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Opinion: COP27 concludes with loss and damage fund but no increased mitigation ambition

Delegates at the COP27 UN climate talks in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, clinched a hard-fought agreement to create a loss…

COP27: The underdogs did most of the work in week one. Now what?

Sharm El Sheikh International Airport was a melting pot of cultures on the evening of Saturday 5 November as delegates…

COP27: Ukraine energy company DTEK maintains net-zero goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItIcBzdsKuY Energy Monitor reporter Nour Ghantous (left) in conversation with Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, at COP27 in Sharm El…

CRO consolidation: is the clinical trials industry reaching a tipping point?

The news about global life sciences company Labcorp divesting its clinical development business only a few years after acquiring the…

Spectre raised of plant-based meat fragility as Very Good Food goes on the market

The plant-based meat market may well be at a crucial juncture judging by the up-for-sale signs at Canada’s The Very…

Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Danone’s greenhouse gas emissions are around 26MtCo2e, and agriculture accounts for 61% of them. Nestlé’s footprint is 92MtCO2e with 71%…

FDI in 2021: Outbound investment

The US was once again the top ranked country for outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, with a 27%…

FDI in 2021: Germany and Dubai lead the winners, China and Paris among the losers

The global market for inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by 18% in 2021 when compared with 2020 figures, according…

Florida stands to gain in next phase of data centre investment

At a time of unprecedented digital transformation, the data centre market is experiencing incredible rates of growth and change. Valued…

The Energy Charter Treaty has not aged well

Over a year ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) called for an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion if the…