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    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Climate change
      US greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2022 despite climate goals

      Buildings, industry and transport drive estimated 1.3% increase, in conflict with Paris targets

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      House & Home Ski Property Special
      How to build a net-zero chalet

      As ski resorts try to lower their emissions, demand is increasing across North America for resource-efficient mountain homes

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      House & Home
      Retrofit radicals: housing can be energy efficient and beautiful

      The UK’s old homes leak heat and carbon. Meet the architects pioneering sustainable solutions with bold aesthetics

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Indonesia’s high-carbon nickel key challenge in global EV uptake

      Coal still powers China-led battery grade projects amid renewables plan

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      FT MagazineSimon Mundy
      The carbon footprint fixation is getting out of hand

      Voluntary climate initiatives may distract from what is really needed

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      OutlookEdwin Heathcote
      Saudi’s Neom is dystopia portrayed as Utopia

      Hermetically sealed in its 500m-high mirrored walls, its huge carbon footprint makes it anything but a city of the future

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      The oil dealmaker: Total’s Patrick Pouyanné is not backing down

      The TotalEnergies CEO backs controversial new oil and gas projects even as he pushes billions into clean energy. How long can he have it both ways?

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Environment
      Would carbon food labels change the way you shop?

      Environmentally friendly food shopping can be a challenge. Find out how your favourite UK supermarket items stack up with our interactive scales

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Glencore
      Glencore and BHP say methane from ‘gassy’ open-cut coal mines cannot be captured

      Satellite imagery suggests emissions may exceed what mining companies have been reporting

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
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      Scientist alarmed by record carbon dioxide levels

      Primary driver of global warming is accelerating at ‘maximum speed’

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
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      A net zero carbon world may be difficult to achieve but need not be painful to live in

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Martin Wolf
      Dancing on the edge of climate disaster

      Despite signs of hope, scepticism is fully justified when it comes to the COP26 announcements

    • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
      Julian Allwood
      Technology will not solve the problem of climate change

      Leaders at COP26 failed to see that real solutions require restraints on a range of activities in rich countries

    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
      FT AlphavilleCOP26
      COP26 should distance itself from carbon shock therapy

      Decarbonisation requires a return to strategic planning not market-led shock therapy, argue Daniela Gabor and Isabella Weber.

    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
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      Physical carbon credit ETF wins praise despite some misgivings

      Steeply rising energy prices could have a negative consequences or prompt price intervention, experts say

    • Saturday, 6 November, 2021
      Lex
      Carbon counter: palm harm serves up orang-utans on toast

      Palm oil contributes significantly to CO2 emissions and the dwindling population of the great apes

    • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
      Climate change
      Banks’ green pledges under scrutiny

      Financial sector pressured to cut exposure to carbon-intensive industries

    • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
      LexCOP26
      Carbon counter: too many COP26 tagalongs, too big a footprint

      It is hard to believe that the presence of everyone attending the Glasgow summit is essential

    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      The climate won’t wait. We need a carbon tax now

      The time for handwringing is definitively over, argues Tim Harford

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
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      Shell warns hedge funds risk derailing energy transition

      Oil group fights back after Daniel Loeb’s Third Point calls for its break-up

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      A four-day work week would help save the planet

      Why winning the fight against climate change will require working less

    • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
      Energy crisis
      Putin denies Russia is restricting gas supplies to Europe

      President says country will aim for carbon neutrality by 2060

    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      Zurich Insurance Group AG
      Zurich Insurance joins corporate squeeze on air travel to cut emissions

      Europe’s second-largest insurer to expand use of video calls introduced during the pandemic

    • Saturday, 28 August, 2021
      Management consulting
      BCG stops wining and dining flights for recruits to cut CO2 footprint

      US company will host trips for prospective hires in cities accessible by train, ending tours of Lisbon and Florence

    • Sunday, 15 August, 2021
      Energy sector
      US coal and oil demand on the rise again in blow to climate goals

      Petrol consumption reached a record in July while power plants shift away from natural gas

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