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Jessica Shankleman

Jessica Shankleman

Deputy Editor

Jessica Shankleman joined the company as a reporter in 2010 and left December 2015. 

She regularly took responsibility for BusinessGreen's leading news and analysis as well as managing the site's content hubs.

Jessica is a leading commentator in the low carbon sector, writing for the Guardian as well as appearing on BBC World News, Radio 4 and Al Jazeera to discuss business and environment issues.

She produces a wide range of news and analysis for BusinessGreen, focusing on issues including project finance, energy, technology and supply chain management. She also contributes to much of BusinessGreen's multimedia and data visualisation content.

Jessica is an award-winning journalist who prior to joining BusinessGreen worked for renewable energy industry magazine reNews.

She qualified from Cardiff University in 2009 with a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. While there, she won an NCTJ Top Scoop Award for Excellence in Journalism for an exclusive story on the discovery of an unencrypted memory stick containing confidential child protection information.

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Articles by Jessica Shankleman

Investment

Businesses hail historic climate deal as 'economic catalyst'

But UK businesses demand more action at home on back of Paris Agreement

clock 12 December 2015 •

Policy

What does a global climate deal mean for the UK?

Paris Agreement should give UK more confidence to back renewable energy and make deep emissions cuts, say onlookers

clock 12 December 2015 •

Policy

Paris Agreement commits world to low carbon future

UPDATED: Paris Summit delivers historic international climate deal

clock 12 December 2015 •

Policy

Video: Paris deal sends 'powerful message' to businesses and investors

BusinessGreen caught up with Michael Jacobs at the Paris climate talks to understand how the Paris agreement could impact on markets

clock 12 December 2015 •

Policy

Paris climate talks: Week two in pictures

From square bracketed protests to press huddles, we highlight some of the more colourful moments of COP21 this week

clock 11 December 2015 •

Politics

India warns success 'not guaranteed' at Paris climate talks as stand off escalates

Shri Prakash Javadekar says rich countries need to be more flexible, as 'high ambition coalition' reiterates its red lines

clock 11 December 2015 •

Policy

COP21 live blog: Countries agree to global climate deal

BusinessGreen brings you the latest news and analysis from the COP21 negotiations

clock 11 December 2015 •

Policy

Paris climate talks face delays after tense night of negotiations

COP President Laurent Fabius reportedly confirms new text now delayed until Saturday with ministers expected to break off into smaller groups in bid to reach compromises

clock 11 December 2015 • 4 min read

Policy

COP21: Could Paris deal draw on UK Climate Change Act?

Success for Amber Rudd would see a system of five-yearly reviews, similar to those delivered through the UK Climate Change Act, included in Paris Agreement

clock 10 December 2015 •

Policy

Energy Minister: UK has 'moral authority' to call for global climate action

Lord Bourne insists Britain will be climate leader in 2030, falling out of top 25 emitters

clock 10 December 2015 •