Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

Today in London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Think of who or what are the world's greatest climate offenders.

Odds are, you're not thinking about buildings.

The property industry has an enormous carbon footprint, one that has to be shrunk if climate

pledges are going to be met.

And before the invasion of Ukraine, Raman Ritushni lobbied successfully to preserve a pristine

strip of forest in his native Kiev.

Our obituary editor looks back on the life of a young man who was soon drawn into a far

larger fight to save what he loved.

In the central Ukrainian city of Kremlin shock, officials said that at least 18 people had

been killed when a Russian missile hit a shopping center yesterday.

In the ancient rockets, you can only see a single object from the weapon terrorists.

President Vladimir Zelensky called the strike an act of terror, accusing the Russian state

of intentionally targeting civilians.

That will weigh heavily on the minds of NATO leaders who are meeting in Madrid today

for perhaps their most important summit in generations.

The alliance had for years been perceived as increasingly irrelevant, but now that war

on Europe's doorstep has energized it enormously, it has to work on its game plan.

NATO last published its strategic concept.

This is like a vision statement for the alliance back in 2010.

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