Zero: The Climate Race

Is this the end of Canada's climate ambitions?

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Canada elected Mark Carney as prime minister, there was hope that the country would pursue climate policies. That hope was crushed after Carney s...

How China’s engineering mindset won the clean-tech race

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In his new book Breakneck, tech analyst Dan Wang argues China’s engineering mindset has given it an edge in all sorts of domains, including clim...

Bloomberg Australia: How Australia’s Climate Fight Was Rekindled

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has suffered a major climate setback, losing its bid to host next year’s COP summit in Adelaide. At the same time, the Coalition has r...

Climate summits are working as they were designed: poorly

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last two weeks, tens of thousands of people took to the city of Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon river, for the annual United Nations climat...

Al Gore: Fossil fuel companies are destabilizing democracy and environment

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climate solutions are here, they’re just not evenly distributed. So says former US Vice President Al Gore, who remains staunchly optimistic that...

Al Gore says 'We may have passed peak Trump'

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former US Vice President Al Gore is one of the grandees of the climate world and knows just how much power America can wield on the international stag...

Exxon thinks it can count carbon better

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most oil company CEOs have turned their back on COP30, but not ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, who this year attended his third COP conference in a row. ...

Searching for climate solutions in the Amazon

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

COP30 negotiations have officially started, and began with a fight about what to put on the agenda. While not completely unexpected for these enormous...

At COP30, the economic logic of climate action is up for debate

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

World leaders are gathering in Belem, Brazil, for the COP30 climate negotiations, but what will be achieved? Brazil hasn’t given much indication...

What did 10 years of the Paris Agreement actually achieve?

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Paris Agreement was a huge deal when it was signed in 2015 at COP21. But after 10 years and $10 trillion dollars invested into decarbonizing our e...

The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just three companies control the lion’s share of the $120 billion global market for industrial gases: Linde, Air Liquide & Air Products. And...

The ‘science’ behind economics explains the big problems we face

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From trade wars to skyrocketing tech valuations, governments and investors seem to be making economically irrational moves. As the world heads into an...

What climate tech is overhyped and what's not

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's always big ideas in the climate technology space, but it can be hard to get your head around all the different types of technologies making wa...

US fossil fuels vs. Chinese clean tech, who’s winning on exports?

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a battle underway to win the energy export market between the world’s two largest economies: The US wants the world to buy its fos...

Renewables promised to be cheap. Why aren’t people feeling it?

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UK used to be a shining example of how to act on climate change. It created one of the world’s first climate laws in 2008, which bound the g...

Big Take: AI data centers use a lot of energy. You may be paying for it

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI needs a lot of energy — and a new Bloomberg investigation has found that those soaring costs are being passed on to consumers who live near d...

A return to coal? AI’s demand for gas turbines risks a new crisis: Bottlenecks Series

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rising power demand from data centers for artificial intelligence has led to a shortage of the gas turbines needed to generate electricity. This short...

The extraordinary rise of electric cars in developing countries

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Something remarkable is unfolding in developing countries. From Nepal to Costa Rica, more people are buying electric cars than fossil-fuel vehicles, a...

Building monuments to the end of oil

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Monira Al Qadiri says she is pre-empting the end of oil and building monuments to it. As one of the most important contemporary artists of the Middle ...

Formula E shows the mind-boggling speed at which electric cars evolve

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard about Formula 1, right? But do you know about Formula E, its plucky all-electric sibling? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi talks wit...

Your questions answered: Is Donald Trump a climate warrior in disguise?

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we hear from you. Bloomberg Green’s Akshat Rathi answers questions from Zero listeners: Can a decline in trade help fight climate cha...

Big Take: How hot is too hot? The latest science on extreme heat

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly half a million people die every year as a result of extreme heat. That’s more than the total from hurricanes, earthquakes and floods comb...

Best of: Kim Stanley Robinson imagines utopia in 2025

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines the future for a living. And the future is very much upon us. Robinson’s seminal 2020 novel...

The 100-ton device that can stop blackouts in the renewables era: Bottlenecks Series

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In April, Spain suffered a nationwide blackout that lasted nearly a full day. It was a traumatic event for one of Europe’s fastest adopters of s...

Build small, grow fast: Can small modular reactors live up to the hype?

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Electricity demand is soaring, and some think the answer isn’t building bigger, but smaller. That’s the idea behind small modular reactors...

How rich countries can build cheap nuclear power again

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Electricity demand is booming, and it’s not just because of artificial intelligence. So much so that many are ready to revisit the idea of nucle...

How a bunch of students beat big polluters in the world's highest court

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019, a group of law students from Pacific island nations set in motion a case that made it to the world’s highest court: The International C...

Trump’s immigration policy is a nightmare for climate tech

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everywhere you look, it seems like bad news for climate tech. Investments are down, the US government has cut incentives and startups are running out ...

How to fight against Trump’s attack on clean energy

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts almost $500 billion in US clean-energy spending, just as the country was starting to get serious about its climate...

Trumponomics: Will Trump’s bill trigger a ‘Big, Beautiful’ energy crunch?

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we explore how the legislation’s attack on renewable energy may push up electricity bills and damage US competitiveness in AI. The ta...

Why militaries can no longer ignore climate change

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world’s militaries are incredibly polluting, collectively accounting for some 5.5% of global emissions. Western economies are now gearing up...

(Sponsored Content) Stewards of Compassion: Doing Business With Compassion

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to do business with compassion? How can a company marry purpose with profit? We explore that and more with B.Grimm--the Thai conglom...

The UK now has a state-owned clean-energy champion. Can it succeed?

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the UK handed the Labour party a parliamentary majority last July, it promised to build a new state owned energy company called Great British Ene...

What a venture capitalist does when climate tech loses its shine

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climate tech is not the hot investor thesis it once was a couple of years ago. After several record breaking years, and billions of dollars being pour...

Have China’s emissions finally peaked?

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When exactly China’s emissions peak will make a big difference to the fate of the planet. That moment has come, according to Lauri Myllyvirta, c...

There aren’t enough cables to meet rising electricity demand: Bottlenecks Series

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

High-voltage electricity cables are in huge demand around the world, so much so that a lack of cabling has become a bottleneck throttling the clean en...

A skilled worker shortage is becoming an ‘existential’ problem for the energy transition: Bottlenecks Series

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Western economies need to electrify and fast, but where are all the skilled workers going to come from to install the heat pumps, solar panels and bat...

The device throttling the world’s electrified future: Bottlenecks Series

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To slash emissions fast, the formula is simple: electrify everything and clean up the grid. But in practice, progress is slowed by all sorts of bottle...

How carbon removal pioneer Climeworks is tackling its first major layoff

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists are clear that meeting climate goals means ending carbon pollution and drawing down excess CO2 from the air. That’s why carbon-remova...

A trillion-dollar fund manager on climate investing in 2025

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Low-carbon tech investments reached $2.1 trillion last year. But with the whole world trying to work out how to navigate US President Donald Trump&rsq...

How Australia’s natural resources will shape global emissions

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia is in a unique place when it comes to the energy transition. It is the world’s largest exporter of coal and a leading exporter of gas,...

(Sponsored Content) Stewards of Compassion: The Origins of B.Grimm

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What connects Hamburg, the Thai Royal court and the conservation of tigers? A pioneering young pharmacist who wanted to do good in his new home of Tha...

Can Carney transform Canada from climate laggard to leader?

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Canadians elected Mark Carney, leader of the Liberal party, to be their prime minister. Carney is a newcomer to politics, but is well known...

Bloomberg Australia: Will it be a climate election yet again?

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Three years ago, Australia was on the verge of an election dominated by a wave of independent MPs who promised a climate change reckoning. But climate...

Why investors avoid developing countries, and how to change that: Moving Money

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Global investment in clean energy hit a record $2 trillion last year, according to BloombergNEF. But developing countries see only a sliver of that fu...

These 'beautiful' banks are expected to save climate finance: Moving Money

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Developing countries require trillions of dollars a year to transition to clean energy and build climate-resilient infrastructure. So where will the m...

How the financial system can work for climate, not against it: Moving Money

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even with all the turmoil of the past few months, the energy transition isn’t taking a break. Last year, global spending on clean-energy technol...

Is Tesla’s EV supremacy in the rearview mirror?

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There is a lot happening in the world of EVs. In the US, Teslas are being hawked from the White House lawn, while in China, BYD has announced a batter...

Best of: Searching for climate solutions amid the AI hype

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to save the world or end it. The technology’s capacity for data-crunching and problem-saving can he...

How water scarcity is threatening the global economy

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Water scarcity is no longer a distant threat: By 2030, fresh water demand is expected to outpace supply by 40%. The effects of water stress will be fe...

In Barbados, Mia Mottley offers pragmatism and hope from a sinking island

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the time since she became Prime Minister of Barbados in 2018, Mia Mottley has become known as a moral force for action on climate change. The Bridg...

Big Take: A Warming Planet vs. Trump

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since taking office in January, President Trump has set in motion a series of sweeping rollbacks on US climate policy. This comes at a time when gover...

It’s not just Trump. Canada’s climate policies face a bumpy road post-Trudeau

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As President Donald Trump heats up a North American trade war, Canada is already facing big challenges within its own government. Next week, the gover...

Why (almost) everyone hates ESG right now

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world of ESG regulation and investing was already suffering a period of shaky confidence even before President Donald Trump returned to the White ...

As COP16 resumes in Rome, biodiversity funding is on the line

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last October, delegates from around the world met in Cali, Colombia to discuss ways to protect the planet’s biodiversity. After a promising brea...

Green growth is expensive. The global economy can afford it.

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we keep climate action alive in a fracturing world? “Today we live in an age where we actually have the solutions– technologically,...

The UK’s £200 billion plan for carbon-free power by 2030

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UK government has pledged to achieve 95% clean power by 2030. It's an ambitious, tough goal – and even tougher to accomplish while reducing ...

What happens to the energy transition with the US exiting the Paris Agreement?

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With President Donald Trump back in office, the US is leaving the Paris Agreement for the second time. Unlike in 2017, this withdrawal is set to have ...

Best of: COP30 president on how Brazil is looking to supercharge climate action

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Plans are already underway for COP30 to pick up the baton and tackle COP29's unfinished business. The 2025 climate conference is set to take place in ...

To understand Trump's climate moves in his second term, look to the Reagan years

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Akshat Rathi speaks to Yale historian Paul Sabin about whether recent presidential history might hold some...

Will the LA fires unleash a wave of climate migrants?

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the blazes in Los Angeles continue to burn, those who have lost their homes are contending with the immediate need for shelter– and difficult...

Odd Lots: This is how China builds so much nuclear power

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the US right now, there is a lot of talk about a so-called "nuclear revival," though it remains to be seen whether that translates into action. Mea...

If 1.5C is dead, what happens next?

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In December, Europe’s Copernicus weather service announced that it was “virtually certain” that 2024 would be the hottest year ever....

Kim Stanley Robinson imagines utopia in 2025

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines the future for a living. And the future is very much upon us. Robinson’s seminal 2020 novel...

Best of: How the humble refrigerator changed the world

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The “cold chain” that delivers our food is inconspicuous but vast. The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space...

TED Talks Daily : Capitalism broke the climate. Now it can fix it

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Capitalism can be blamed for worsening the climate crisis, says journalist Akshat Rathi, but it can also be used to drive the solutions to fix it. In ...

Cutting through the climate tech hype and looking for profit

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Reporter Akshat Rathi speaks to Eric Toone of Breakthrough Energy Ventures about what’s hype and what’s not in the world of energy startup...

What Thomas Edison’s legacy looks like in the 21st century

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

General Electric Co was officially founded in 1892, when several of inventor Thomas Edison's ventures were consolidated into one company. From then on...

COP29's last-minute deal is a miracle and a mess

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It went well past the official deadline, late into the night – but finally, COP29 ended with a deal. Hardly anyone felt victorious. Back from Baku, ...

Step aside, COP29. How Brazil is looking to supercharge COP30

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Plans are already underway for COP30 to pick up the baton-- and tackle COP29's unfinished business. Next year’s climate conference is set to take pl...

The White House’s outgoing climate czar weighs in on Trump

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At COP29 in Baku, Akshat Rathi is joined on stage at Bloomberg Green’s live event by Ali Zaidi, President Biden’s National Climate Advisor. Zaidi ...

Big Take: COP29 confronts tensions over funding clean energy transition

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Climate leaders from around the world have convened in Baku, Azerbaijan for the UN’s biggest annual climate conference, COP29. And this year, it’s...

What is the Exxon CEO doing on a climate podcast?

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Reporter Akshat Rathi sits down with ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, who made his second-ever appearance at the United Nations climate conference. Woods ...

The world needs climate leadership. Can Azerbaijan step up?

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zero is in Baku, Azerbaijan, where delegates and heads of state from around the world have gathered for COP29.  Can a petrostate make a summit on dec...

Trump is coming back. Now what?

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump’s re-election as the US president drastically changes the climate and energy equation—in the US and around the world. This week, Aksh...

Listen Now: US Election Coverage on Bloomberg Podcasts

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Be in the know this election with Bloomberg Podcasts. Follow Bloomberg News Now for up-to-the minute election results, all night long. And go deeper w...

Best of: 2C or not 2C? That is the question. Climate summits as Shakespeare would see them.

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In fractured times, what does it take to reach agreement? That’s the question writers Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson set out to explore in a play abou...

Big Take: How China’s BYD became the king of affordable electric cars

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Started as a battery company in the 1990s in Shenzhen, BYD is now one of the best-selling EV brands in the world. Once mocked by Elon Musk, the compan...

Vinod Khosla is trying to change Elon Musk’s mind on Trump, the economy and climate

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Republican and Democratic canvassers make their final push to get out the US vote, the famed tech investor Vinod Khosla has been making the case fo...

The backlash against EVs is growing. Uber is pushing back.

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Electric vehicle sales have hit the brakes in Europe and the US in recent months, as cost-conscious drivers have opted for cars with exhaust pipes ins...

Who wins when 'hurricane investors' gamble on catastrophes

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Florida reels from the impact of Hurricane Milton, some Wall Street investors appear to be on track to profit from catastrophe bonds tied to the st...

The fight over finance brewing at COP29: Moving Money

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Next month, when delegates from around the world meet in Baku, Azerbaijan at COP29, the biggest questions on the table will have to do with money. Can...

Colombia is quitting fossil fuels. Can it convince other countries to follow its lead?

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if major economies all just agreed to quit fossil fuels  — together? To date, 13 countries have signed a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty. ...

Inside the race to open the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists have been trying to understand — and mimic — the way the sun produces energy for centuries. But recreating the energy-generating proces...

Trump vs Harris: What you need to know about their climate plans

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a little more than six weeks, Americans will cast their votes in a presidential election that has enormous stakes for the future of the planet. Thi...

War and peace-building on a heating planet

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weather patterns have always had an impact on people and civilizations. Historians argue that El Niño may have contributed to the French Revolution, ...

Big Take: The billion-dollar promise of flying taxis

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After years of research and development and billions in investment, autonomous flying taxis are finally poised to take off. Companies working on these...

The sleek, fuel-saving airplanes coated with synthetic shark skin

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Achieving net-zero carbon emissions is a massive challenge for every industry, but some have it harder than others.  This week, Bloomberg Green senio...

The greenest reason to drill: clean geothermal power that's always on

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Before he founded the geothermal startup Fervo in 2017, Tim Latimer was a drilling engineer for the oil and gas industry — a job he loved. “Honest...

How the humble refrigerator changed the world

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The “cold chain” that delivers our food is inconspicuous but vast. The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space; that’...

Healthy? Extreme heat could still threaten your life

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Zero, reporter Akshat Rathi sits down with Renee Salas, an emergency medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Med...

Wires carrying twice the power show the future: The Grid Series

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Upgrading the grid for a net-zero world isn’t just a matter of building new infrastructure. Yes, miles of additional cables will be needed, as will ...

The unstoppable march toward electrification: The Grid Series

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the world moves away from fossil fuels, the electricity grid will need to be able to handle a greater and greater load. In the second installment o...

Upgrading the world’s biggest machine: The Grid Series

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Even before we turn on a light switch or plug an appliance into an electric outlet, the atoms that power our daily life have traveled a long journey a...

The climate activist trying to change banks from the inside

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lucie Pinson is a climate activist focused on the banks that fund fossil fuel projects. But she doesn’t march, chant, picket corporate headquarters,...

Stacey Abrams on how kitchen-table decisions can cut emissions

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At the Bloomberg Green Festival, Akshat Rathi sits down with voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and Ari Matusiak, who leads the nonprofit Rewiring A...

An oil lobbyist gets the Shakespearean treatment in ‘Kyoto’

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In fractured times, what does it take to reach agreement? That’s the question writers Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson set out to explore in a new play ...

There are now 800 carbon removal startups. How many is too many?

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tackling climate change now requires not just reducing planet-warming emissions to zero, but also finding a way to draw down existing carbon dioxide f...

Why Bill Gates is investing big in nuclear power

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this month, tech billionaire Bill Gates broke ground on a new nuclear plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming– a historic coal town. Gates tells Zero why...

Making sense of “compound” climate impacts in a time of global weirding

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are living through the hottest year on record. That’s not news, but growing climate impacts make bigger and bigger news. At 1.3C of warming beyon...