This article is an onsite version of our Moral Money newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered three times a week. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters. Visit our Moral Money hub for all the latest ESG news, opinion and analysis from around the…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a science commentator It was Earth Day on Monday, an annual reminder of our duty to look after the climate and environment for future generations. By any measure, we are failing. The…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Intense heatwaves in India, Thailand and Bangladesh and fatal floods in China and Pakistan this week have coincided with the latest UN weather agency warning that climate change is causing major repercussions across Asia. More…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Sales of electric vehicles will “grow strongly” this year and could see battery and hybrid models account for one in five cars sold worldwide, according to a bullish forecast from the International Energy Agency that…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Economic policy in many countries has entered a new era of supports and subsidies. But global financial markets have yet to catch up. Consider some of the headlines over the past week or so. At…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Saudi Aramco’s chief executive has praised China’s contribution to helping the west hit its net zero targets as the world’s largest oil producer strengthens commercial ties with Beijing. Speaking at World Energy Congress on Monday,…
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This article is an on-site version of our Moral Money newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered three times a week. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters. Visit our Moral Money hub for all the latest ESG news, opinion and analysis from around the…
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Exxon is leading a fightback by the petrochemicals industry against plans to cap the production of plastics ahead of UN talks on the first legally binding treaty aimed at cutting pollution. Karen McKee, the head of product solutions for ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest producers of plastic, told the Financial Times: “The issue is…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The chair of the EU’s insurance regulator has said urgent action is needed to protect Europe from climate risk, as mounting economic damage from natural catastrophes raises concerns that some areas could be rendered uninsurable.…
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Warming marine temperatures are a phenomenon that Richard Spinrad, head of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), has been observing since the 1970s. Speaking during a recent visit to London, to coincide with the Oceanology International conference, he addressed the question of whether a change in the White House would affect the work…
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