United Nations report: Three quarters of the earth's land is gradually dry due to climate change. The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 16) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 2 to 13. On the 9th, the United Nations released a report during the meeting, saying that about three-quarters of the world's land has gradually become dry due to climate change. The report found that in the 30 years before 2020, about 77.6% of the world's land became drier than before. At present, except Antarctica, the dry land area accounts for about 40% of the global land area. Between 1990 and 2020 alone, the global dry land area increased by 4.3 million square kilometers.Goldman Sachs believes that there will be more large-scale strategic transactions in 2025. Dennis Coleman, chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday that it is expected that the company's "strategic" transactions will accelerate in 2025, including large-scale mergers and acquisitions. He said: "The intensity of our dialogue with customers is accelerating, and some aspects of the overall strategic activities are becoming more obvious. The confidence of the CEO and customers will certainly increase, and they think there may be more and larger transactions and more strategic activities. "Agricultural Bank of China took the lead in setting up the largest ESG-linked RMB syndicated loan for China Aluminum Industry in China. Recently, Agricultural Bank seized the opportunity of "two innovations" policy, initiated the service scheme of "sustainable development-linked syndicated loan+equipment renewal loan" in the industry, and successfully won the bid for the lead bank, agent bank and sustainable development coordination bank of China Aluminum Industry's 500,000-ton 600-ka electrolyzer capacity replacement and upgrading project. It is understood that the project uses the world's advanced electrolytic aluminum equipment technology to replace the original production capacity, which will greatly reduce the production energy consumption of enterprises and increase the proportion of clean energy use. At present, it has been included in the list of technical transformation and equipment renewal refinancing projects of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. (Zhongxin. com)
Ukrainian President Zelensky: Calling on allies to use frozen Russian assets to provide systematic financing. 10-12 additional Patriot systems will enable Ukraine to fully protect its airspace and make the Russian-Ukrainian conflict meaningless.HKEx: On December 10th, Standard Chartered Bank repurchased 546,284 shares for 5.4 million pounds in other transactions.Bitcoin fell below $95,000/piece, down 2.50% in the day.
The price of basic load electricity delivered in Germany the next day rose by 30.6% to 320 Euro/MWh, the highest level since mid-December 2022.New Oriental (09901.HK): Yang Zhuang has resigned as an independent director of the Company with effect from December 16, 2024. On the same day, Yang Zhuang also resigned as a member of the Audit Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee.The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index was at an intraday low.
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Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14