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Leslie Hook

Environment and clean energy correspondent

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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    AnalysisClimate change
    Extreme mega-fires force rethink on fighting blazes

    Australia is among those to witness sharp rise in number of pyro-cumulonimbus events

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Mark Carney
    Carney takes on climate finance role ahead of talks

    BoE governor joins UK efforts to persuade more countries to cut emissions

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Australia
    Australian navy begins evacuation of thousands stranded on coast

    Return of hot and windy conditions piles pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison 

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    Swedish activist Greta Thunberg put the backlash against air travel centre stage

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
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    LA may force Uber to use electric vehicles, mayor says

    Eric Garcetti says cities must take decisive action on climate change 

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
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    Have we reached ‘peak meat’?

    Slowing consumption of beef and pork has been exacerbated by health scares and environmental concerns

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
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    Quantifying the weather-related costs from climate change is still a difficult job

  • Sunday, 22 December, 2019
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    Australia’s PM refuses to change climate policy after deadly fires

    Scott Morrison apologises for going on holiday to Hawaii as bushfires claim 8 lives

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  • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
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    UN climate talks undone by ‘ghost from the past’

    Legacy of carbon credits created under 1997 Kyoto protocol turned into fatal obstacle

  • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
    Climate change
    Climate talks break up with no agreement on carbon trading

    Longest-ever round of negotiations fails to make progress on key issue

  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    Climate change
    UN climate talks go into overtime as countries fail to agree

    Inability to sign off on new carbon trading scheme means negotiations will go into weekend

  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    Climate change
    Boom times are back for carbon offsetting industry

    Pledges from big corporations fire up market that crashed a decade ago

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    Big investors turn screw over climate pollution disclosure 

    Asset managers including TCI, BNP Paribas and Legal & General lead charge on emissions reporting

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
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    Splits over climate policy risk derailing UN summit

    Disagreement on global carbon trading market could stall a deal at COP25 gathering

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    FT writers answer your questions on the economic impact of various climate scenarios

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    Hedge fund TCI vows to punish directors over climate change

    Manager seeks disclosure of emissions as he accuses other investors of ‘greenwash’

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