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Where have all the insects gone?
2024-08-26 (or before) in Financial TimesTagged under: Insects
Hiscox chief says rising insurance prices a ‘stark signal’ on building risks
2024-08-21 (or before) in Financial TimesTagged under: Insurance | Risks
Water has a private equity, not a private ownership, issuer has a private equity, not a private ownership, issue
2024-08-11 (or before) in Financial TimesOfwat expands sewage probe to all water utilities in England and Wales
2024-07-17 (or before) in Financial TimesSevern Trent, United Utilities, D≈µr Cymru Welsh Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy added to investigation
Market forces are not enough to halt climate change
2024-07-04 (or before) in Financial TimesInvestor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant
Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks
2024-07-03 in Financial TimesShifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation
Canada’s long road ahead to a cleaner energy mix
2024-06-18 (or before) in Financial TimesUnprecedented parliamentary summons for bank executives reflects growing political heat around fossil fuels
EU ministers to vote on contested nature protection rules
2024-06-17 (or before) in Financial TimesAlso in this newsletter: Why Sweden wants to tilt the balance between privacy and security
The uninsurable world: how the insurance industry fell behind on climate change
2024-06-03 (or before) in Financial TimesSurge in floods and fires has caught out the insurance industry and added an ‘uncertainty factor’ to premiums
Tagged under: Insurance
Shell investors back oil major’s move to weaken climate targets
2024-05-22 (or before) in Financial TimesShareholders reject resolution by activist group Follow This urging tighter goals
Tagged under: Activism | Shell
Royal Society and academics clash over influence of oil and gas industry
2024-05-08 (or before) in Financial TimesThree-centuries-old institution rebuffs call to declare fossil fuel companies culpable for global warming
Shell plant reported millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits
2024-05-06 (or before) in Financial TimesSubsidy scheme in Alberta allowed oil major’s plant to register carbon credits equivalent to twice the volume of CO₂ captured
Tagged under: Shell
Climate change increases chances of zoonotic disease ‘spillover’
2024-04-29 in Financial TimesHabitat encroachment means more opportunities for animal-to-human infection
Two UK water companies lack complete maps of sewage networks
2024-04-24 (or before) in Financial TimesShortage of data raises questions over condition of infrastructure as groups seek sharp increases in bills
Beware the pragmatism of the nonchalant ‘hot earthers’
2024-04-24 (or before) in Financial TimesDefending the environmental status quo in the name of ‘pragmatism’ is indefensible
The danger of the very serious person
2024-04-22 (or before) in Financial TimesGrown-ups are needed in these troubled times but must do a better job on the climate problem
National Grid ‘throttling’ battery storage development with underuse
2024-04-08 (or before) in Financial TimesUK’s largest battery storage fund says electricity system is not taking advantage of crucial technology that can cut emissions
Britain’s quiet green business success story
2024-03-31 (or before) in Financial TimesUK climate tech has boomed despite Rishi Sunak’s decision to weaken net zero policies
The world is warming faster than scientists expected
2024-03-25 (or before) in Financial TimesFossil fuel groups and investors cannot afford to ignore the warnings
‘New climate reality’ stretches global freshwater supply
2024-03-22 in Financial TimesPopulation growth and industrialisation are compounding the problem, but there is no shortage of solutions
Wall Street is letting Orwellian doublethink kill climate action
2024-03-20 (or before) in Financial TimesWhy on earth are investors falling for it?
Companies take step back from making climate target promises
2024-03-17 (or before) in Financial TimesHundreds failed to lay out goals aligned with Paris agreement to limit warming to 1.5C
How the UK is falling behind on tackling child poverty
2024-03-17 (or before) in Financial TimesAlmost a third of children in the country are living in relative poverty, which has increased more than any advanced economy
Tagged under: Children | Women and Children
UN nuclear watchdog head urges development banks to fund new projects
2024-03-04 (or before) in Financial TimesRafael Grossi says World Bank and Asian Development Bank ‘out of touch’ with modern attitudes to atomic energy
Tagged under: Finance | Nuclear Power | United Nations
Asset managers’ green U-turn exposes energy transition cakeism
2024-02-29 (or before) in Financial TimesThe narrative of a perfect correlation between doing good and doing well has broken down
The Price Is Wrong — Brett Christophers on saving the planet
2024-02-28 (or before) in Financial TimesA convincing argument for why a solution to the climate crisis cannot rely on markets alone
Oxford under fire for increasing fossil fuel investments
2024-02-12 (or before) in Financial TimesUniversity’s exposure has risen despite landmark 2020 commitment to divestment
Norway oil fund boss criticises ExxonMobil’s ‘aggressive’ climate lawsuit
2024-02-10 (or before) in Financial TimesTop-10 shareholder weighs in on supermajor’s case against now-withdrawn emissions targets proposal
Tagged under: Exxon
EDF’s Hinkley Point woes pile pressure on global nuclear push
2024-01-30 (or before) in Financial TimesFight with London comes as the state company has been tasked to build six to 14 reactors in France alone
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | France
Blue sky ideas: hot rock thermal storage may lead to a cooler planet
2023-12-30 (or before) in Financial TimesCosts and efficiency will decide which technology will win out
EDF told not to expect UK to step in to fund flagship nuclear project
2023-12-15 (or before) in Financial TimesCost overruns a ‘commercial issue’ for Hinkley Point C’s French developer after CGN halts payments, says British official
Tagged under: Nuclear Power
UN climate talks have focused on renewable energy for too long says Exxon chief
2023-12-03 (or before) in Financial TimesDarren Woods tells FT that oil and gas major has a role to play in reducing emissions
Tagged under: Exxon | Renewable Energy
UK oil and gas regulator opposed Rishi Sunak’s mandatory licensing rounds
2023-11-30 (or before) in Financial TimesBoard of North Sea Transition Authority found unanimously that move was unnecessary
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1mn in one of largest claims against group
2023-11-09 (or before) in Financial TimesOil major is ‘seeking to silence legitimate demands for climate justice’, says environmental organisation
Tagged under: Greenpeace | Shell | Climate Justice
Lloyd’s of London warns insurers climate-related pain is still to come
2023-10-23 (or before) in Financial TimesExecutive at the insurance market has called for ‘urgent’ investment in risk modelling
Tagged under: Insurance
Copper producers warn of lack of mines to meet demand for metal
2023-10-09 in Financial TimesWarning comes as falling prices hit commodity vital for green transition
Tagged under: Copper
UK water company Severn Trent to raise £1bn to tackle pollution | Financial Times
2023-10-03 (or before) in Financial TimesCustomers’ bills to rise almost 37% by end of decade under new five-year spending plan
World at ‘beginning of end’ of fossil fuel era, says global energy agency | Financial Times
2023-09-14 (or before) in Financial TimesGlobal demand for oil, natural gas and coal expected to peak before end of 2030
G20 ‘missing in action’ on fossil fuels even as it boosts green energy goals | Financial Times
2023-09-12 (or before) in Financial TimesLeaders declaration avoids critical issue of ending the use of polluting oil and gas
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Overlapping crises could fracture the global financial system | Financial Times
2023-09-06 (or before) in Financial TimesLike the Titanic, we have an apparatus that is declared unsinkable, but is far from being so
The UK is at risk of running low on water. Why? | Financial Times
2023-09-05 (or before) in Financial TimesA country famous for its rainy climate faces grave supply issues, after years of poorly managed systems
A momentous climate case could force countries to do more | Financial Times
2023-09-02 (or before) in Financial TimesThe lawsuit brought by six young Portuguese has drawn attention to the shortcomings of the Paris Agreement
Allstate is a BBB credit now | Financial Times
2023-08-29 (or before) in Financial TimesS&P Ratings was the second to downgrade
John Kerry urges oil and gas chiefs to bring climate change plans to UN summit | Financial Times
2023-08-28 (or before) in Financial TimesUS climate envoy calls for concrete proposals for renewable energy investment and emissions cuts by 2030
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change
Europe’s water crisis: how supplies turned to ‘gold dust’ | Financial Times
2023-08-27 (or before) in Financial TimesDrought, leaky pipes and poor policy among several factors contributing to continent’s scarcity problem
Tagged under: Drought
Global fossil fuel subsidies and costs hit record $7tn in 2022, IMF reports | Financial Times
2023-08-25 (or before) in Financial TimesGovernment efforts to cushion prices for consumers lead to even higher amount paid from warming and air pollution
‘One climate disaster after another’: North America’s long hot summer | Financial Times
2023-08-21 (or before) in Financial TimesFrom Hawaii to Canada, searing heat and deadly wildfires are raising the alarm about global warming
Tagged under: Wildfires
Severe drought in Panama hits global shipping industry | Financial Times
2023-08-15 (or before) in Financial TimesRestrictions triggered by lack of rain are likely to occur ‘again and again’ as climate change worsens
Tagged under: Drought | Climate Change
Victorian sewers not to blame for England’s pollution, research shows | Financial Times
2023-08-13 (or before) in Financial TimesWater company excuses for spills debunked by findings that most infrastructure was built in 20th century
UK government cuts cost of polluting in latest anti-green move | Financial Times
2023-07-31 (or before) in Financial TimesQuietly announced changes to carbon pricing water down incentives for industry to reduce emissions
Tagged under: Carbon Pricing
Climate graphic of the week: Global warming is supercharging weather events, say scientists | Financial Times
2023-07-16 (or before) in Financial TimesFlooding in US, South Korea, India and Japan and extreme heat in Europe raises concerns about pace of change
Tagged under: Climate Change | Flooding | Japan | India
Toyota says solid-state battery breakthrough can halve cost and size | Financial Times
2023-07-04 (or before) in Financial TimesJapanese carmaker plans to commercialise technology in electric vehicles by 2027
Tagged under: Japan | Innovation
Financial models on climate risk ‘implausible’, say actuaries | Financial Times
2023-07-04 in Financial TimesLack of understanding of full economic damage caused by ‘hothouse’ conditions, report finds
Tagged under: Economics
The energy transition will be volatile | Financial Times
2023-07-01 (or before) in Financial TimesAlso in today’s newsletter, scorching heat in Texas drives power demand to record highs
Tagged under: Texas
The green transition won’t happen without financing for developing countries | Financial Times
2023-06-21 (or before) in Financial TimesMultilateral development banks and the IMF should offer to pool currency risks
Climate graphic of the week: the fast-shrinking carbon budget | Financial Times
2023-06-08 (or before) in Financial TimesScientists say current data shows only six years left to limit global warming to 1.5C
Earth past its safe limits for humans, scientists say | Financial Times
2023-05-31 (or before) in Financial TimesActivities have pushed 7 of 8 planetary boundaries into risk zones, research finds
Could investment in taps and toilets be the key to unlocking developing economies?
2023-05-31 (or before) by in Financial TimesInvesting in universal access to water, sanitatio
Grid bottlenecks delay transition to clean energy | Financial Times
2023-05-30 in Financial TimesConnecting wind and solar farms to tomorrow’s electricity-hungry customers will require huge investment
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Wind Power
Lloyd’s and five big insurers quit sector’s net-zero initiative
2023-05-26 (or before) in Financial TimesAlliance members fear antitrust lawsuits and have faced criticism from US Republican politicians
Tagged under: Insurance | Net Zero
Solar power investment to exceed oil for first time, says IEA chief | Financial Times
2023-05-25 (or before) in Financial TimesFatih Birol hopeful about 1.5C goal as clean energy spending forecast to hit $1.7tn this year
Tagged under: Solar Energy
COP28 team marshals oil and gas industry alliance ahead of climate summit | Financial Times
2023-05-09 (or before) in Financial TimesGoals outlined in initiating letter do not address most damaging emissions
Tagged under: COP28
UK water company dividends jump to £1.4bn despite criticism over sewage outflows | Financial Times
2023-05-08 (or before) in Financial TimesPayments include internal transfers between complex web of holding companies
UK renewable energy: the long wait for grid connections must end | Financial Times
2023-05-07 (or before) in Financial TimesTo get projects up and running faster, one idea is to cherry pick the ones that are likeliest to get built
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid
Media lies threaten the truth and decency on which democracy depends | Financial Times
2023-05-02 (or before) in Financial TimesOne has to hope that the electorate and judiciary will remain robust against future efforts at subversion
Tagged under: Judiciary
Investors defy Goldman, Wells Fargo and BofA in vote for climate plans | Financial Times
2023-04-30 (or before) in Financial TimesLenders under pressure on emissions as shareholders go against board recommendations
Privatised water costs consumers £2.3bn more a year, study says | Financial Times
2023-04-05 (or before) in Financial TimesGreenwich university finds renationalisation would save each household in England £100 a year
Why are Americans dying so young? | Financial Times
2023-04-02 (or before) in Financial TimesUS life expectancy is in freefall as the young and the poor bear the brunt of struggles for shared prosperity
Two water groups blamed for 40% of England’s sewage spills in 2022 | Financial Times
2023-04-02 (or before) in Financial TimesUnited Utilities and Yorkshire Water responsible for 124,000 incidents, Environment Agency data shows
We should regulate SUVs out of existence | Financial Times
2023-03-27 (or before) in Financial TimesThey’re not only awful for the climate, they’re also killing pedestrians, including children in driveways
Tagged under: Women and Children | Children
Investors back legal petition against Shell directors over climate goals | Financial Times
2023-03-19 (or before) in Financial TimesPension funds support action to hold individual board members to account
Tagged under: Shell
Missing uranium ore in Libya raises nuclear security fears | Financial Times
2023-03-17 (or before) in Financial TimesMilitia group later claims to have recovered the barrels of uranium after worries they had been stolen
Tagged under: Libya | Nuclear Power
Is 1.5C still realistic? The crumbling consensus over key climate target | Financial Times
2023-03-16 in Financial TimesAs the Paris Agreement goal for limiting global warming appears increasingly unachievable, some are calling for a rethink of priorities
Tagged under: The Paris Agreement
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Global Monitoring Laboratory - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases
2023-02-19 in Financial TimesThe Global Monitoring Laboratory conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.
Tagged under: Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
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How ESG investing came to a reckoning | Financial Times
2022-06-06 in Financial TimesWith allegations of greenwashing at the highest levels, does it still make sense for funds to package together environmental, social and governance factors?
Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
Solar power shines through after a slow start in Africa | Financial Times
2022-05-26 in Financial TimesThe case for the renewable energy source is becoming clearer on the ‘sun continent’
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Africa
HSBC suspends banker over climate change comments | Financial Times
2022-05-22 in Financial TimesExecutives criticise Stuart Kirk despite speech’s theme and content having been agreed internally
Tagged under: Climate Change
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The ESG investing industry is dangerous | Financial Times
2021-08-24 in Financial TimesA BlackRock dissident speaks truth
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Shell case puts spotlight on energy groups’ role in climate change | Financial Times
2021-01-11 in Financial TimesIf successful, the legal action in the Netherlands could force companies to accelerate the shift to cleaner fuels
Tagged under: Shell | Climate Change
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Javid reneges on green pledges in guidance to regulators | Financial Times
2019-11-11 (or before) in Financial TimesCampaigners dismayed at chancellor’s failure to mention climate targets
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BHP UK investors urge halt to fossil fuel lobbying | Financial Times
2019-10-31 (or before) in Financial TimesMiner defends green credentials as one-fifth of shareholders vote to pull out of fossil fuel industry groups
The myth of green growth | Financial Times
2019-10-24 in Financial Times‘Can democracy survive without carbon? We are not going to find out’
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