The cost of clean air
Ultra low emission zones can save lives, but have now become a political flashpoint.
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How climate is shaping the news, the world and everything.
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Cool Britannia
The UK hasn’t properly planned for extreme heat. The heatwaves sweeping Europe should be a incentive to act.
Gone bananas
Bananas are in trouble and their future has been left to chance.
Britain’s green drift
Sunak’s drift on climate might end up deterring investment in Britain
Throwing shade
The EU is calling for more research into an extreme option to combat the climate crisis. What could go wrong?
A capital idea
Borrowing money to tackle climate change is more expensive for low- and middle-income countries. Barbados’s prime minister has a plan to change that
Labour’s sea change
The Labour party’s green plans are being criticised for being too profligate. But the rewards – electoral and ecological – could last at least a decade.
Meat cultures
Net Zero has a food problem. The answer could be lab grown meat
Watershed moment
Could a groundbreaking deal to ration water from the Colorado river provide a template for drought-stricken communities around the world?
Counting carbs
The food system needs to change drastically if the world is to reach net zero. Emissions reporting by food companies is improving – but not fast enough.
Turtles or bankers?
The debt crisis is starting to bite. Poorer countries are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates, while at the same time bearing the brunt of the climate emergency. But a new deal announced by Ecuador may just offer a solution to both
Fuel and the Gang
A flagship project to wean South Africa off dirty energy is stumbling amid local opposition, power cuts and corruption
Bio Masquerade?
With claims about its carbon neutrality in doubt, will the UK stop funding the burning of wood chips for energy?
Capture the moment
Capturing carbon from the atmosphere is currently a niche and expensive way to clean up the planet. A wave of public funding could make it mainstream.
AI’s hot summer
The race to build AI products like ChatGPT is already using vast quantities of energy and water. But transparency about environmental impact remains an afterthought.
Everything everywhere all at once?
The world is falling short of climate goals. Is that because countries are trying to do too much?
Crude behaviour
Saudi Arabia and other petrostates want to keep oil prices high and open up new markets. For how long can it last?
The will of the people
Can citizens’ assemblies help us navigate the tricky politics of climate change?
Somebody else’s problem
The IPCC report says the world is likely to reach 1.5C in the first half of the next decade. Will it compel us to act?
Duty of care
UK fuel tax has been frozen for a decade, and tomorrow’s Budget is unlikely to change that. But who is pushing for it to stay low?
Electric dreams
Why are sales of electric vehicles slowing – and how long will it last?
Swooning for subsidies
Will America’s massive state support for clean energy help or hinder its relationship with Europe?
Scorched earth
What will it take for a green and prosperous recovery in Ukraine?
Gushing profit
Oil and gas companies made record profits last year. What does that mean for net zero?
Foot-dragging
Tortoise has taken the FTSE’s emissions targets and converted them into a temperature projection. What does it reveal?
Cabin pressure
Airports and haulage firms have funded groups of MPs pushing against aviation and fuel taxes, the Westminster Accounts reveal.
Whose moor?
The right to camp wild in England and Wales is under threat. What is the relationship between land ownership and net zero?
A gigafactory of one’s own
What happened to BritishVolt, the UK’s homegrown battery champion?
Making hay
Biodiversity or “sustainable intensification” of agriculture? A group of MPs who are also members of a group part-funded by pesticide makers would prefer the latter.
Has XR failed?
Public disruption has been a dead-end for climate protest – working through politics can do more.
The case for coal
By approving the opening of a new coal mine in Cumbria, the UK government is betting against swift decarbonisation.
PE kit
As private equity firms snap up oil and gas assets, they face growing pressure to clean up their act
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