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Despite signs that inflation may have peaked in Europe, investors are naturally fearful that another bout may be lurking around the corner. Expectations over the future direction of inflation are pivotal in determining investor allocation between various assets - cash, bonds, equities, currencies, commodities, etc. Nevertheless, asset markets tend to be
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The case for carbon-linked bonds
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Over the past few months I have created a number of deep dives into the most important engineered carbon removal technologies: biochar, bio energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and direct air capture (DAC) - see here, here and here if you missed them or want to remind yourself how
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Paying coal plants to retire early is a viable route to net zero
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When you think of carbon offsets and individual consumers, what normally comes to mind are airlines giving passengers the option to offset the emissions involved with jetting off on holiday, or taking a business trip. Other parts of the travel industry, such as the hotel sector, have begun offering carbon
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Climate change threatens hydropower's under-appreciated role in the energy transition
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“Our society is being propelled forward by several new innovations - computing and artificial intelligence, renewable electricity and energy storage, breakthroughs in biology and manufacturing. These innovations are improving in ways that we don’t yet fully understand. What makes them unique is the fact they are developing: at an exponential
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Workers in Europe are about to leave their desks behind, and depart for the beaches of the Med, bracing themselves for the brutal heatwave afflicting much of southern Europe. For Europe’s carbon traders looking to escape the volatility for a couple of weeks, the EU carbon market often has
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The state of play in the UK carbon market
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The overall carbon intensity of US electricity generation has declined by around one-third during the 21st Century, from 538 grams of CO₂ emitted per kilowatt-hour (gCO2 per kWh) in 2001 to 367 gCO2 per kWh in 2022. The US compares favourably to the global average (436 gCO2 per
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Delay in implementing levy on global shipping emissions leaves decarbonisation all at sea
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BP is often derided for vacuous slogan’s like “Beyond Petroleum”. However, the oil major was a pioneer in implementing unconventional ideas that have since been instrumental in cutting emissions. In a speech at Stanford University in May 1997, BP CEO John Browne (now Lord Browne) announced that BP would