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Michael Holder

Michael Holder

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Michael Holder is BusinessGreen's Editor, providing news, features, analysis and videos for the site. He is particularly interested in politics, clean tech innovation, culture and behaviour change, regenerative agriculture, and the transition away from fossil fuels.

Michael has been covering environmental topics as an NCTJ-qualified journalist for over a decade, initially focusing on recycling, energy from waste and air pollution, and now covering the breadth of the burgeoning net zero economy with BusinessGreen.

He has reported on the climate and biodiversity crises from around the world, on issues ranging from cocoa farming in Ghana, carbon capture and storage in Norway, and the emerging hydrogen economy in Germany, in addition to covering six UN climate summits in Bonn, Madrid, Glasgow, Sharm El Sheikh, the UAE, and Azerbaijan.

As well as chairing panels and webinars, Michael has frequently appeared on TV and radio as a commentator on environmental and climate issues.

Michael posts on BlueSky @michaelholder.bsky.social, and can also be found on LinkedIn.

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Articles by Michael Holder

Risk

FCA moves to expand climate risk reporting rules for UK investors

Financial Conduct Authority consults on expanding TCFD risk disclosure rules to cover asset managers, life insurers, and regulated pension providers

clock 23 June 2021 • 3 min read

Technology

'Flying is not the enemy': UK aviation sector touts fresh carbon reduction goals

Industry group Sustainable Aviation targets 15 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 and 40 per cent cut by 2040 on flight path to net zero

clock 22 June 2021 • 5 min read

Technology

'Major breakthrough for steel industry': Swedish plant produces sponge iron using hydrogen

HYBRIT venture between Vattenfall, LKAB, and SSAB hails critical milestone on path to zero carbon steelmaking

clock 22 June 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Carbon pricing, risk disclosure, and net zero: Can the UK build a truly green financial system?

Mandatory finance sector net zero goals, strengthened ETS, and nature-based risk disclosure requirements among Aldersgate Group's demands

clock 22 June 2021 • 7 min read

Climate change

'Independent SAGE' for climate? Top experts launch global Climate Crisis Advisory Group

Featuring Sir David King and the IEA's Fatih Birol, new group plans to offer regular warnings and policy advice on the urgent need to combat climate breakdown

clock 21 June 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

'It's not going to be easy': TNFD co-chair David Craig on developing nature risk disclosure rules

TNFD co-chair and Refinitiv CEO David Craig chats to BusinessGreen about the daunting task of drawing up nature-related risk disclosure guidelines

clock 21 June 2021 • 10 min read

Legislation

'Pace, energy, vision and agility': Government taskforce calls for regulatory overhaul in support of net zero

Taskforce led by several Tory MPs proposes sweeping regulatory reforms to support net zero and green farming – but green businesses remain concerned

clock 17 June 2021 • 9 min read

Solar

Solar industry touts 40GW UK expansion plan

Trade body calls for suite of reforms to support the rapid expansion of solar capacity through to 2030

clock 17 June 2021 • 2 min read

Climate change

'Net zero doesn't solve the problem': Five key lessons from the CCC's climate risk assessment

There are many urgent takeaways from the Climate Change Committee's stark UK climate preparedness assessment - here are the top five

clock 16 June 2021 • 12 min read

Climate change

'We urgently need to prepare': Green figures react to the CCC's climate risk warning

All the top reaction from leading figures across business, politics, academia, think tanks and green groups to the CCC's latest assessment of the UK's preparedness for climate change

clock 16 June 2021 • 11 min read