Labour ‘set to rule out’ all further North Sea oil and gas projects May 28, 2023 New North Sea oil and gas developments will reportedly be blocked under a Labour government. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is on the verge of announcing the block when he sets out his net-zero energy policy in Scotland next month, The Sunday Times said. As part of the energy plans, the newspaper reported a Sir [...]
Close trade ties with India will give us leverage to claim climate wins October 29, 2021 International trade and climate change are two of the most vexing global policy conundrums. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that we are at a final catalyst: human activity is damaging every region across the world, at an unprecedented rate. World leaders must accelerate comprehensive action working to minimise damage to the [...]
Government facing legal challenge over burning trees for energy in net-zero plan November 13, 2023 The case alleges that the Government’s Biomass Strategy is unlawful and will undermine the UK’s ability to achieve net zero by 2050.
Our country needs economic growth fueled by the Square Mile to exit the current crisis September 4, 2023 To move our country forward, we need economic growth to provide jobs and prosperity. Luckily, the professional and financial services of the Square Mile are here to help, writes Chris Hayward
From analyst to boss: Morningstar chief talks AI, sustainability and what elections could mean for equities February 10, 2024 Morningstar owns Sustainalytics, one of the largest environmental, social and governance (ESG) data providers, and used the popularity of the trend to capitalise on providing a wide range of data on sustainable funds.
Amazon to invest £300m in UK network to ‘electrify and decarbonise’ October 10, 2022 Amazon is to invest more than £300m in its electric vehicle fleet for the UK in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The technology and delivery giant announced more than 1billion Euros investment across Europe over the next five years, with a big chunk in Britain to “electrify and decarbonise” its transportation network. While already [...]
From climate change to the Iran crisis, we need to bring back the experts January 28, 2020 The EU Referendum set in motion a debate the nation had rarely seen before. Among the first casualties of the divisive and brutal campaign were the “experts”. As Michael Gove famously said, the country had had enough of experts getting it wrong. The public rejected advice from academics, business leaders and prominent politicians, and voted [...]
Let’s be honest, Larry Fink is right and we should give up on broken ESG investing November 2, 2023 ESG and green investing has found itself unable to deliver and at the heart of a culture war, writes Matthew Lesh
Closing the digital divide is essential to achieving environmental justice November 30, 2023 Katia Shabanova takes a look at emerging eco initiatives which are turning to cryptocurrency to help boost contributions.
Exclusive: ‘Covid killed more people than all other catastrophes in the past half century,’ says climate sceptic Bjorn Lomborg May 31, 2022 Bjorn Lomborg is President of the Copenhagen Consensus and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Below he shares his views on the latest UN climate report in a UK exclusive for City A.M. A new United Nations report has revealed the disturbing news that the number of global disasters has quintupled since 1970 and will increase by [...]