Policy

Government insiders are briefing they want to cut heat pump grants that disproportionately go to wealthier households, but there is a strong case for a universal roll out of a technology that cuts emissions and enhances energy security

BusinessGreen's latest roundtable heard from senior sustainability execs about how they are developing and accelerating transition plans amid political turbulence and policy instability

Reports suggest government is considering cuts to heat pump, CCS, and hydrogen schemes, and could confirm watering down of Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate

Countries must come to COP and set out specific plans for how they will remove the barriers and make the infrastructure investments that businesses need to electrify the global economy, writes WBCSD's CEO and president Peter Bakker

Plus: New Zealand's emissions hit record high; EU critical materials projects; and Google's PPA with Constellation Energy, in our round of the top green business news from around the world this week

A deal has reportedly been agreed to integrate the UK' and EU Emissions Trading Systems in a potential boost to the carbon market

Around 65 per cent of the British public are now concerned about climate change

Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali secures comfortable victory in byelection, as Greens' Zack Polanski says he intends to remain as leader

Pacific island nations call on governments to place limiting global warming to 1.5C, accelerating pace of electrification, conserving oceans, and boosting climate finance at heart of COP31 talks

Climate Minister Katie White calls on green businesses to seize opportunity offered by creation of new industries to tackle the structural barriers still faced by women across the economy