Data highlight slow transition to clean energy despite big increase in renewables generation
A divisive case over climate change and shareholder rights winds down after shareholder agrees to drop effort
Vienna contests move by climate minister Leonore Gewessler to back environmental protection bill
Move by leaders of rich nations puts them on collision course with China, India and Saudi Arabia after UN talks end in failure
NextEra’s Rebecca Kujawa warns clean energy duties are raising costs for US consumers
Towns weigh up their future after climate-fuelled disaster strikes agricultural powerhouse of Rio Grande do Sul
Heavy downpours since last autumn curb planting and push milling-wheat futures to year-high on Euronext
Environmentalists accuse Jakarta of prioritising mining of key commodity over nation’s biodiverse rainforests
But loggers and ‘carbon cowboys’ offer quicker returns to locals
The ‘climate bank for Asia-Pacific’ acknowledges need for a significant uplift in funding of green projects
Environmentalists question joint decision to promote hydrogen and ammonia as emission reduction tools
Fast-growing heavy industry fears big hit from Brussels’ plans to put levies on emission-intensive imports
Energy Institute report highlights the world’s insatiable demand for energy and the need to speed up the pace of decarbonisation
Local authority should have considered climate impacts of burning oil, says landmark judgment
The prize is huge if we can agree on standards and get this right
Unprecedented parliamentary summons for bank executives reflects growing political heat around fossil fuels
Also in this newsletter: Why Sweden wants to tilt the balance between privacy and security
Party ‘looking very closely’ at options after Brexit leaves UK industries vulnerable to dumping
Four leading finance professors discuss best practice, successful innovations, and important concepts and themes
Paris event organisers pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions from London and Rio levels
The legislation taking effect next month comes as the state becomes a top solar power
2024’s ranking of intellectual property law firms; the Unified Patent Court’s first year; gender and race-based gaps in patent applications; AI’s ‘double-edged sword’; EU plans for gene-edited crops patent ban and new Standard Essential Patent rules
Can the gas deliver on its promise of clean, green energy? From fixing supply and demand blockages to infrastructure, industry and the spectrum of blue, green and gold hydrogen
Production of the metal is responsible for up to 9 per cent of global CO₂ emissions
Rightwing advances in EU parliament elections will lessen climate ambitions
The latest IEA investment report offers a nuanced look at the global flow of energy spending
Career blocks remain stubbornly in place. Plus: profile of Tina McKenzie, Northern Irish businesswoman; Elaine Bedell on leading the Southbank Centre; graduates and the AI tech boom; when grandma juggles working and childcare; cross-company mentoring
New titles include billionaire climate investor Tom Steyer on a way of life we can all pursue and a meditative take on nature’s resilience
Scottish Power chief executive warns planning delays and skills shortages are holding back green transition
Horticulturalists are dealing with drought but record rain and sheer unpredictability are challenges too
Move driven by expectations of a newly elected Labour government adopting stricter approach to big polluters
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