A divisive case over climate change and shareholder rights winds down after shareholder agrees to drop effort
Vienna contests move by climate minister Leonore Gewessler to back environmental protection bill
Move by leaders of rich nations puts them on collision course with China, India and Saudi Arabia after UN talks end in failure
NextEra’s Rebecca Kujawa warns clean energy duties are raising costs for US consumers
Towns weigh up their future after climate-fuelled disaster strikes agricultural powerhouse of Rio Grande do Sul
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes exceeded $100bn for fourth consecutive year in 2023
Heavy downpours since last autumn curb planting and push milling-wheat futures to year-high on Euronext
Data highlight slow transition to clean energy despite big increase in renewables generation
The prize is huge if we can agree on standards and get this right
Unprecedented parliamentary summons for bank executives reflects growing political heat around fossil fuels
Also in this newsletter: Why Sweden wants to tilt the balance between privacy and security
Party ‘looking very closely’ at options after Brexit leaves UK industries vulnerable to dumping
Four leading finance professors discuss best practice, successful innovations, and important concepts and themes
The legislation taking effect next month comes as the state becomes a top solar power
2024’s ranking of intellectual property law firms; the Unified Patent Court’s first year; gender and race-based gaps in patent applications; AI’s ‘double-edged sword’; EU plans for gene-edited crops patent ban and new Standard Essential Patent rules
Can the gas deliver on its promise of clean, green energy? From fixing supply and demand blockages to infrastructure, industry and the spectrum of blue, green and gold hydrogen
Production of the metal is responsible for up to 9 per cent of global CO₂ emissions
Rightwing advances in EU parliament elections will lessen climate ambitions
The latest IEA investment report offers a nuanced look at the global flow of energy spending
Career blocks remain stubbornly in place. Plus: profile of Tina McKenzie, Northern Irish businesswoman; Elaine Bedell on leading the Southbank Centre; graduates and the AI tech boom; when grandma juggles working and childcare; cross-company mentoring
New titles include billionaire climate investor Tom Steyer on a way of life we can all pursue and a meditative take on nature’s resilience
Scottish Power chief executive warns planning delays and skills shortages are holding back green transition
Horticulturalists are dealing with drought but record rain and sheer unpredictability are challenges too
Move driven by expectations of a newly elected Labour government adopting stricter approach to big polluters
Lord John Browne offers implicit endorsement of Labour party’s policy on fossil fuels
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has backtracked on parts of the bloc’s climate agenda
The amount of energy used by data centres is staggering
The US central bank increasingly needs an understanding of meteorology to see where the economy is headed
Plan had been expected to take effect later this month and raise billions for ailing public transit system
Battle to limit temperature rise will be ‘won or lost’ this decade, says António Guterres
As extreme weather batters the region, companies are striving to cut their carbon emissions
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