Why Big Oil is about to experience its “Big Tobacco” moment
A historic congressional hearing with oil executives may not have produced a smoking gun, but the tobacco industry has showed…
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IUCN’s Al Mubarak: the conservation leader who says we can work with oil majors
While campaigners call for a ban on fossil fuel sponsorship, the head of the planet's biggest nature network takes a…
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The biggest barrier to radical climate action is the global epidemic of mistrust
It’s no good bowling alone if we’re to have any success in resolving Covid-19 or climate change.
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The price of the planet: who will step up at Cop26?
As world leaders gather in Glasgow, richer nations must agree who pays the bill for climate action.
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Why the so-called “energy crisis” is both a threat and an opportunity
This is a moment to accelerate the transition towards net zero, not to retreat.
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Leader: The world is all we have
No country can escape the consequences of an overheating planet; if temperatures rise by 2°C-2.6°C, global GDP could fall by…
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Xie Zhenhua: can China’s climate envoy make a difference at Cop26?
The highly regarded veteran of China’s climate team embodies an important and rare openness to the world.
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The EU climate chief Frans Timmermans: “The planet is probably going to be OK. But we won’t”
The EU Commission vice-president on why the UK’s climate ambition needs to be matched by “very concrete policies”.
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