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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

Policy

What can businesses learn from the New Climate Economy report?

Nicolette Bartlett explains how the private sector can embrace green measures to boost growth

clock 07 July 2015 •

Policy

New Climate Economy's 10 ways to solve climate change

Major new report says world must invest $1tr per year in renewable energy and energy efficiency

clock 07 July 2015 • 3 min read

Policy

How a Paris deal can tackle climate change and boost the economy

New Climate Economy report urges countries to commit to 10 measures that will close emissions gap by 2030

clock 07 July 2015 •

Policy

Green energy industry slams Chancellor over planned subsidy review

RenewableUK warns government could jeopardise billions of pounds in investment in wind power after reports said it was planning review of Levy Control Framework

clock 06 July 2015 •

Taxation

Chancellor urged to fight EU over Green Deal VAT ruling

Coalition of 42 businesses ask Treasury to use mini-Budget this week to restore investor certainty in energy efficiency sector

clock 06 July 2015 •

Policy

The immaculately-worded pronouncements of the CCC

RenewableUK's Maf Smith urges the government to heed the advice of the Committee on Climate Change's latest report

clock 06 July 2015 •

Policy

UK energy sector must decarbonise by 2030, says UN-backed report

Deep Decarbonisation Pathway Project says UK government must commit to step change in energy policies in order to meet 2050 target

clock 06 July 2015 •

Climate change

The Paris climate summit will give businesses certainty to invest in low carbon

Caroline Flint says Labour will fight hard in Parliament to to boost the UK's ambition in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

clock 06 July 2015 •

Buildings

London's West End could tackle pollution problem with new 'green corridor'

Crown Estate unveils "Wild West End" project that aims to boost biodiversity across central London

clock 03 July 2015 •

Risk

UK fracking boom could harm climate and house prices, admits secret government report

Unredacted version of controversial Defra report highlights environmental risks of shale gas

clock 02 July 2015 •