Camilla Hodgson

Tuesday, 30 May, 2023

Monday, 29 May, 2023

Watchdog fines just four companies despite 300,000 sewage spills

Campaigners say Environment Agency lacks resources to hold offenders to account

Friday, 26 May, 2023

A growing number of western politicians are concerned this year’s UN climate summit in the UAE will be too beholden to the oil and gas industry

Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

COP28

US and EU lawmakers call for UAE to remove Jaber from UN climate role

More than 100 members of US Congress and European parliament say oil executive’s position is a risk to negotiations

Monday, 22 May, 2023

Bashar al-Assad

Amnesty brands COP28 invitation to Assad as ‘sick joke’

Condemnation over climate summit follows readmission of Syria to Arab League

Sunday, 21 May, 2023

Climate change

Global warming likely to exceed 1.5C within five years, says weather agency

Return of El Niño event by end of 2023 expected to amplify effects of climate change

Sunday, 21 May, 2023

Climate change

G7 disappoints on climate progress without deadlines on gas and coal use

Leaders fail to set cut-off points as Japan and Germany prevail

Friday, 19 May, 2023

FT CollectionsClimate Exchange

Mami Mizutori: With climate disasters increasing, prevention is better than cure

Special representative of the UN secretary-general for Disaster Risk Reduction says investment priorities must be reversed

Saturday, 6 May, 2023

Climate change

Will El Niño return for a heated-up 2023?

Meteorologists calculate the chances of the weather phenomenon that warms the surface of the Pacific Ocean

Saturday, 6 May, 2023

Climate change

COP28 team marshals oil and gas industry alliance ahead of climate summit

Goals outlined in initiating letter do not address most damaging emissions

Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

Climate change

COP28 head at odds with climate leaders over future for fossil fuels

UN climate summit incoming head and Adnoc CEO doubles down on push for carbon capture technology

Sunday, 30 April, 2023

Climate change

Banks and oil groups place bets on carbon capture schemes

Four companies including H&M and JPMorgan to spend a collective $100mn on carbon removal credits by 2030

Saturday, 29 April, 2023

Climate change

Tom and Jerry satellites chase climate change

Two satellites monitor changes in Earth’s water masses by keeping an eye on one another

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

Climate change

Horn of Africa drought made 100 times more likely by climate change, scientists report

Worst drought in four decades has led to crop failures, animal deaths and left more than 4mn people in need of assistance

Wednesday, 26 April, 2023

Drax Group PLC

Drax faces probe over sustainable biomass claims

Ofgem commissions external audit into whether energy company complied with UK rules

Saturday, 22 April, 2023

Climate change

Climate graphic of the week: Asia’s prolonged April heatwave concerns scientists

‘Exceptional’ conditions raise fears about a hotter 2023

Thursday, 13 April, 2023

Climate change

Royal Bank of Canada becomes top financier for fossil fuel industry

Canadian banks seen as ‘lenders of last resort’ for carbon-intensive companies and projects

Wednesday, 5 April, 2023

UK politics & policy

Ofgem needs wider powers to deliver net zero target, UK adviser warns

Government’s offshore wind champion warns that under-investment in energy grid is ‘significant brake’ on economy

Monday, 3 April, 2023

Water Services Regulation Authority UK

Ofwat has fined just one water company over 1994 sewage spill rules

Only Southern Water in 2019 found to have breached regulations dating back 30 years, FOI data shows

Friday, 31 March, 2023

Pollution

Two water groups blamed for 40% of England’s sewage spills in 2022

United Utilities and Yorkshire Water responsible for 124,000 incidents, Environment Agency data shows

Thursday, 30 March, 2023

UK politics & policy

UK admits revised net zero strategy will fail to hit emission targets

Critics point to lack of joined-up thinking in raft of climate and energy policy announcements

Thursday, 30 March, 2023

Electric vehicles

UK carmakers offered EV sales target loopholes

Mandate to start next year but shortfalls can be offset by buying allowances from rivals or selling more electric cars later in decade

Wednesday, 29 March, 2023

Climate change

UK and EU boost co-operation over new carbon border tax

Joint pledge to tackle climate signals warming relations between London and Brussels

Wednesday, 29 March, 2023

Carbon offset

Head of carbon credit task force says market must ‘step up’

Integrity council sets out rules designed to ease fears over quality of offsets

Wednesday, 29 March, 2023

Climate change

Top UN court to assess countries’ climate obligations after resolution passes

Decision to seek opinion from ICJ will give governments greater clarity on their environmental responsibilities

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