Japan is the first in the world to issue sovereign bonds aimed at funneling private money into the green transition to help tackle climate change. Japan is selling climate bonds — last week saw the...
The world’s richest man has made public statements that deny basic science about the role of agriculture in heating the planet, say experts. Elon Musk, the wealthy owner of Twitter, has falsely claimed that farming has...
One of the most pressing challenges that lies ahead for countries heading into the post-covid world is the erratic changes in the climate occurring across the globe. The impacts associated with the climate emergency are...
Public debates about the EU’s dependence on oil and gas imports are mounting. But Europe might soon find itself in an even weaker position in a field crucial for energy transition: critical raw materials. Decarbonization...
The International Energy Agency says in a new report that ending investment in new coal, oil and gas development is crucial to reaching ambitious climate targets by 2050. All future fossil fuel projects must be...
Experts predict a double catastrophe in the Amazon rainforest if the coronavirus pandemic overlaps with the forest fire season. The Brazilian government has frozen climate funds and rolled back environmental regulations. Civil society groups and...
The investment climate is being shaped by two powerful forces. First is the very accommodative policy stance. This includes the United States, where despite delivering the fifth rate hike in the cycle, adjusted by headline...
Last September I wrote that the troubles Syria is going through may well be due to climate change – specifically, to a decline in rainfall that has made agriculture less viable and forced people to move out...
Although the Emerald Isle has become the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuels, agriculture there remains carbon-intensive. As Ireland hosts the IPCC, activists ask: How can the country become greener? Rolling...
In the global climate agreement on the verge of being concluded, nations are committing to limiting global warming to “well below” two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, “and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature...
