Japan out of sync with Cop26 coal phase-out push
While 23 countries signed on in Glasgow to end coal, Japan is finding it hard to break its addiction to…
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Is the energy crisis a bigger opportunity for the left or the right?
What Adam Tooze gets right and wrong about capitalism and climate change.
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Is Spotify bad for the environment?
Music streaming has a lower carbon footprint than any physical format, but the huge growth in our music consumption more…
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Are the UK’s most polluting companies really going to plan for net zero?
Can airlines and coal mines ever do business in a sustainable way?
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World signals the beginning of the end for coal
Glasgow’s industrial prowess was built on coal. As host of Cop26, the city may also be where its global decline…
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UK and US lead move to end overseas funding for oil and gas at Cop26
For island nations, ending funding for fossil fuels is not a matter of choice but a matter of survival.
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South Africa given billions to end reliance on coal
Political will is as important as cash in moving the country towards clean energy.
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Why slashing methane emissions is about coal mines, not just cows
Leaders in Glasgow have agreed to slash methane emissions. But China is not onboard, and farming has a free pass…
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Why the world must abandon coal power to avoid climate catastrophe
Western countries need to completely phase out coal by 2030 to limit global warming to below 1.5°C.
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The massive challenge of climate action in oil-dependent Iraq
Oil provides 90 per cent of Iraq’s revenue. Even as farmland dries up, fractured governance makes reform seem almost impossible.
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Why Big Oil is about to experience its “Big Tobacco” moment
A historic congressional hearing with oil executives may not have produced a smoking gun, but the tobacco industry has showed…
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How rich countries continue to bankroll fossil fuels in the Global South
Wealthier nations need not only to pay for wind and solar power in poorer countries, but also stop financing new…
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What will it take to overthrow King Coal?
Developed countries will have to pay if the world is to end its coal addiction in time to prevent runaway…
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Politicians are worried that their pensions are destroying the planet. Is yours?
How climate change spells pension pain.
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