Are we in the age of the ‘permacrisis’? September 28, 2023 Michael Spence and Mohamed El-Erian tell City A.M. about the age of the ‘permacrisis’ as they release their new book with Gordon Brown.
Shell AGM: Tense meet disrupted by climate protestors who target chair Andrew MacKenzie May 23, 2023 Climate change protesters have tried to storm the stage at oil giant Shell’s annual shareholder meeting in London. In a tense moment in the meeting, which had already been delayed for nearly an hour, security stepped in to prevent a protester reaching chairman Sir Andrew Mackenzie and other board members on stage. Dozens of protesters [...]
Entrepreneurs tackling carbon emissions crowned small business of the year May 16, 2024 12 awards were handed out in total to firms from Edinburgh to Stowmarket and Stockton-on-Tees to Powys. but CCU cleaned up with both the top prize and the innovation award to boot.
Palestine Protest: Students, Corporates & Where it’s Going May 2, 2024 A Pro-Palestine protest has hit university campuses across the U.S., including Columbia, NYU, Harvard Law, Yale, Emory, Georgia Tech, University of Texas, Washington, and Michigan among others. This comes after similar student protests called for the Canadian Big 5 Banks to divest from Elbit Systems last month. Activist campaigning has skyrocketed following the events of [...]
BoE governor Andrew Bailey: Fiscal stimulus should keep climate change in mind June 5, 2020 Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said stimulus packages from governments to tackle the coronavirus fallout should improve sustainability so as to help tackle climate change. In an opinion article with former governor Mark Carney and other central bankers, Bailey said countries should “build back better” after coronavirus, with green goals in mind. Yet [...]
Coronavirus and climate change impact Asian currencies February 21, 2020 SGD: Comments from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) which suggested that the Singapore dollar may depreciate has put pressure on the currency. The news came alongside confirmation that the coronavirus had reached Singapore, a factor which MAS believes will have an impact on growth, stalling the recovery after a challenging 2019 which saw the [...]
Tories ‘absolutely failed’ to lead debate on net zero, says minister October 3, 2023 Nuclear minister Andrew Bowie said that the Conservatives had “absolutely failed” to have a national conversation about net-zero.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges no changes to ULEZ scheme ahead of election March 24, 2024 Sadiq Khan has ruled out any future expansion of the ULEZ as he bids to win a historic third term in office.
Aviva hammers government push for North Sea oil and gas drilling October 30, 2023 Insurer's chief executive Amanda Blanc fears UK's climate goals are under threat
Lord Adair Turner rejoins Oaknorth as digital bank mulls IPO December 24, 2023 Digital challenger bank Oaknorth has appointed former City watchdog boss Lord Adair Turner to be its chair as it mulls an IPO.