Camilla Hodgson

Thursday, 8 June, 2023

Tuesday, 6 June, 2023

Advertising

UK watchdog bans Shell, Repsol and Petronas greenwashing ads

Advertising Standards Authority finds oil and gas groups had misled public on climate benefits of their products

Tuesday, 6 June, 2023

UK energy

Ofgem to be legally obliged to push for ‘net zero’

Amendment to UK energy bill will require regulator to formally adopt 2050 emissions target

Monday, 5 June, 2023

The Big Read

The money behind the coming wave of climate litigation

Those affected by environmental disasters are turning to the courts for redress, stoking debate about who should pay to bring the cases

Monday, 5 June, 2023

Global Economy

New World Bank chief under pressure as ‘Bridgetown initiative’ seeks $100bn

Ajay Banga faces calls for reform following proposal for fresh capital to drive climate and development finance

Saturday, 3 June, 2023

Pollution

Nations split on how to cut plastic pollution after week of UN talks

US, Russia and China want a voluntary system in which countries establish their own rules

Wednesday, 31 May, 2023

Drax Group PLC

Drax faces formal investigation over wood pellets burnt for power

Shares in energy group weaken after regulator Ofgem escalates probe it began last year

Tuesday, 30 May, 2023

Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders

Companies and conservationists call for better offset models

Several initiatives aim to bring more rigour to the voluntary carbon market

Monday, 29 May, 2023

Environment Agency UK

Watchdog fines just four companies despite 300,000 sewage spills

Campaigners say Environment Agency lacks resources to hold offenders to account

Friday, 26 May, 2023

The Big Read

Is COP28 destined to be a flop?

A growing number of western politicians are concerned this year’s UN climate summit in the UAE will be too beholden to the oil and gas industry

Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

COP28

US and EU lawmakers call for UAE to remove Jaber from UN climate role

More than 100 members of US Congress and European parliament say oil executive’s position is a risk to negotiations

Monday, 22 May, 2023

Bashar al-Assad

Amnesty brands COP28 invitation to Assad as ‘sick joke’

Condemnation over climate summit follows readmission of Syria to Arab League

Sunday, 21 May, 2023

Climate change

Global warming likely to exceed 1.5C within five years, says weather agency

Return of El Niño event by end of 2023 expected to amplify effects of climate change

Sunday, 21 May, 2023

Climate change

G7 disappoints on climate progress without deadlines on gas and coal use

Leaders fail to set cut-off points as Japan and Germany prevail

Friday, 19 May, 2023

FT CollectionsClimate Exchange

Mami Mizutori: With climate disasters increasing, prevention is better than cure

Special representative of the UN secretary-general for Disaster Risk Reduction says investment priorities must be reversed

Saturday, 6 May, 2023

Climate change

Will El Niño return for a heated-up 2023?

Meteorologists calculate the chances of the weather phenomenon that warms the surface of the Pacific Ocean

Saturday, 6 May, 2023

Climate change

COP28 team marshals oil and gas industry alliance ahead of climate summit

Goals outlined in initiating letter do not address most damaging emissions

Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

Climate change

COP28 head at odds with climate leaders over future for fossil fuels

UN climate summit incoming head and Adnoc CEO doubles down on push for carbon capture technology

Sunday, 30 April, 2023

Climate change

Banks and oil groups place bets on carbon capture schemes

Four companies including H&M and JPMorgan to spend a collective $100mn on carbon removal credits by 2030

Saturday, 29 April, 2023

Climate change

Tom and Jerry satellites chase climate change

Two satellites monitor changes in Earth’s water masses by keeping an eye on one another

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

Climate change

Horn of Africa drought made 100 times more likely by climate change, scientists report

Worst drought in four decades has led to crop failures, animal deaths and left more than 4mn people in need of assistance

Wednesday, 26 April, 2023

Drax Group PLC

Drax faces probe over sustainable biomass claims

Ofgem commissions external audit into whether energy company complied with UK rules

Saturday, 22 April, 2023

Climate change

Climate graphic of the week: Asia’s prolonged April heatwave concerns scientists

‘Exceptional’ conditions raise fears about a hotter 2023

Thursday, 13 April, 2023

Climate change

Royal Bank of Canada becomes top financier for fossil fuel industry

Canadian banks seen as ‘lenders of last resort’ for carbon-intensive companies and projects

Wednesday, 5 April, 2023

UK politics & policy

Ofgem needs wider powers to deliver net zero target, UK adviser warns

Government’s offshore wind champion warns that under-investment in energy grid is ‘significant brake’ on economy

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