Correspondents
18 April 2023
The new World Bank president wants change, but will he get the backing he needs?
Correspondents
22 November 2022
Nearly forty hours behind schedule, a final climate compromise was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh. But important action was going on elsewhere too
Correspondents
16 November 2022
With financing very much on the agenda, small nations are punching above their weight at COP27
Correspondents
4 November 2022
The latest UN climate conference matters, though not for quite the reason you might expect
Correspondents
26 October 2022
Does Britain’s youngest prime minister for more than 200 years have what it takes to end the country’s crisis of leadership?
Correspondents
8 October 2022
The British PM and her allies have launched an enormous and potentially disastrous experiment
Correspondents
29 September 2022
Distinguished economists are protesting at Mathias Cormann’s reorientation of the international organisation
Correspondents
5 September 2022
Does the new British PM have the capacity to deal with Britain’s gathering crisis?
Correspondents
15 November 2021
Is it finally the end of the line for fossil fuels? Our correspondent’s Glasgow COP26 wrap-up
Correspondents
9 November 2021
There is a paradox at the heart of climate activists’ demands for the overthrow of capitalism
Correspondents
4 November 2021
With the national leaders departing, the climate talks are commencing in earnest. And the optimists see grounds for hope
Correspondents
27 October 2021
What exactly is up for negotiation at next week’s COP26 conference?
Correspondents
14 October 2021
The British PM will need to shake off his party’s deepest beliefs to reform the British economy
Correspondents
29 September 2021
Britain’s shape-shifting PM wanted to take the lead on climate, but he didn’t anticipate how hard that would be
Essays & Reportage
23 March 2016
A coalition of organisations forced the hands of the world’s major polluters
National Affairs
14 December 2011
Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected, writes Michael Jacobs
International
29 November 2011
These two weeks might turn out to be more interesting than expected, writes Michael Jacobs. The stakes are certainly high enough
International
1 August 2011
The world’s energy policy-makers are watching as the Merkel government takes the lead, writes Michael Jacobs
Essays & Reportage
24 June 2011
Mainstream economics is beginning to recognise the opportunities alongside the climate threat, writes Michael Jacobs
International
28 April 2011
China’s Five Year Plan could turn out to be a turning point for global climate policy, writes Michael Jacobs
International
2 March 2011
As policy in Australia begins to move, Michael Jacobs surveys the international climate landscape: the latest science, the emissions targets and what’s happening on…
International
16 December 2010
Cancun will restore confidence among governments and business that action is going to occur, writes Michael Jacobs, and that makes progress more likely
International
9 November 2010
Almost a year later, it’s easier to judge what was and wasn’t achieved in the Danish capital, writes Michael Jacobs – and what it means for this…
International
6 October 2010
European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide, writes Michael Jacobs
International
2 September 2010
In every generation one issue comes to symbolise the wider battle to protect the natural world. This could be it, writes Michael Jacobs
