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If the EU is to achieve its 2030 and 2050 climate goals, it must act now to ensure that it can weather the inevitable political headwinds. A new green social contract and industrial policy can make all the difference.

29 May 2024

Burgos solar and wind farm

House Bill 7705, the low carbon economy bill, could help the climate-vulnerable nation seize the economic opportunities that come with decarbonisation.

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As the only multilateral institution charged with maintaining global financial and fiscal stability, the IMF’s role is critical for addressing climate change.

Peru rainforest

As businesses come under pressure to meet net-zero targets, they are increasingly investing in forest-protection projects to cancel out their carbon emissions. But what could have been a viable climate-mitigation option has become little more than a licence to pollute, to the detriment of indigenous communities and the planet.

23 March 2023

Petronas_Fountain_At_Night_Bursa

26 January 2023

23 August 2022

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9 April 2021

coal plant smoke

19 February 2021

smokestacks at a power plant

6 January 2021

Mongabay Founder Rhett A. Butler: 11 things to watch in 2021

8 October 2019

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13 May 2019

The view from Dan Wells' office at The Shard, Central London.

11 December 2018

office workers cross a downtown plaza in Tokyo

26 September 2018

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would free substantial domestic public funds for other urgent uses, like alleviating extreme poverty.

7 September 2018

Business meeting and graphs

5 September 2018

Firefighters battle the blaze in Sweden in the summer of 2018

30 July 2018

Airport viewing gallery

23 April 2018

A woman dressed up as Cinderella

19 March 2018

Smog in Beijing

15 February 2018

Traffic in Mumbai

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