The writer is foreign minister of Ghana At traffic intersections in Accra, the capital of Ghana, itinerant hawkers create pop-up mini markets to sell goods to rush-hour commuters. Sunglasses, pillows, doughnuts, peanuts boiled fresh in the shell, and colourfully-wrapped made-in-Ghana Golden Tree chocolates are briskly traded before the lights turn green. But not everyone is…
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Successful investing requires the ability to spot and avoid fads that can create dangerous bubbles. Global equity markets tend to rise at a higher rate than inflation over time, but bursting bubbles cause sudden losses that may seriously undermine your long-term investment record. So patiently holding high-quality companies for the long haul and avoiding bubbles…
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High taxes on battery imports in India are pushing up the price of installing storage vital to achieving the country’s COP26 climate change goals, said the chair of ReNew Power, one of the country’s largest renewable power companies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has pledged to meet 50 per cent of India’s energy needs from…
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Newly-installed renewable power in the EU mainly replaced expensive gas power rather than more polluting coal last year, according to analysis by an energy think-tank, and still fell short of what is required to limit global warming. Coal power in Europe was down just 3 per cent in 2021 compared with 2019 pre-pandemic levels, far…
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City veteran Sir Ian Cheshire has been appointed as the first independent chair of a coalition, backed by Amazon and Ikea, with plans to raise funds to help companies reduce carbon emissions. On Tuesday, Cheshire, the ex-chair of Barclays UK and former chief executive of Kingfisher, the DIY retailer, will take the chair role at…
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Carbon counter is a series of Lex articles quantifying the emissions of individual lifestyle choices. For more articles, see here Governments are lifting work-from-home edicts. But many companies expect staff will still work from home at least two days a week. A hybrid set-up has many advantages, but lower carbon emissions are not one of them.…
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In The Magician, Colm Tóibín’s fictionalised biography of Thomas Mann, the fine Irish writer shows the great German one in a continental hotel as the second world war breaks out. “In the evening the orchestra played some light waltzes,” as normal, and sexier fare after dinner, which was served on time. The eerie detachment from events doesn’t…
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