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Leslie Hook

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Leslie Hook reports from ​London on carbon, the environment and the renewable energy transition worldwide. ​Her previous roles at the FT include San​ ​Francisco correspondent, Lex writer and Beijing correspondent. Prior to that she was at the Wall Street Journal.

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  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
    Heathrow expansion
    Heathrow third runway battle resumes in court

    Activists rely on net zero emissions pledge in seeking judicial review for second time

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
    UK financial regulation
    Watchdog seeks company disclosure of climate risk

    FCA would go beyond government requirements in ramping up policy demands

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    Natural gas
    European Investment Bank postpones natural gas lending decision

    Vote to stop funding projects would extend clampdown on fossil fuel use

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Extinction Rebellion
    Donations pour in as Extinction Rebellion goes global

    Radiohead, Emma Thompson and Getty heiress join crowdfunding surge

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    News in Focus podcast10 min listen
    Could micro-organisms revolutionise our food?

    Entrepreneurs seek alternative sources of protein to meet growing demand

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Greta Thunberg
    Climate salvation shouldn’t rest on teenage shoulders 

    That Greta Thunberg is tipped to win the Nobel Peace Prize shows what is wrong with the debate

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Amazon rainforest
    Brazil tells rich countries to pay up to protect Amazon

    Environment minister Ricardo Salles calls for $12bn in aid and rejects boycott threat

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Waste management & recycling
    Creation of a circular economy will require extreme action

    Radical thinking is needed in how we buy and discard goods

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Commodities
    Clean energy shares streak ahead of fossil fuel stocks

    Sharp fall in wind and solar costs has made renewables cheaper than coal and gas

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  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    How Britain ended its coal addiction

    The shift in the UK is an important victory for environmentalists in their fight against fossil fuels

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Sea level rises faster as polar ice melts, warns UN report

    Landmark UN report lays bare severe risk to coastal cities and low-lying islands

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Thunberg tells UN ‘we will never forgive you’: summit latest 

    UK’s Johnson makes five-year promise and France’s Macron links trade talks to climate pledge

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Climate change
    World leaders call for action to avert ‘apocalyptic’ climate change

    More than 60 heads of state make commitments to tackle warming planet

  • Sunday, 22 September, 2019
    FT CollectionsClamour for climate action podcast12 min listen
    Podcast: China in the spotlight at UN climate summit

    How is the world’s biggest emitter tackling global warming?

  • Sunday, 22 September, 2019
    AnalysisThe Week Ahead6 min
    UN on climate change, Labour debates Brexit, Afghan elections

    Josh de la Mare on some of the top stories the FT will be watching this week

  • Saturday, 21 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Protests raise the pressure ahead of climate summit

    Over a million demonstrators across the world call for urgent action on global warming

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Climate strike: ‘Change is coming whether you like it or not’, Greta Thunberg
  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Millions join largest climate protest in history

    Action comes ahead of UN summit at which about 60 countries are set to make commitments

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Tech groups burnish green credentials ahead of climate strikes

    Google and Amazon make commitments to sustainability as protests spread

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    FT Magazine
    Greenland’s climate change gold rush

    Temperatures have risen faster here than anywhere. In towns like Ilulissat, the result is an economic surge

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    Climate change10 min
    Climate change: a cry from the future

    'The future has come to meet us'. Ahead of the UN Climate Summit the FT and the Royal Court collaborate to explore inaction on climate change. Actress Nicola Walker asks why we 'never really learnt how to talk about this'.

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Leading countries blocked from speaking at UN climate summit

    Secretary-general takes tough line on select coal-supporting nations

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    Pollution
    Trump to try to stop California vehicle emissions rules

    US president has attacked move to impose tougher regulations at the state level

  • Sunday, 15 September, 2019
    Climate change
    Survey underscores US scepticism on climate change

    Level of denial is five times as high as fellow big carbon emitters China and India

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Climate change
    UN climate talks set to be held in Glasgow

    Next round of global negotiations could settle fate of Paris accord

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