Bob Ward responds to reports that the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, will make a speech this week in which he will announce plans to slow down the transition away from fossil fuels. Read more
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Containing global temperature rise to well below 2°C would require keeping a large proportion of existing fossil fuel reserves in the ground. This would result in fossil fuel resources that cannot be burned and fossil fuel infrastructure that is no longer used – these are known as ‘stranded assets’. Read more
The UK’s government and oil companies are on a collision course with international efforts to avoid dangerous climate change, says Bob Ward. Remedial action is necessary to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree temperature goal in sight. Read more
Soaring energy prices, the war in Ukraine and further stark evidence from the IPCC on the severity of the climate threat requires sustainable finance to move into a new phase. Nick Robins sets out what financial policymakers, regulators and institutions can do to help resolve the great issues of our time. Read more
What is shale gas and how much is there globally? Shale gas is a form of natural gas (mostly methane),... Read more
Executives of resource companies can learn from the missteps of others on the increasingly career-defining challenge of resource nationalism, writes Daniel Litvin. Read more
The race is on to ‘consign coal power to history’. The end of coal power generation is a climate – and economic – imperative. There can be no healthy economy without a healthy planet, says Danae Kyriakopoulou. Read more
In this news feature Danae Kyriakopoulou outlines key policies & financial measures the world can use to support the phase... Read more
Action by the finance sector in the coal-to-clean transition now needs to be scaled up, focusing on local needs and delivering tangible social impact, say Sabrina Muller and Nick Robins. Read more
Catherine Higham and Arnaud Koehl examine the regulatory measures being taken by G20 countries to limit domestic fossil fuel production and call for international coordination on this issue at COP26. Read more
