James King

Africa contributes much less to climate change than developed countries yet suffers its worst effects. Ahead of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, the region's finance and...

While global tobacco groups are being recognised for their green initiatives and move away from cigarettes, critics say smoke-free is not harmless and continue to...

As the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission held its first-ever meeting on the voluntary carbon markets earlier in June, the heat is up on this growing...

Criticism of Australia's carbon offset scheme offers guidance on what not to do, as the integrity of carbon markets is questioned. For Australia to meet...

Countries such as Australia, the US and the UK have developed financing solutions to deal with the aftermath of severe weather events, and are now...

Nuclear power offers solutions both to climate change and to Europe's reliance on Russian energy, but regional opinion is sharply divided on its use. The...

The sector that extracts the resources needed to power a greener economy has a poor track record on ESG – but new environmental and human rights rules are forcing improvements....

With the region’s sustainable debt market nearly tripling last year, formal guidelines and definitions look likely to follow as policymakers are urged to express a view The sustainable debt market...

Growing regulatory activity around sustainable finance has so far led to fragmentation, rather than harmonisation, and created opportunities for 'rules shopping' The regulation of sustainable finance is evolving quickly around...

Science-based targets to help narrow a global $100tn investment gap The next eight years will be vital in the fight against the climate emergency. Greenhouse gas emissions must halve by...