Business Green

Global Briefing: China curtails record amount of wind and solar, as coal generation rebounds

China’s wind and solar curtailment rose by 49 per cent during H1, jet fuel made from tropical fruit scoops $3bn funding, and Walmart sets new emissions target

07 August 2026 • 11 min read

How grid constraints are shaping large-scale data centre deployment across Europe

Data centre developers increasingly favouring sites with existing grid connections and in markets with abundant renewables amid queueing times of almost a decade, BNEF finds

06 August 2026 • 5 min read

Summertime silence

The right of British politics has stepped up its attacks on climate action in recent weeks, so why has the rest of the political spectrum largely failed to seize the 'teachable moment' presented by crippling heatwaves to highlight the vital importance...

04 August 2026 • 4 min read

A hot messy summer

As the wildfires rage, what passes for climate discourse on the right of British politics is plumbing depressing new depths

31 July 2026 • 9 min read

Global Briefing: Four-in-five countries failed to meet deadline for tackling 'harmful' subsidies

Just 21 countries met a target to identify all environmentally 'harmful' subsidies, Spain rolls out new EV incentives, and Canberra reveals next stage of strategy to reach net zero by 2045

31 July 2026 • 8 min read

UK drought: Crop harvests at severe risk of collapse

31 July 2026 • 5 min read