WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) called President Trump's decision to pull out
of a global deal on climate change a «mistake» and «misguided.»
While the
number of global deals was up 3.7 % in 2017 compared to the previous year, volume slipped 3 % to $ 3.57 trillion, Dealogic said.
Joe joined his current firm, AMP Capital Investors, in 2009 and led the
creation of the global dealing capability for AMP Capital's REIT and listed infrastructure joint venture with Brookfield.
Britain should aim to make 42 per cent emissions cuts on 1990 levels by 2020 in the
event of a global deal on climate change, Lord Adair Turner's committee has recommended.
In a speech in March, the prime minister said the government would try to make further cuts to its nuclear warheads, which had been halved since 1997, as
part of global deals.
It will air at DZRH award - winning Radyo Balintataw on Sunday, the 19th followed by a panel discussion on the Rocky Road to Paris, the
Urgency of a Global Deal, next Sunday, the 26th, hosted by Philippine Center of the ITI President, Cecile Guidote - Alvarez, Director of Earthsavers UNESCO Artist for Peace.
If renewables were to displace fossil fuels as the cheapest way to get power, all other
aspects of a global deal will fall into place, one speaker argued.
The conference comes on the heels of recent optimism about the
possibility of a global deal, thanks to a November agreement on emissions reductions by the U.S. and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases.
Ministers from dozens of countries, including Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Alex White, arriving in Lima for the final week of UN climate negotiations face the daunting task of bridging wide gaps on the shape and
content of a global deal.
Trend data from Mergermarket shows activity in the sector has soared over the first half of this year, with technology companies involved in 11.4 %
of global deal activity in H1 2015, compared with 6.9 % in full year 2014.
Figures from Mergermarket reveal the US firm topped the global and European value rankings, with roles on $ 150.5 bn (# 105bn)
of global deals and $ 102bn (# 71bn) of European deals in Q1, with DLA Piper and Clifford Chance topping the volume rankings globally and in Europo e respectively.