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    Attracta Mooney is the FT’s climate correspondent. Previously she was the FT’s investment correspondent, focusing especially on shareholders’ interactions with the companies they invest in, as well as the rise of environmental, social and governance investing. Attracta spent the early part of her career interviewing billionaires for two wealth publications.
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    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      World Bank
      Yellen pushes for first steps in World Bank reform by April

      US and German allies step up agenda for overhaul of lender

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Saudi leads push to elevate carbon removal in UN climate science report

      Flashpoints emerge in finalisation of key research findings

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Global warming set to reach 1.5C in the near-term, UN reports

      Risks of warming and irreversible changes to the planet greater than thought in previous assessment in 2014

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Is 1.5C still realistic? The crumbling consensus over key climate target

      As the Paris Agreement goal for limiting global warming appears increasingly unachievable, some are calling for a rethink of priorities

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      World Bank
      Banga navigates geopolitics and tight capital for World Bank job

      Former Mastercard chief sets out credentials to run financial institution on international tour

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Climate change
      UK pension funds threaten to vote against BP and Shell directors over climate targets

      USS and Border to Coast’s plan follows companies backtracking on emissions targets

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      UK energy
      UK poised to redefine atomic power as ‘green’ in bid to pull in private investment

      Move comes as government is set to provide £80mn in seed funding for launch of Great British Nuclear

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Environment
      UN treaty to protect oceans agreed after decades of talks

      Heated discussions conclude with accord that aims to safeguard 30% of international waters by 2030

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Relentless rise in carbon emissions tempered by renewable energy surge

      The IEA said Europe benefited from power-saving measures caused by the fall in gas supplies from Russia

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      Executive Pay
      European bosses hit easy targets for ‘green’ bonuses, pay report shows

      Top 50 public companies pay out the majority of rewards for carbon emissions goals

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Climate change
      Energy industry fails to tackle methane emissions despite soaring profits, IEA says

      Levels of the potent global warming gas remained at a near-record high in 2022

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Climate change
      UK financial watchdog hit with claim over prospectus climate risk disclosure

      Rare legal action brought by environmental charity over oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy’s listing documents

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Energy sector
      IEA forecasts power sector set for 2025 ‘tipping point’ on emissions

      Future electricity demand expected to be met by clean energy sources, agency says

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Shell plc
      Investors back legal petition against Shell directors over climate goals

      Pension funds support action to hold individual board members to account

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
      CFA Institute
      Demand ‘falls off cliff’ for CFA financial analyst qualification

      Number of applicants for ‘hardest exam in finance’ remains well below pre-Covid levels

    • Tuesday, 28 December, 2021
      Workplace diversity & equality
      Race and finance: asset managers fail to walk the walk

      Investment firms promote diversity at other companies but often fall short themselves

    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
      Transcript
      Big investors get tougher with companies over climate change

      Global warming could become a huge risk, possibly leaving managers with stranded assets

    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Big investors get tougher with companies over climate change

      General Electric’s historic moment, and China’s president plans for eternal leadership

    • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
      The Big Read
      Stay or sell? The $110tn investment industry gets tougher on climate

      Some asset managers are tiring of quiet conversations with companies about emissions and are now threatening to divest

    • Monday, 1 November, 2021
      ESG investing
      Investors learn to exert pressure on heavy CO2 emitters

      Many net zero pledges by businesses lack substance, but their biggest shareholders can hold them to account

    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      Shell plc
      Leading Shell investor rejects call for energy group to split

      Abrdn dismisses activist Third Point’s plan as too complex and unlikely to add value

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      ESG investing
      Al Gore launches climate change asset manager

      New group has the backing of Microsoft, Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund and foundation linked to Ikea

    • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
      Climate change
      Al Gore urges overhaul of global finance to cut greenhouse gases

      Former US vice-president calls for an end to the large-scale backing of carbon-intensive projects

    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
      Jupiter Fund Management PLC
      Jupiter clients pull out money for fifth consecutive quarter

      Split emerges in performance of traditional asset managers and their specialist rivals

    • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
      Ashmore
      Evergrande-exposed fund house Ashmore suffers fall in assets

      UK group is one of the biggest international investors in struggling Chinese property developer

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