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Europe’s Climate Leaders

The EU rethinks its criteria for climate reporting as political backlash tests companies’ resolve. Plus: interview with Al Gore; lessons from Northvolt; and the annual FT-Statista list of companies making progress in cutting carbon emissions intensity

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Europe’s Climate Leaders 2025: interactive listing
Annual list highlights companies making progress on cutting carbon emissions
EU considers looser criteria to help countries meet climate goals
Brussels has presented options to member states, including the option to count carbon credits
Wait-and-see is not an option to ensure future climate resilience
The temptation to sit out the political storms is a huge strategic risk no business can afford to take
Financial sector changes tack on climate goals as tide turns
Banks caught between sustainable investing backlash and EU clean energy push
Al Gore: Fossil fuel polluters are ‘panicking’ about losing business
Former US vice-president says lobbying to delay the clean energy transition can only go so far as public attitudes are changing
Northvolt failure raises stakes for Europe’s battery industry
Swedish start-up’s fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the ‘valley of death’

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