ocean warming stays near record levels

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Visual and data journalism myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. This article is an on-site version of our Climate Graphic: Explained newsletter. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox each Sunday. The world’s ocean temperatures remained at elevated levels in May … Read more

US states send delegates to EU for advice on green policy

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world US states are sending bipartisan delegations to Brussels to seek advice on climate policy, especially carbon pricing schemes, in the face of the Trump administration’s deepening opposition to green measures. Lawmakers from states … Read more

Why the world cannot quit coal

On the day the Paris climate pact was signed, nearly a decade ago, it seemed as if world leaders were finally on the same page. They agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C, in an effort to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Reaching that goal would require rapidly curbing … Read more

Meanwhile, in the British army…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. FT Alphaville doesn’t write extensively about the military, probably the only walk of life in which people abuse jargon and acronyms more than finance. Still, word reached us from military think-tank RUSI’s two-day Land Warfare … Read more

China delays approval of $35bn US chip merger amid Donald Trump’s trade war

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A $35bn US semiconductor industry merger is being delayed by Beijing’s antitrust regulator, after Donald Trump tightened chip export controls against China in a move that exacerbated trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. … Read more