The Business Times

Pilita Clark

FT

Rooftop solar capacity supplied 13 per cent of Australia’s electricity in the first half of this year.

Cheaper, greener power is on the way

As long as anti-net-zero populists don’t throttle it in the cradle

Gen Z workers are more than twice as likely to want to be chief executive as Gen X-ers in their 40s and 50s, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

Why you should be glad if your next boss is a young striver

Today’s newest workers have overcome hurdles that would have seemed preposterous to their older colleagues

A waste sorting plant in Erftstadt, Germany. Recycling is far from easy, even in rich countries, which is why it is estimated that only about 9 per cent of global plastic waste is recycled.

UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics

Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution

A person enters a Starbucks in New York City on January 14, 2025. Wall Street stocks mostly fell early January 13, 2025 as Treasury bond yields lingered at a high level while markets looked ahead to earnings and economic data releases. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

The exasperating state of modern marketing

Why is simple, straightforward clarity beyond so many organisations?

TOPSHOT - This underwater photo taken on June 14, 2024 shows Black Turtle Dive conservation teacher Sandra Rubio (R) and her 14-year-old conservation and citizen science student Nannalin "Fleur" Pornprasertsom (L) surveying bleached corals around Koh Tao island in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani. Coral bleaching has been recorded in over 60 countries since early 2023, threatening reefs that are key to ocean biodiversity and support fishing and tourism industries globally, and that death spiral is everywhere in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand around Koh Tao. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / To go with 'THAILAND-OCEANS-CONSERVATION-CORAL,FOCUS' by Sara HUSSEIN
THE BOTTOM LINE

The new wave of climate claptrap

From Musk to Project 2025, the twaddle keeps on coming

Smoke from a chimney in Harbin, China.

What if global emissions went down instead of up?

That turning point could be closer than you think and its consequences may be profound

Climate change and finance are two chronically abbreviation-heavy sectors (eg QELROS: Quantified Emissions Limitation and Reduction Objectives)
THE BOTTOM LINE

The unstoppable advance of the acronym

Resistance to irksome abbreviations has proved futile so let’s enjoy the best of them

The closing session of the COP27 climate conference, on Nov 20, 2022. This year's meeting in Egypt is the 27th in the series, and like last year's in Glasgow, is a monster compared to its forebears.

The COP jamboree desperately needs a reboot

Even many participants in these UN-sponsored events say that the meetings are no longer fit for purpose

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