November
How a George Soros protege became Trump’s top economic pick
Once a big Democratic donor, hedge fund investor Scott Bessent predicted last year that the Republican’s political fortunes were on the rise.
- Alan Rappeport
December 2023
The world just made it clear the fossil fuel era is ending
More than any climate deal before it, the new pact reflects a recognition that the world is doing more harm than good by prolonging the era of coal, oil and gas.
- Chico Harlan, Maxine Joselow and Timothy Puko
November 2023
Israel war forces Biden to skip UN climate summit
The US president has attended the past two summits and calls climate change ‘the ultimate threat’, but he will miss the talks beginning in Dubai on Thursday.
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- Lisa Friedman and Jim Tankersley
October 2023
Middle East oil chief urges fossil fuel ‘phase down’
The head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and chair of this year’s UN climate summit, is pushing for greater investment in decarbonisation.
- Attracta Mooney and Simeon Kerr
September 2023
Biden says Vietnam engagement aimed at global stability, not China
Vietnam’s Communist Party leadership formally raised the country’s ties to the United States to the highest level in Hanoi’s diplomatic hierarchy.
- Peter Baker and Katie Rogers
August 2023
US-China stability ‘profoundly important’, Raimondo says
The US commerce secretary told her counterpart in Beijing the US sought ‘healthy competition’ and had no intention to hinder China’s economic progress.
- Lucille Liu and Dan Murtaugh
July 2023
UK taps Rolls-Royce to drive nuclear energy
UK Energy Secretary Grant Shapps is set to launch an international competition for small nuclear modular reactors.
- George Parker, Jim Pickard and Rachel Millard
US-China climate talks reopen with vow to take ‘big steps’
China is seeking ‘substantial’ dialogue this week, as officials gather in Beijing to begin three days of talks.
- Jennifer A. Dlouhy
- Opinion
- Energy
How China’s renewables boom is fuelling its coal expansion
The country’s futuristic renewables sector is shackled to antiquated market structures that mean green and fossil power often go hand in hand.
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- David Fickling
May 2023
- Opinion
- Tech Observed
Deepfakes spell deep trouble for markets
A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon showed the ability of cheap AI apps to move global financial markets, and nobody seems to know what to do about it.
- Paul Smith
China warns against ‘downward spiral’ in Sino-US relations
Foreign Minister Qin Gang said it was imperative to stabilise Sino-US relations after a series of ‘erroneous words and deeds’ threw ties back into a deep freeze.
- Ryan Woo
November 2022
Countries strike historic deal on climate damage fund
The agreement reached at the COP27 climate summit removes a major sticking point in broader talks to address global warming.
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- Brad Plumer, Lisa Friedman and Max Bearak
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Nuclear power a non-issue for the rest of the world at COP27
One of the most striking things for an Australian at Sharm El Sheikh is how uncontroversial atomic power is as part of clean-energy baseload mix.
- Zoe McKenzie
September 2022
Chinese solar a key risk to Australia’s 2030 climate goal: Bowen
Energy Minister Chris Bowen will warn Australia faces an ‘enormous task’ in meeting its newly legislated carbon emissions targets, with the heavy reliance on Chinese solar panels a key energy security risk.
- Jacob Greber and Matthew Cranston
August 2022
John Kerry seeks to restart US emissions talks with China
The US climate envoy said that China had ‘generally speaking, outperformed its commitments’ to climate change action.
- Eleni Varvitsioti and Aime Williams
April 2022
- Exclusive
- Leadership lessons
Benioff says braver politics and business can let tech save the world
The influential Salesforce CEO says politicians must be braver on climate and immigration policy, while innovators can ride financial waves to help save the planet.
- Paul Smith
November 2021
India’s last-minute coal defence at COP26 hid role of China, US
India and China pursued last-ditch interventions to soften language on coal usage, and the US played a role in accepting that weaker position.
- Jess Shankleman and Akshat Rathi
Surprise US-China climate deal is about more than emissions
An environmental agreement between Beijing and Washington was a significant step in terms of easing tensions between the superpowers, analysts say.
- Phillip Coorey, Hans van Leeuwen and Michael Smith
US looking for climate progress, if not breakthroughs, at Glasgow
As the summit opened, the US was still struggling to get some of the world’s biggest climate polluters to join it and its allies in stronger pledges on fossil fuels.
- Ellen Knickmeyer and Zeke Miller
October 2021
- Analysis
- US politics
Meet Joe Manchin, America’s Joel Fitzgibbon on steroids
Coming from coal country and sometimes a thorn in their parties’ sides, Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon and US Democrat Joe Manchin have a lot in common when it comes to climate change.
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- Matthew Cranston