council consist of the following members:
1. The Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2. The Minister of Defense.
3. The Director of General Intelligence.
4. The Minister of Interior.
5. Two advisory seats, appointed by the President of the Republic based on competence and experience.
6. A specialized technical seat, appointed by the President of the Republic to oversee technical and scientific matters related to the minutes of the meeting.

3. The National Security Council shall meet periodically or at the invitation of the President of the Republic. Decisions related to national security and the challenges facing the state shall be made in consultation with its members.

4. The functions and working mechanisms of the National Security Council shall be determined by directives from the President of the Republic, in line with the supreme national interest and ensuring effective coordination between various agencies and institutions.

5. This decision shall be effective from the date of its issuance and shall be communicated to the relevant authorities for implementation.

MHD Ibrahim

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to cancel $2 billion in grants to help communities burdened by pollution and will shutter every environmental justice office nationwide, according to published reports.

The following is a reaction by Matthew Tejada, Senior Vice President for Environmental Health at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). Prior to joining NRDC, Tejada led EPA’s environmental justice office.

“Trump’s EPA is taking us back to a time of unfettered pollution across the nation, leaving every American exposed to toxic chemicals, dirty air and contaminated water.

“The grants that EPA moved to cancel are some of the most important to help make communities across the nation safer, healthier, and more prosperous. They are helping rural Virginia coal communities prepare for extreme flooding, installing sewage systems on rural Alabama homes, and turning an abandoned, polluted site in Tampa, Florida into a campus for healthcare, job training, and a small business development.

“Those who have paid the highest price for pollution, with their health, are now the first to be sacrificed by Trump’s EPA. But they will not be the last. Every American should be worried about what this portends. We are witnessing the first step of removing environmental protections from everyone, as the chemical industry and fossil fuel producers get their way – and the rest of us will pay with our health and lost legal rights.”

Today, Donald Trump’s EPA announced 31 deadly and dangerous actions the agency is taking, including attacking safeguards to limit pollution from power plants and vehicles, methane and other deadly emissions from oil and gas sources, Mercury and Air Toxics standards, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, wastewater regulations at coal plants, and many other critical protections for the environment and public health.

The standards that the EPA seeks to undermine are based on a strong scientific record and serve a number of public interests, including lowering the amount of deadly toxins fossil fuel-fired plants are allowed to release into the air and water, reducing pollution at steel and aluminum mills, and requiring fossil fuel companies to control pollution, like soot, ozone, and toxic and hazardous air pollutants at power plants.

If these rules are withdrawn, the American public will see devastating health impacts. EPA estimated that just one of the rules would prevent 4,500 premature deaths and save $46 billion in health costs by 2032. The health toll and cost of rescinding all the rules listed in the EPA’s announcement would be vastly higher.

In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous issued the following statement:

“Donald Trump’s actions will cause thousands of Americans to die each year. It will send thousands of children to the hospital and force even more to miss school. It will pollute the air and water in communities across the country. And it will cause our energy bills to go up even more than they already are because of his disastrous policies. But as they put all of us at risk, Trump and his administration are celebrating because it will help corporate polluters pad their profit margin.

“The American people should be furious. The EPA exists to protect us from serious pollution that endangers our lives and wellbeing, but Trump and Lee Zeldin are attempting to turn it into corporate polluters’ best friend.

“Make no mistake about it: we will fight these outrageous rollbacks tooth and nail, and we will use all resources at our disposal to continue protecting the health and safety of all Americans.”

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency moved today to potentially scrap the landmark scientific finding that forms the core basis of federal climate action. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced plans to reconsider the agency’s endangerment finding, threatening to batter years of climate policies to protect people and wildlife from runaway global heating.

“The Trump administration’s ignorance is trumped only by its malice toward the planet,” said Jason Rylander, legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. “Come hell and high water, raging fires and deadly heatwaves, Trump and his cronies are bent on putting polluter profits ahead of people’s lives. This move won’t stand up in court. We’re going to fight it every step of the way.”

The 2009 endangerment finding concluded that planet-warming pollution like carbon dioxide and methane threatens public health and the welfare of current and future generations. It was based on overwhelming scientific evidence that has only become more robust and irrefutable since then.

The United States is the second largest carbon polluter in the world, after China, and the largest historical emitter of greenhouse gasses.

The endangerment finding set the stage for protecting the climate. It underpins federal regulations that have reduced climate-damaging pollution from cars and trucks, saving 7 billion tons of emissions by 2032. It also supports regulations reducing pollution from oil and gas production and power plants under the Clean Air Act. Eliminating the finding calls these and other future critical climate protections into question.

The EPA finalized the endangerment finding less than a week after the Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org petitioned the agency to set a national cap for greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act, citing the EPA’s proposed finding and the clear evidence of climate pollution’s harm to health and the environment. The EPA has not provided a final response to that petition.

“Removing the endangerment finding even as climate chaos accelerates is like spraying gasoline on a burning house,” said Rylander. “We had 27 separate climate disasters costing over a billion dollars last year. Now more than ever the United States needs to step up efforts to cut pollution and protect people from climate change. But instead Trump wants to yank us backward, creating enormous risks for people, wildlife and our economy.”

This afternoon, the Environmental Protection Agency announced they are "reconsidering" 31 climate and environmental protections. EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin called it a "dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion." In response, Sunrise Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay issued the following statement:

"This is a fuck you to anyone who wants to breathe clean air, drink clean water, or live past 2030.

The Trump administration is trying to roll back decades of critical health and safety regulations that have saved millions of lives and are all that’s standing between us and runaway climate change.

Trump doesn't care about working people, all he cares about is pleasing the oil and gas billionaires who bankrolled his campaign. They know their industry is dying. Wind and solar are cheaper and safer than fossil fuels. So, they are trying to buy their way to profitability by rigging the rules in their favor.

If they get their way, they will wreck our air, our water, burn down our homes, and hand future generations an unlivable climate.

From moms in the 1970s who wanted their kids to be able to play outside without getting asthma to young people in the 2020s who went on hunger strike to force Congress to pass a climate bill, generations of Americans have fought and sacrificed for these regulations.

No way in hell we will let a few corrupt, pathetic politicians turn the clock back now. You’ll see more from us soon."

Impeach Trump Again, a non-partisan campaign led by Free Speech For People, added the Trump Administration's blatant disregard for the judiciary branch as a new ground for an impeachment investigation against President Trump.

Some of the Trump administration’s oversteps of the judiciary branch include: refusing to release $2 billion in foreign aid in defiance of multiple court orders; refusing to adhere to court orders that prohibit the Office of Management and Budget from implementing a freeze on all federal assistance; and refusing to adhere to a court order requiring U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell to testify in person on March 13, 2025, in a lawsuit challenging Ezell and OPM’s termination of thousands of employees.

“The checks and balances of our three-branch government is a cornerstone of our democracy, created by our country’s founders because they were rightfully afraid of how quickly, in the absence of a balanced system, our democracy might become a tyranny. Trump has usurped the powers of the legislature and now tramples on the authority of the judiciary,” said Courtney Hostetler, Legal Director of Free Speech For People.

“In just one month, he has repeatedly ignored court rulings that have and must restrain his unlawful abuses of power. He, like all Presidents, must abide by the rule of law—and because he has not, Congress must adhere to its own obligations to carry out an impeachment investigation.”

Impeach Trump Again, a nonpartisan campaign led by Free Speech For People, had already collected over 250,000 petition signatures in support of an impeachment investigation of President Trump before these recent actions. Rep. Al Green recently announced on the House Floor that he plans to bring articles of impeachment against the president.

Since Inauguration Day, the campaign has documented multiple abuses of power President Trump has already committed, including: planning the forced removal of Palestinians from Gaza; abusing his power to seek retributions against perceived adversaries, co-opting and dismantling independent government oversight; unconstitutionally usurping Congress’s powers; receiving foreign and domestic emoluments; depriving citizens of their birthright citizenship; corruptly dismissing criminal charges against Eric Adams; abusing the pardon power; abusing the emergency power; blocking efforts to secure U.S. elections; unconstitutionally usurping local and state authority; and engaging in unlawful, corrupt practices during the 2024 presidential election campaign.

For more information on the campaign, please visit impeachtrumpagain.org.

Average U.S. egg prices have hit a record high of $5.90 per dozen, according to the latest monthly consumer price index, released today. This eclipses the previous record high of $4.95/dozen in January. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts egg prices could jump another 41% this year.

Just last week, the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch released a new report — “The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: The Rotten Egg Oligarchy” — detailing how the U.S.’s largest egg producer has reaped tremendous profits during the yearslong bird flu outbreak at consumer expense. The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into price-fixing by the nation’s largest egg corporations just last week.

Food & Water Watch Research Director Amanda Starbuck issued the following statement:

“Record-high egg prices have everything to do with corporate greed. While skyrocketing prices transform eggs into a luxury item, the food monopolies are seeing green. President Trump needs to get serious about lowering American food prices — starting with cracking down on the food monopolies exploiting the worsening bird flu crisis for profit.”

The Food & Water Watch report finds that Cal-Maine, the nation’s largest egg corporation, raised prices during the early bird flu outbreak to rake in $1 billion in windfall profits in its FY 2023, while not experiencing a single flock outbreak of its own that fiscal year. These trends were echoed nationwide, as national and regional prices spiked despite a relatively stable egg supply.

In a letter delivered this morning to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and fellow Senate Democrats, nearly 150 advocacy groups from across the country called on them to reject the Republican budget proposal passed by the House yesterday, in light of the Trump administration’s ongoing operation to illegally dismantle the agencies and functions of the federal government. The letter was facilitated by the environmental organization Food & Water Watch and signed by groups including Progressive Democrats of America, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Our Revolution, 350.org, New York Communities for Change and Citizen Action NY.

The letter states, in part:

Musk and Trump are illegally dismantling critical agencies and programs that protect workers, our environment and the economy, while ignoring Congress in the process. We call on you to take a strong public stance and rally the Senate to reject any spending bill that allows this lawlessness to continue… We call on you to withhold all votes for any spending bill until this stops.

“Musk and Trump are in the middle of executing an illegal partial government shutdown. Democrats must not vote for any spending bill that doesn’t address this,” said Mary Grant, water program director at Food & Water Watch. “Approving the budget bill passed in the House is an invitation for Musk and Trump to continue their efforts to shut down and eliminate key government functions that protect people’s food, water, health, and pocketbooks. Senator Schumer and Democrats in the Senate should stand strong and oppose this dangerous bill.”

Notably, the Republican spending measure eliminates Congressionally-directed spending for clean water projects. It zeros out the $1.4 billion in earmarked funding through the EPA’s State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs, and $117 million through USDA’s Rural Water and Waste Disposal assistance program. While the overall funding levels for the SRF programs are unaffected, he rural water program is reduced by the amount of the earmarked projects, amounting to a 20 percent cut in funding for rural water and wastewater projects.

The proposal would cut USDA’s Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations by 58 percent by zeroing out $20 million in earmarked projects, and it eliminates $39 million in EPA’s State and Tribal Assistance Grants that were previously earmarked for remediation and environmental management activities. It would also cut USDA’s Conservation by $19 million and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) by $14 million.

In response to the Trump administration’s unlawful arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and recent graduate of Columbia University, Paul O’Brien, Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director, made the following statement:

“The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student activist and lawful permanent resident, is another attack on human rights by the Trump administration. Each and every one of us – regardless of immigration status – has the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, and due process.

“Targeting and threatening peaceful protesters and their immigration status for the content of their protest, such as advocating for the human rights of Palestinians, is a violation of human rights. This targeting sends a chilling message to people across this country, on and off campuses, that anyone exercising their rights will be subject to repression, detention, and possible deportation. And for the immigrant communities already living in fear throughout the U.S., they are now only further pushed into the shadows with fear that they could be deported for speaking out.

“Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are human rights, not grounds for deportation.

“The U.S. government must release Mahmoud Khalil immediately. Colleges and universities must also take steps to protect their immigrant students from ICE enforcement and ensure that the human rights of all of their students and faculty to protest in support of Palestinian rights and other issues is respected and protected.”

Damascus, SANA-President Ahmad al-Sharaa received a delegation from the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Damascus.

MHD Ibrahim

Der Abgrund aus Lügen und Vertuschungen im Zusammenhang mit Corona hat einen neuen Tiefpunkt erreicht. Recherchen von „Zeit“ und „Süddeutscher Zeitung“ – die ausnahmsweise endlich einmal ihren journalistischen Aufgaben nachkamen, wenn auch fünf Jahre zu spät – haben ergeben, dass der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) mit einer Wahrscheinlichkeit von 80 bis 95 Prozent davon ausgeht, dass ein Laborunfall […]

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In einer Erklärung des Medienzentrums der Demokratischen Kräfte Syriens (QSD) hieß es heute, dass in der Region um den Tişrîn-Damm und Qereqozax vier Drohnen des türkischen Staates abgeschossen werden konnten.

Die Türkei hatte ihre Angriffe auf die Region Nord- und Ostsyrien Anfang der Woche verschärft. Rund um die Tişrîn-Talsperre und die Qereqozax-Brücke seien türkische Truppen zusammengezogen worden. Die QSD meldeten, dass die türkische Armee und die von ihr gesteuerte Söldnertruppe „Syrische Nationalarmee“ (SNA) erneut massive Drohnen- und Artillerieangriffe auf die Region durchgeführt haben. Auch Kampfjets der Türkei seien den Angaben zufolge mehrere Angriffswellen geflogen. Hierbei sei der Tişrîn-Damm erneut getroffen worden, was die Befürchtungen eines Dammbruchs schürt, welcher verheerende Folgen für das Umland und die Städte Raqqa und Tabqa haben würde.

„Alle Arten von Waffen werden gegen die Region eingesetzt“

Das Medienzentrum der QSD meldete heute: „Die Angriffe der Türkei und ihrer Söldner auf die Region Nord- und Ostsyrien dauern bereits den dritten Monat an. Dabei kommen alle Arten von Waffen zum Einsatz, darunter Kampfflugzeuge, Drohnen und schwere Waffen.“

An der Front des Tişrîn-Staudamms hätten die türkische Armee und die SNA gestern Dörfer in der Umgebung des Damms mit schweren Waffen beschossen, während Kampfflugzeuge das Dorf Xirbêt Zemalê (Chirbet Samala) nördlich der Talsperre bombardiert und dabei materiellen Schaden angerichtet hätten.

Vier Drohnen abgeschossen

Laut Medienzentrum habe die dschihadistische SNA versucht Stellungen der QSD mit Drohnen anzugreifen. Dabei hätten die Einheiten der QSD vier davon abgeschossen.

Weiterhin hätten türkische Kampfjets das Dorf Xeseq (Ghasaq) bei der Qereqozax-Brücke bombardiert und Sachschaden verursacht. Zudem seien die die Dörfer in der Umgebung, darunter Tîna (al-Tineh), Cadê (Ja'aada), Bîr Hiso (Bir Hesu), Dîkan (Dekan), Xeseq, Melhe (Malha), Senaa (Al-San’a) sowie die Hügel von Sêvê (Sayfi) und Qereqozax mit mehr als 80 Mörsergranaten beschossen worden. Der Beschuss habe materiellen Schaden an den Häusern und am Eigentum der Zivilbevölkerung verursacht.

Türkische Ziele zerstört

Die QSD erklärten weiter: „Als Reaktion auf die Angriffe des türkischen Staates und seiner Söldner führten unsere Einheiten eine Aktion gegen die Stützpunkte der türkischen Armee rund um die Qereqozax-Brücke durch, und zerstörten dabei ein gepanzertes Fahrzeug und ein Militärfahrzeug, das zum Transport von Soldaten verwendet wurde. Sie führten außerdem eine weitere Aktion gegen einen türkischen Stützpunkt auf der Westseite der Brücke durch. Bei der Aktion wurden vier türkische Soldaten verletzt und zwei Radarsysteme zerstört.“

Starke Drohnen-Aktivität

Das QSD-Medienzentrum gab ebenfalls bekannt, dass an der Frontlinie in Deir ez-Zor gestern den ganzen Tag über Drohnen der türkischen Armee geflogen seien.

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Damascus, SANA- The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) announced Syria’s return to full membership after years of hiatus.

This announcement came during a virtual meeting that brought together Dr. Anas Haj Zeidan, Director-General of Antiquities and Museums in Syria, with representatives from ISESCO, including Dr. Weber Ndoro, Director of the Islamic World Heritage Center, experts Bilal Al-Shabi and Mohammed Al-Absi, as well as Engineer Lina Qatifan, Director of World Heritage Sites at the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums.

Bilal al-Shabi, a program expert at ISESCO, emphasized the importance of Syria’s return to the organization, noting that this step reflects the organization’s commitment to supporting member states in protecting their cultural and scientific heritage.

Al-Shabi pointed out that a technical mission will soon visit Syria to review a number of archaeological sites and museums. This mission will develop a joint action plan aimed at supporting efforts to preserve Syrian cultural heritage and assess the technical and logistical needs of the Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, with the aim of strengthening its capacities in the fields of heritage conservation and museum management.

For his part, Dr. Anas Haj Zidan welcomed this step, considering that Syria’s return to ISESCO will open new horizons for cooperation in the fields of heritage and culture. He added that the technical mission’s visit will contribute to supporting efforts to preserve Syrian heritage, especially in light of the challenges facing the country as a result of the war.

It is worth noting that ISESCO is an international organization operating under the umbrella of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and aims to enhance cooperation among Member States in the fields of education, science, and culture.

MHD Ibrahim

Discussions at this week’s OECD Export Credits Forum in Paris face a new geopolitical reality after South Korea blocked a landmark climate agreement that would have ended USD 41 billion in annual taxpayer financing for fossil fuels at the end of last year. After nearly two years of EU and UK-led negotiations, the binding agreement would have halted direct financial export support for fossil fuel projects provided by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, an exclusive group of the world’s wealthiest nations.

Negotiators are meeting in Paris this week at the OECD Export Credits Forum, it is clear that the opportunity that existed at the last meeting, before the Trump Administration took office, is gone.

Alongside the EU, the UK, Canada, US, New Zealand, Australia and Norway supported binding OECD fossil fuel restrictions after already adopting such restrictions at the national level as part of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership. However, South Korea stalled negotiations until the change in US administration, rejecting even basic transparency measures for export finance. It blocked what could have been a historic deal that would have catalysed the global clean energy transition and supported parallel and pressing energy security and affordability objectives. Most OECD export finance for fossil fuels flows to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects. Rather than supporting energy security or affordability, these projects increase countries’ exposure to volatile gas markets and, according to a recently published report from Carbon Tracker, involve stranded assets risks as the market is on a trajectory towards oversupply as gas demand drops.

Amidst growing geopolitical instability, OECD countries committed to climate leadership must continue to walk the walk and find new ways to end international taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels, while increasing support for a just energy transition. Efforts to end international public finance for fossil fuels is not only a critical win for the climate, but also equally important for energy security and affordability worldwide.

The Export Credits Forum is also taking place as news is breaking that the US Export Credit Agency, US EXIM, is set to approve financing for the controversial Mozambique LNG project, which is mired in allegations of human rights violations as well as having the potential to have annual emissions as large as all 27 EU countries combined. EXIM is set to take this decision at its board meeting tomorrow.

In response:

Dongjae Oh, Head of Oil and Gas, Solutions for Our Climate (Korea), said: “South Korea’s reluctance to align with its partners in restricting fossil fuel financing was a major obstacle in the negotiations, contributing to their failure. At a time when renewable energy is expanding globally, Korea has instead chosen to side with the fossil fuel industry—jeopardizing our planet’s future. This year, Korea must step up and work with its allies to make a meaningful commitment to combating climate change by ending fossil fuel finance, whether through OECD mechanisms or bilateral agreements. If it fails to act, Korea risks being left behind as the world transitions to a cleaner, more sustainable future.”

Nina Pusic, Export Finance Climate Strategist, Oil Change International, said: “Despite the disappointing outcome, an unprecedented number of OECD countries worked around their differences and nearly reached an agreement to end the largest flow of international public money to oil and gas. We expect those countries who argued for fossil fuel restrictions to stay committed in their leadership and meet their international obligations to stop funding fossil fuels and instead support a just transition to reliable and affordable renewable energy.”

Nidal Badarneh was arrested for joking about Israeli hostages. But when Israeli comedians joke about the war, or even killing Palestinians, no one bats an eye.

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In a concerning development, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), the world’s largest banking climate alliance will hold a vote on a proposal that would weaken its commitment to align $54 trillion in assets with the Paris Agreement’s critical target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

An affirmative vote will mean the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, established in 2021 as a key part of the Global Financial Alliance for Net Zero, will adopt a less stringent goal of keeping heating “well below 2°C”, a significant retreat from the urgent action required to address the climate crisis.

Andreas Sieber, Associate Director of Global Policy and Campaigns at 350.org says

“Rather than appeasing those resisting climate action, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance must take decisive action to uphold the 1.5°C target and end fossil fuel expansion. The alliance faces instability as some members withdraw as a result of being afraid and too short-sighted to commit to climate action required, above all cutting fossil fuel financing. However, the need for binding regulations and accountability measures has never been more urgent. Clearly, banks are concerned about the potential legal consequences for failing to meet net-zero commitments, underscoring the urgent need for more robust public regulatory frameworks.

The global climate justice movement calls on banks to uphold their commitments to the 1.5°C target and immediately halt funding for fossil fuel expansion. Anything less is a failure to protect vulnerable communities and a threat to the planet’s future. The time for vague promises and inadequate action is over—banks must act decisively to address the climate emergency.”

The move comes as global temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C threshold for the first time last year, a stark reminder of the need for stronger, not weaker, climate action.
Last year’s Banking on Climate Chaos report revealed that many alliance members have continued to pour nearly $700 billion annually into fossil fuel projects, despite joining the NZBA and committing to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This contradiction underscores a disturbing pattern: while banks publicly endorse climate goals, their actions continue to fuel the climate crisis.

Chuck Baclagon, Asia Regional Campaigner at 350.org says

“The Net Zero Banking Alliance’s proposal to weaken its commitments is more than just a policy tweak—it’s a retreat at a time when we need an advance. Shifting from a 1.5°C target to a vague -2°C ambition ignores what the science is telling us: every fraction of a degree matters, and every delay costs lives. But there’s still time to do this right. The NZBA and its member banks must stand firm, not shrink from their commitments. If financial institutions want to claim leadership on climate, they need to act like it—by accelerating the shift to clean energy, funding real decarbonization, and ensuring a just transition for those who need it most. The stakes couldn’t be clearer.”

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting at a command post of the Kursk group of forces. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief was briefed by Chief of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces – First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov.