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              Simon Mundy

              Moral Money Editor

              Simon Mundy is the Moral Money Editor at the Financial Times, covering sustainability issues for the award-winning Moral Money platform and across the wider FT. He joined the FT in Johannesburg to cover Southern Africa, before a period writing on the London business sector. He then spent seven years in Asia, heading the FT bureaux in Seoul and Mumbai, before two years travelling across six continents to research Race for Tomorrow, a book on the global scramble to respond to climate change.
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              • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
                Moral Money
                Green venture finance weathers the storm Premium content

                VC funding into green technology is down but there’s more to the story

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              • Monday, 6 January, 2025
                Moral Money
                Tesla, BYD, and a two-speed global transition Premium content

                China is far outpacing the west in the shift to electric vehicles

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              • Friday, 3 January, 2025
                Moral Money
                Five green finance questions for 2025 Premium content

                The new year will bring tough challenges for investors in the energy transition

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              • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
                Moral Money
                A moment of truth for green financial alliances Premium content

                Also in today’s newsletter, a new network for sustainability reporting in developing nations

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              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Business InsightCarbon offset
                It’s time for a shift in approach to carbon credits

                After a slump in the market, more rigour and a change in incentives is needed

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              • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
                Moral Money
                Experts raise alarm over carbon credit risks Premium content

                Standards body hit by criticism over forest projects decision

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              • Monday, 9 December, 2024
                Moral Money
                A closer look at the World Bank’s new $100bn mobilisation target Premium content

                Lender’s International Development arm plans to stretch its balance sheet with greater leverage

                World Bank president Ajay Bang at the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington earlier this year
              • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
                News in-depthSouth Korea Politics & Policy
                Who is Yoon Suk Yeol, the man behind South Korea’s political crisis?

                President’s leadership has been marred by dysfunction, culminating in ill-fated decision to impose martial law

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              • Monday, 2 December, 2024
                Moral Money
                US boardrooms: still a white man’s world? Premium content

                Also in today’s newsletter, a green argument for EU financial integration

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              • Monday, 25 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                Making sense of the COP29 outcome Premium content

                A greater focus on catalytic public finance will be needed

                Simon Stiell and Mukhtar Babayev embrace
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                COP29 struggles to break climate finance deadlock Premium content

                Wealthy and developing nations in disagreement on crucial issues as climate summit nears its close

                Mukhtar Babayev scratches his forehead
              • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                COP29: The selfish case for climate finance Premium content

                New academic paper argues climate-focused grant finance is in rich countries’ economic interest

                Pedro Sánchez speaking at a rostrum at COP29
              • Monday, 18 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                The search for targeted taxes to fund climate action Premium content

                Body backed by Barbados, France and Kenya outlines options for new levies

                People holding umbrellas in the rain outside the entrance to the COP29 summit
              • Friday, 15 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                COP29: A new plan for finding climate cash Premium content

                International expert report provides fresh ideas for UN climate negotiations

                Protesters hold a banner reading: ‘PAY UP & PHASE OUT’
              • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                COP29’s carbon trading deal: quick win or damaging precedent? Premium content

                Early agreement on carbon market guidelines has divided opinion

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              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                COP29: Negotiators dig in for fierce climate cash struggle Premium content

                EU and US face pushback over effort to widen pool of climate finance contributors

                People infront of a COP29 sign in Baku, Azerbaijan
              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                Special ReportManaging Climate Change
                Transition to clean energy falters as green tech funding falls short

                Businesses that develop technology to lower emissions are grappling with higher borrowing costs that have stifled growth

                A view of a windfarm on open moorland
              • Friday, 8 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                Four things for green investors to watch in Trump’s second term Premium content

                The president-elect will bring major changes to energy and environmental policy

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              • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                Biden’s climate legacy in focus as US prepares for Trump’s return Premium content

                Next administration set to take a radically different approach to energy policy

                Joe Biden points his finger
              • Monday, 4 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                The corporate researchers hoping to help fend off the next pandemic Premium content

                Abbott Laboratories’ ‘virus hunters’ are tracking disease risks exacerbated by climate change

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              • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
                Environment
                UN summit agrees deal on genetic data but fails on wider finance to protect nature

                Pharma and agritech groups among those expected to make payments for information drawn from the living world

              • Friday, 1 November, 2024
                Moral Money
                What the UK Budget means for green growth Premium content

                Government’s fiscal statement spooked bond market but cheered green groups

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              • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
                Moral Money
                Genetic data debate pits nature conservation against tech innovation Premium content

                Also in today’s newsletter, can biodiversity credits avoid the blowback that’s hit the carbon credit market?

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              • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
                Environment
                Pharma and agritech groups push against biodiversity levy at UN summit

                One contentious proposal seeks to impose 1% levy on returns from products made using genetic data

                Stilt walkers in colourful costumes perform during a parade. A crowd of spectators, some holding flags and taking photos, watches the performance.
              • Monday, 28 October, 2024
                Moral Money
                Companies grapple with the ‘nature transition’ — but what does it mean? Premium content

                Also in today’s newsletter, an interview with the UN’s biodiversity head

                A person walks by a manhole cover bearing the multi-coloured COP16 logo
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