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Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

21 July 2023

It is vital that we clean up our energy sources and shift away from fossil fuels, but rising interest rates mean green energy projects are becoming more expensive and risk being cancelled


2H57CRH Real zero no net zero placard, Global Day of Action for Climate Justice demonstration, London, UK. 6th November 2021

Net-zero aim shouldn't be used to delay action on carbon emissions

21 June 2023

For executives or politicians with an eye on the next financial quarter or electoral cycle, net zero has clear appeal. But we shouldn't use it as a way to delay action on tackling climate change


Funafuti atoll Tuvalu from the air.

We need to go beyond net zero to reverse catastrophic climate damage

7 June 2023

Our planet is about to hit a critical 1.5°C of global warming. To rectify things, we must cut emissions, but we also need to harness technology and the natural world to suck carbon dioxide from the air


2H56E72 Activists from Friends of the Earth during a demonstration calling for an end to all new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, starting with the proposed Cambo oil field, outside the UK Government's Cop26 hub during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Sunday November 7, 2021.

How a campaign to keep fossil fuels underground is gaining traction

3 May 2023

A radical new proposal wants the world to sign up to a deal to halt development of new oil, gas and coal fields. It is already backed by thousands of scientists and more than 70 city governments, says Graham Lawton


Madison Thomson a forester with The Conservation Fund measure a Redwood tree in the Big River Forest near Fort Bragg, California

California's carbon offsetting may actually be increasing emissions

22 December 2022

The state's ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral by 2045 relies on carbon offsets through the state’s forests. But scientists say it may be causing more harm than good


Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AP/Shutterstock (13032695ae) Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her remarks during the High Level Seminar on Strengthening Global Collaboration for Tackling Food Insecurity on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Nusa Dua, Indonesia - 15 Jul 2022

World’s richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets

20 September 2022

Eleven of the 20 largest economies got a C or worse on a renewable energy report card, which assessed their plans to reach net zero and their targets for producing and using renewable energy


Cars in traffic

Legal battle over UK's Net Zero Strategy poses challenge for next PM

19 July 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s successor will have to sign off on a new net-zero strategy after the UK government's plan was ruled unlawful


Wind turbine

A third of the world’s largest companies now have net-zero targets

10 June 2022

Since this time last year, many more countries and large companies have now pledged to reduce their net emissions to zero, but the details on how they plan to achieve it are still lacking


High Court

UK government faces legal challenges over net-zero climate plan

1 June 2022

The UK's Net Zero Strategy explains how the country will meet its legally binding goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but campaigners say its lack of detail breaks the law


Fix the Planet newsletter: Climate action needs more than technofixes

Fix the Planet newsletter: Climate action needs more than technofixes

24 February 2022

Why climate action will require both societal and behavioural change to be effective


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