Policy

Right wing think tank accuses Climate Change Committee of overly optimistic clean tech cost estimates, but supporters of climate action counter that latest criticisms fail to recognise risks associated with continued reliance on fossil fuels

New analysis warns tree-planting carried out over the next five years will play crucial role in meeting net zero by 2050 targets

Leading experts in energy markets, conflict, and geopolitics weigh-in on how the White House's expansionist ambitions are being influenced by fossil fuel interests and climate risks

New guidance from Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals aims to help balance demands for clean energy generation, food production, and biodiversity protection

VIDEO: Caroline Bush, an associate director in law firm Osborne Clarke's environment team, reflects on the UK's Biodiversity Net Gain rules, assessing nature risk, and the changing landscape for environmental and climate regulation and legislation

New Oxfam GB analysis shows each of member of the UK’s richest 0.1 per cent emits more carbon in eight days than someone in the bottom 50 per cent does in a year

Riyadh releases new Nationally Determined Contribution, Meta inks new nuclear deals, and Germany sets new renewables records

The Trump administration may be bent on undermining global climate action and engineering an oil boom, but governments and businesses still have it within their power to accelerate decarbonisation

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: January 2026 part one

Government proposals to exempt small sites from BNG rules signals a disappointing lack of ambition and understanding of how the sectors have already mobilised to support this new market, writes Forsters lawyer Polly Montoneri