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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, 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Moral Money
    Five takeaways on the state of biodiversity finance Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, the outlook for US solar manufacturers as election looms

    Speakers at the first day of sessions at the COP16 biodiversity conference
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    Moral Money
    Do businesses need to care about biodiversity? Premium content

    As COP16 kicks off, questions swirl over the value of corporate disclosure of nature-related risks

    A Bengal tiger rests in a bush in Ranthambhore National Park in Jaipur, India
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Moral Money
    US oil companies risk an unexpectedly large bill  Premium content

    Investor group alleges that US oil and gas groups are breaking the rules on corporate financial disclosure

    A flame rises above an oil well
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