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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak announces series of U-turns on net zero pledges

      UK prime minister says policy shift to include delaying ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035

      Rishi Sunak addresses a press conference on climate change on Wednesday
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Automobiles
      Car industry reels from Sunak’s retreat on net zero plans

      UK prime minister delays ban on sales of new petrol and diesel engine car sales by five years

      A Ford electric SUV
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      Shipping
      Shipping talks approach deal on ‘close to 2050’ net zero target

      Draft goals dismay environmentalists who had hoped for firm commitment from highly polluting sector

      Cargo container ship at Port of Rotterdam
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
      Japan’s supply chain predicament

      Companies such as Toyota face pressure to reduce emissions in a country with a heavy reliance on fossil fuels

      A Toyota assembly plant in Aichi, Japan
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
      Telecoms companies take first steps on emissions cuts

      The sector’s switch to renewable energy is a good start — but the supply chain accounts for most of its carbon footprint

      Technicians mount a 5G antenna on a mast
    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Vince Cable
      Consigning transport’s diesel dependence to history is a long road

      We need investment in both supply and demand if EVs and hydrogen are to help reduce pollution and fuel emissions

      Self service hydrogen filling station on a background of trucks
    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      John Gapper
      Toyota has a tragic flaw in the electric vehicle drama

      The world’s largest carmaker makes reliable hybrids but lags far behind in zero emissions technology

      Akio Toyoda and Koji Sato test-riding Lexus’s first electric vehicle model, RZ in Japan in this photo provided by Kyodo on January 26
    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      FT Wealth
      Superyachts aim to go green — but at what cost?

      Boat builders are addressing the environmental concerns of luxury-vessel owners in an effort to curb huge carbon emissions and to show they care about the planet

      A designer at Rob Doyle’s naval architecture practice
    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Technology sector
      Tech manufacturers wrestle with supply chain emissions

      Computer peripherals are small devices with a big environmental footprint

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    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      Climate change
      How we made the Climate Game

      Working with scientists, modellers and policy experts, the crisis has been gamified to see if readers can cut emissions to net zero by 2050

      An illustration showing a futuristic take on what earth might look like in 2050 and beyond
    • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
      Climate change
      ‘Net zero’ plans by some of world’s biggest companies accused of falling short

      Analysis of corporate carbon-cutting pledges says most targets lack ‘integrity’

      The gas-fired Grain power station, operated by Uniper SE, near Rochester, UK
    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Special ReportEnergy Efficiency
      ‘Green banks’ target the funding gap for New York energy start-ups

      Lack of investment in making buildings efficient has held back emissions cuts

      Walk on by: a BlocPower worker scanning buildings for inefficiencies and flaws
    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      Nuclear energy
      Tiger Global-backed nuclear fusion group secures $1.8bn in funding

      Commonwealth Fusion Systems boosted by investors including Bill Gates’ fund

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    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
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      Nicholas Stern, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
    • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
      FT SeriesCan Boris Johnson change the face of Britain?
      Boris Johnson under pressure to set out UK’s route to net zero emissions

      Prime minister will have to show political courage and detail on policies if he is to fulfil climate change pledge

    • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
      UK politics
      Britain targets ban on sale of new diesel and petrol trucks by 2040

      Government sets out strategy to cut transport sector’s carbon emissions to ‘net zero’

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      Shell PLC
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      Oil group pledges to ‘rise to the challenge’ of cutting net carbon emissions 45% by 2030

      A Royal Dutch Shell Plc refinery in Ontario, Canada
    • Wednesday, 5 May, 2021
      German politics
      Germany sets ambitious new carbon emissions target

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      Svenja Schulze, Germany’s environment minister
    • Friday, 26 March, 2021
      Volkswagen AG
      Volkswagen to seek diesel damages from former chief Martin Winterkorn

      Carmaker will also pursue ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler following 6-year probe into emissions cheating

      VW’s then chief Martin Winterkorn, right, with then Audi chief Rupert Stadler in 2012
    • Friday, 5 March, 2021
      UK politics
      UK lacks plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, say MPs

      PAC rebukes government for failing to show how it will achieve climate change goals

    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      John Redwood
      Green revolution set to shake up investing further

      If Biden wins the US election, he could follow the EU’s environmental lead

    • Monday, 21 September, 2020
      Aircraft manufacturing
      Airbus forecasts first zero-emission jets to take flight by 2035

      Aerospace manufacturer unveils hydrogen-powered concepts with an eye on carbon-free future

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