Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate – we mapped the pros and cons of each and found clear winners and losers

The combination of the source of the CO₂ and its end use determines its environmental and economic benefits or consequences.

Volker Sick, Professor of Advanced Energy Research, Director of the Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan • conversation
Jan. 12, 2024 • ~8 min

We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development

A new study reveals that 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view.

Jennifer Raynor, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
Jan. 3, 2024 • ~10 min

Most investors aren't paying attention to climate risks – the financial system needs to change

Investors seem not to care about climate risks, but they really should.

Matt Burke, WTW Research Fellow, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~7 min

From the Paris agreement to COP28, how oil and gas giants try to influence the global climate agenda

Many oil and gas companies support a tax on carbon, even though they are significant emitters.

Alain Naef, Assistant professor, ESSEC • conversation
Dec. 8, 2023 • ~7 min

COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels must go (and fast)

To avert climate breakdown, most of the world’s coal, oil and gas must stay underground.

Steve Pye, Associate Professor in Energy Systems, UCL • conversation
Dec. 4, 2023 • ~7 min

As plastic production grows, treaty negotiations to reduce plastic waste are stuck in low gear

A central question remains unresolved in the draft treaty: Is plastic pollution basically a waste management problem, or can it be solved only with a cap on production?

Sarah J. Morath, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University • conversation
Nov. 30, 2023 • ~10 min

COP28: how bad is climate change already and what do we need to do next to tackle it?

Temperature records are tumbling – how much progress is really being made towards tackling climate change?

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~8 min

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit

UAE will preside over talks to limit climate change – despite revelations it plans oil deals.

Aiora Zabala, Lecturer in Economics and the Environment, The Open University • conversation
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~7 min

Offering oil and gas licences every year distracts from the challenge of winding down UK North Sea

New UK legislation gives the wrong answer to the question of energy security.

Gisa Weszkalnys, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science • conversation
Nov. 9, 2023 • ~7 min

Just Stop Oil attack the Rokeby Venus: how the group is using the suffragettes' disruptive tactics to shape public opinion

The group of climate activists are drawing on a history of public action to show that what they are doing is not new at all

Louise Coyne, PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool • conversation
Nov. 6, 2023 • ~7 min

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