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The inside story of a climate summit unlike any other

[FREE TO READ] Glass Lewis recommends voting against Albert Manifold at annual meeting, while L&G also plans to oppose him

[FREE TO READ] Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment for US defence secretary

[FREE TO READ] Martin Thomsen’s departure comes ahead of arrival of oil major’s new chief executive this week

Damian Carrington of The Guardian and Pilita Clark of the Financial Times are the winners of the 2025 edition of

[FREE TO READ] Consumer companies say draft agreement lacks the regulatory certainty required to tackle global plastic waste problems

[FREE TO READ] Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution

[FREE TO READ] Officials resort to ‘love hotel’ bookings for COP30 accommodation

As the tide on clean energy turns, Michael Liebreich makes a strong case for a pragmatic climate reset.

[FREE TO READ] Commitment by APG towards solar and battery projects will boost Canberra’s efforts to move away from fossil fuels

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[FREE TO READ] As water scarcity spreads governments are ploughing billions into a technology that comes with its own environmental costs

[FREE TO READ] Iranian authorities warn capital could become uninhabitable without drastic measures to cut water consumption

Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review

[FREE TO READ] Trump administration warns other members of UN’s maritime body against measure negotiated this week

[FREE TO READ] New attempts to prolong the fossil fuel era have come at precisely the wrong time

Nine months ahead of the 2025 U.N. climate conference known as COP30, prices for lodging are alarming those who want to attend the event in Belem, Brazil’s Amazonian host city.

[FREE TO READ] Data adds to fears that climate change is accelerating, as La Niña phenomenon fails to cool global temperatures

[FREE TO READ] Basel-based FSB says damage caused by floods, droughts and fires threatens broader pullback in lending

[FREE TO READ] Expecting companies to put climate change concerns ahead of profits is foolish

[FREE TO READ] World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader

[FREE TO READ] World’s two most important countries for registrations join efforts to impose flat levy on pollution

[FREE TO READ] Volumes forecast to rise 20% next year, smashing international projections and Beijing’s official targets

[FREE TO READ] In an ideal world we would not need to be prodded into greener behaviour

[FREE TO READ] Denmark’s Ørsted was once seen as a model for how oil and gas giants could go green. Its recent troubles suggest that things may not be so easy

[FREE TO READ] Vanguard and State Street also targeted by lawsuit as conservatives step up war on ‘woke capitalism’

[FREE TO READ] Experts cautiously optimistic about Beijing’s environmental progress

[FREE TO READ] New Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly criticised UK’s net zero target

[FREE TO READ] COP29 has produced a new global finance deal against considerable odds

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto said the government plans to retire all the nation’s coal power plants within 15 years to help stem global warming.

Right-wing President Javier Milei is considering withdrawing Argentina from the Paris climate agreement. Donald Trump has pledged to also remove the United States.

[FREE TO READ] Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev lashes out at Emmanuel Macron and steps up defence of oil and gas as regional countries dominate guest list

[FREE TO READ] FT analysis shows that firms regularly hide leakages of the deadly greenhouse gas — despite this being one of the easiest climate fixes there is

It may not be ideal but nor is it guaranteed to fail

[FREE TO READ] Despite president-elect’s promises, production is unlikely to surge as Wall Street demands returns over growth