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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

Technology

UK green energy entrepreneurs secure £11m funding boost

Green technology projects secure share of up to £11m of government funding to support development of their innovations

clock 04 February 2021 • 2 min read

Investment

Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?

Investors managing portfolios worth trillions of dollars are now backing net zero ahead of COP26 - could 2021 prove a transformative year for financial markets?

clock 04 February 2021 • 13 min read

Policy

CBI chief calls for economic response 'more like 1945' to tackle climate and Covid threats

Director-general of Britain's largest business body Tony Danker calls for transformative 10-year economic plan to bounce back from pandemic and put UK on track for net zero emissions

clock 03 February 2021 • 4 min read

Supply chain

Heck Foods to experiment with vertically-farmed crops for vegan range

Sausage and burger brand teams up with Vertical Future to build bespoke indoor farm at its headquarters in North Yorkshire

clock 03 February 2021 • 2 min read

Net Zero Now

Zoom in on Net Zero - with Forum for the Future's Sally Uren OBE

VIDEO: Head of corporate sustainability non-profit speaks to BusinessGreen about the risks and opportunities of the crucial decade ahead for the green economy

clock 03 February 2021 • 1 min read

Climate change

UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.8 per cent in 2019

Final official greenhouse gas data for 2019 revises down previous estimates slightly, with road transport still the UK's biggest emitter

clock 02 February 2021 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

Dasgupta Review: Governments must embed nature into economic decision-making or risk disaster

Landmark Review on the Economics of Biodiversity commissioned by the Treasury argues for major overhaul in how economic success is measured in order to turn the tide of nature destruction

clock 02 February 2021 • 6 min read

Offsets

'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed

clock 28 January 2021 • 9 min read

Politics

Offshore wind - Failing the connection test

The government's offshore wind ambitions risk being undermined by poor delivery planning, argues Alan Whitehead - Labour's Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal

clock 28 January 2021 • 6 min read

Investment

'A positive start': Government unveils climate risk rules for UK pensions sector

DWP consultation confirms Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned disclosures will be mandatory across the board by 2025

clock 27 January 2021 • 9 min read