BUSINESS
Fossil fuel emissions may peak in two years but the fight against climate change is just beginning
Fossil fuel pollution is declining faster than anyone anticipated. But far older practices like cutting down forests, livestock and crop farming account for a significant chunk of emissions too
BUSINESS
This zombie climate tech has earned its chance to shamble on
Carbon capture and storage has never really gotten off the ground. Now it’s found some backers, which is not a bad thing
BUSINESS
Saudi Aramco doesn’t believe its own rhetoric on oil demand
The petro giant protests too much. Rather than blaming environmentalists and ESG policies, it should open its checkbook and lift production if the future really is that bright.
BUSINESS
Small isn’t beautiful when it comes to the nuclear renaissance
If the US and Europe want to catch up with Asia on reactor deployment, they will need to focus on conventional designs, not tiny models
BUSINESS
China’s COVID reopening won’t be enough to save oil markets
China’s long period as a driver of oil growth is near its end. Apparent domestic oil demand hasn’t appreciably expanded since hitting a plateau in early 2021
BUSINESS
Pakistan could have averted its climate catastrophe
Decades of corruption and underinvestment have led to this moment. Only significant expenditure can avoid another disaster.
WORLD
China’s power crisis could reach a Himalayan scale
The drought triggering power cuts along the Yangtze heralds a far bigger problem that may doom hydro projects across much of Asia.
BUSINESS
Saudi Arabia’s Neom Makes China’s Evergrande look practical
The potential folly of the futuristic city Crown Prince Mohammed envisions along the Red Sea isn’t in the financials, it’s in the country’s underlying reality
WORLD
Even in the best-case scenarios, the world has decades of summer power crises in front of it
The worst problems lie in wait for emerging economies who spent billions over the past two decades building thermal power plants that can’t hold up to heatwaves.
ENVIRONMENT
The rich-poor divide on clean power is getting wider
The solution is simple. Developed nations should unleash the flood of pent-up capital to help emerging economies fund their decarbonisation efforts
BUSINESS
Wheat Export | Global safety net against hunger is frailer than you think
The expectation that a dearth in one food basket would always be counterbalanced with surfeits in other ones had seemed trustworthy. Unfortunately, a changing climate shifts those expectations
WORLD
Obesity Is Stalking Poor Countries, Where Hunger Once Reigned
Low-cost calories are at the heart of the next big health crisis. And we have no systems in place to deal with the fallout.
BUSINESS
Indonesian Palm Oil | The other oil crisis will lead to a hungrier world
Indonesia’s palm plantations produce a critical supply of edible fats to large populations in India and beyond. A policy-induced shortage will have dire consequences
WORLD
Pakistan’s political crisis has been an energy crisis, too
Successive governments have failed to back renewables, cutting the country off from the cheapest source of indigenous energy. The new prime minister could change all that.
BUSINESS
Solar power is winning from the energy crisis. Wind is losing
Unless these two forms of renewable energy work in tandem, any hope of hitting net zero in time looks out of reach
