A carbon markets investor backed by Swiss-trading house Mercuria said on Wednesday it had joined with two non-profits to raise an initial $1.5 billion to help protect the Amazon, by working with Brazilian states,

World Economic Forum in Davos presents three key opportunities for cooperation on health security, Amazon protection, and Africa's renewable energy transition.

President Donald Trump has given everyone at Davos something to talk about with his actions on the first day of his second term.

Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global climate change would continue with or without the United States.

As business titans and world leaders gathered Monday in Davos, Switzerland, for the opening of the annual World Economic Forum, all eyes were on Trump’s taking power again in Washington.

Tuesday saw the World Economic Forum in Davos begin in earnest. Not even a star turn from David Beckham could stop AI dominating conversations.

Rachel Reeves was seeking to win over business chiefs in Davos to invest in Britain by portraying herself as the “Iron Chancellor” who will stick to her fiscal rules and deliver economic growth. The Labour Chancellor adopted one of Margaret Thatcher ’s famous phrases, known as TINA, to argue that ‘there is no alternative to our last Budget ”.

By Guilherme Leal / Paulo Hartung / Roberto Waack In the quiet Swiss town of Davos, Thomas Mann’sThe Magic Mountain unfolds as young Hans Castorp’s brief visit to a sanatorium turns into a seven-year exploration of ideas,

The chairman of the UK’s competition watchdog stepped down earlier this week because he had a “different strategic approach” from the Government, the Chancellor has said.

Net zero is less important than economic growth, Rachel Reeves has suggested, as she prepares for a potential clash with Ed Miliband over a third runway at Heathrow.

Britain forced out the chair of its antitrust regulator after he failed to prioritise its growth agenda, replacing him with a former Amazon boss, in a signal the UK's attempt to rein in big tech could be over.