climate change
Why banks are key to turning the tide on oil and gas
At the end of October, just ahead of the COP27 climate conference, Lloyds Banking Group – the UK’s biggest domestic…
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…
Why the financial odds are stacked against developing countries
In the run-up to COP27, leaders of developing countries called for an overhaul of the global financial system. Barbados Prime…
Australia gets serious on climate action
Many said this year’s federal election in Australia could herald the end of the country’s bitter climate wars – particularly…
Argentina’s troubled road towards green hydrogen
Argentina has pledged a green recovery back from unsustainable debt and Covid-19. However, there are contradictions. On the one hand,…
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‘I’d sleep in the office’: How heatwaves will leave European workplaces packed or deserted
Planet Earth is experiencing yet another year of historic heatwaves. This, of course, is no coincidence, courtesy of climate change. …
Opinion: US Supreme Court EPA ruling hamstrings domestic climate action – but what about the rest of the world?
It’s a sad state of affairs that the US Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Climate change and extreme weather events hang heavy over global breadbasket countries
The compounded effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic have brought to light the vulnerabilities of…
Climate emergency tops list of concerns in WEF Global Risks Report 2022
Climate risks dominate global concerns even as the world enters the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the…
Opinion: In failing to give poor nations a voice, COP26 let down those who needed it most
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference – more commonly known as COP26 – was held in Glasgow in November. The…