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- Key ‘Bidenomics’ architect calls for spending ‘race to the top’ on green tech Sun, 17 Sep 23, 10:02pmBiden adviser Heather Boushey urges UK and Europe to increase climate friendly investment to reboot growth
- Biden adviser calls for spending ‘race to the top’ on green tech Sun, 17 Sep 23, 9:39pmHeather Boushey urges UK and other European countries to increase climate friendly investment to reboot economic growth
- World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds Tue, 12 Sep 23, 2:00pmCampaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges
- Economic ‘headwinds’ lead IEA to cut global oil demand forecast Thu, 13 Jul 23, 9:42pmInternational Energy Agency still expects a record high this year, but for growth to be lower than thought
- The planet warms, the world economy cools – the real global recession is ecological | Larry Elliott Sun, 9 Jul 23, 7:49pmGovernments focus on the climate when they have few other economic worries. That can no longer be the case
- The Guardian view on Macron’s green finance deal: save lives, not profits | Editorial Fri, 23 Jun 23, 4:13amThe Paris conference shows the climate crisis is no time for the tranquillising drug of gradualism
- The UK has a PR plan masquerading as an industrial strategy Sun, 14 May 23, 7:35pmBritain says it has no need for Biden-style green subsidies as it has a thriving renewables sector. The complacency is staggering
- World Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’ Thu, 6 Oct 22, 10:01amA group of 50 NGOs found that bank and subsidiaries had funded oil refinery and gas processing
- Unless we act, escalating commodity prices will cause a decade of global turmoil | Rupert Russell Sat, 19 Mar 22, 9:17pmThe Ukraine war is sending the cost of energy and food soaring across the world. Price controls may be the only way to stop a devastating chain reaction
- Car-free Sundays? IEA sets out 10-point plan to reduce global oil demand Sat, 19 Mar 22, 1:14amEnergy watchdog says measures could help cut oil usage by 2.7m barrels a day within four months
- McKinsey: fundamental transformation of global economy needed for net zero Tue, 25 Jan 22, 4:01pm$9tn of annual investment required to avoid most catastrophic climate impacts, consultancy says
- Half world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in net zero transition Fri, 5 Nov 21, 3:00am$11tn fossil fuel asset crash could cause 2008-style financial crisis, warns new study
- New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse Thu, 29 Jul 21, 8:00amStudy citing ‘perilous state’ of industrial civilisation ranks temperate islands top for resilience
- Germany dismisses Australia’s claims that planned EU carbon border tax is ‘protectionism’ Wed, 24 Mar 21, 3:30amExclusive: Dr Jürgen Zattler, an official at Germany’s ministry for economic cooperation and development, says the policy is a tool to fight global warming
- Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief Fri, 19 Feb 21, 3:00amUN report offers bedrock for hope for broken planet, says António Guterres