From Promoting Economic Pluralism
Liz Truss has set out her energy plans and they might not seem the most likely to meet our net zero targets. Speaking to the TalkTV hustings in Exeter, Foreign Secretary Ms Truss revealed …
It appears Truss has a problem with solar panels but not with fracking Read More
When governments make decisions, economic considerations often trump everything else — human well-being, social connections, the health of the environment. According to a new report from the United Nations, this …
Nature is in crisis. A UN report says short-sighted economics is to blame. Read More
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision on West Virginia v. EPA, the case challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from …
The Supreme Court’s EPA decision could have been much, much worse Read More
Dr Mandy Stoker tells how captured carbon is neither black gold nor a guaranteed green deal. The 5,000 trees we planted seven years ago are bursting into leaf. They have …
Farming carbon Read More
The UK is in the grip of a fierce cost-of-living crisis. In May, the country’s inflation rate hit a 40-year high of 9%, and although the current crisis is global, the …
Climate versus cost: what does the UK’s energy crisis tell us about the economics of net-zero in an energy-scarce world? Read More
It is hard to know how much Sri Lankan forest has been cut down as fuel shortages force people to use firewood to cook: inspectors have halted deforestation patrols because …
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis exposes gaps in renewable energy push Read More
A brew of chemical fertilisers, sewage and other pollutants is costing lives and money as it splashes over our environment and our dinner plates. Jyoti Banerjee and Arnav Jain offer …
Farmers plough their own furrow to change Read More
Wealthy nations are trying to make up for a $10bn shortfall in the $100bn annual target for climate finance they were supposed to have met in 2020, according to Bloomberg. …
Rich countries fall $10bn short in climate finance pledges Read More
If the way out of climate crisis requires a world that works together, can economics and markets provide the direction? Şerban Scrieciu reflects. Two globally significant events this year have …
All together. How? Read More
Two controversial new projects propose laying thousands of miles of pipe through America’s Corn Belt, carrying liquid carbon dioxide across five states, from Iowa to the Dakotas, where they’d wind …
The Oil Industry’s New Climate Change Solution Is More Pipelines Read More