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'Shocking': Overfishing tips UK cod, herring, and crab stocks into 'critical state'
'Shocking': Overfishing tips UK cod, herring, and crab stocks into 'critical state'

Audit by conservation group finds six out of 10 fish stocks in UK waters are being overfished or are already in a 'critical state'

  • Supply chain
  • 22 January 2021
President Biden signs order confirming US return to the Paris Agreement
President Biden signs order confirming US return to the Paris Agreement

World leaders, top businesses, and investors unite in welcoming new US administration's commitment to global climate action, as return to Paris Agreement is backed by raft of new green policy measures

  • Policy
  • 21 January 2021
Presidential possibilities
Presidential possibilities

President Biden is committed to kick starting a new era of global climate action at a time when clean technologies have never been more competitive and public engagement with the environment is at all time high - myriad possibilities abound

  • 21 January 2021
'A cry for survival comes from the planet itself': Joe Biden issues climate action rallying call as he is sworn in as 46th US President
'A cry for survival comes from the planet itself': Joe Biden issues climate action rallying call as he is sworn in as 46th US President

Joe Biden delivers stirring speech as he is sworn in as the 46th President of the US and prepares to sign order for US to return to Paris Agreement on his first day in the White House

  • Politics
  • 20 January 2021
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy

A pair of new reports on global economic risks and water shortages highlight the urgent need for coordinated action to tackle interlinked and worsening threats to global stability

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2021
Trade Bill: MPs vote against greater post-Brexit trade deal scrutiny
Trade Bill: MPs vote against greater post-Brexit trade deal scrutiny

MPs voted 353 to 277 against an amendment that would have ensured greater democratic oversight over agreements that could have major impacts on food standards and environmental issues

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2021
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Tracker's Mark Campanale
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Tracker's Mark Campanale

VIDEO: joins BusinessGreen editor James Murray to discuss the carbon bubble, divestment and net zero investing

  • Net Zero Now
  • 20 January 2021
'Slight tension': From coal mines to nuclear, new Business Secretary hints at delicate decisions at heart of UK's net zero ambitions
'Slight tension': From coal mines to nuclear, new Business Secretary hints at delicate decisions at heart of UK's net zero ambitions

But Kwasi Kwarteng defends decision not to intervene in controversial project, arguing it was up to local council to approve or reject the project

  • Politics
  • 19 January 2021
Trade Bill: Business leaders and green NGOs urge PM to back greater scrunity of trade deals
Trade Bill: Business leaders and green NGOs urge PM to back greater scrunity of trade deals

Groups argue that giving parliamentarians more say over trade deals will ensure proper democratic oversight of agreements that could have a big impact on the public

  • Policy
  • 19 January 2021
French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024
French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024

Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024

  • Investment
  • 19 January 2021
EN+ Group vows to achieve net zero emission aluminium and energy production by 2050
EN+ Group vows to achieve net zero emission aluminium and energy production by 2050

Firm claims carbon reduction targets are most ambitious unveiled to date in hugely energy-intensive aluminum sector

  • Energy
  • 18 January 2021
Allowing climate change progress to stall this year is not an option
Allowing climate change progress to stall this year is not an option

The world is expecting a turning point in support for a green economy this year, writes National Grid's COP26 director Duncan Burt

  • Politics
  • 18 January 2021
Peak methane? IEA urges oil and gas sector to plug methane leakage
Peak methane? IEA urges oil and gas sector to plug methane leakage

Methane update reveals that reduced demand for oil and gas during the pandemic's shutdown of industry and travel saw methane emissions drop 10 per cent in 2020

  • Energy
  • 18 January 2021
Poll: Two-thirds of adults believe UK government should do more to combat climate change
Poll: Two-thirds of adults believe UK government should do more to combat climate change

New survey reveals 60 per cent of voters agree UK should strive to be a global leader on climate action, as Labour sets out 'crunch test' for government's COP26 climate diplomacy efforts

  • Policy
  • 17 January 2021
Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia plots car-free city stretching 100 miles
Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia plots car-free city stretching 100 miles

Plus Danish diets, China climate policy signals, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

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  • 15 January 2021
From taxes to targets: How can the UK curb its offshore carbon emissions?
From taxes to targets: How can the UK curb its offshore carbon emissions?

Major report makes the case for new carbon tax on imported goods and goods, as the Environment Secretary reveals the UK's climate targets could eventually cover carbon embodied in imported goods

  • Carbon Trading
  • 15 January 2021
Scaling up sustainable finance: How can investors accelerate the net zero transition?
Scaling up sustainable finance: How can investors accelerate the net zero transition?

As the sustainable finance sector booms, asset managers and owners are under increasing pressure to use their financial clout to steer a greener future

  • Investment
  • 15 January 2021
'Economically feasible': New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s
'Economically feasible': New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s

Green electrification drive over next 10 years critical to the world's largest emitter decarbonising its power grid by mid-century, according to new analysis from Energy Transitions Commission and Rocky Mountain Institute

  • Energy
  • 15 January 2021
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050

The pension provider is also aiming to slash the carbon emissions in its default pension funds in half by 2030, covering around £10bn of assets

  • Investment
  • 15 January 2021
Climate adaptation: Could nature based solutions help bridge the gap?
Climate adaptation: Could nature based solutions help bridge the gap?

Huge shortfall in financing for climate adaptation measures means global efforts to tackle the climate crisis are akin to 'going into battle blindfolded with one hand tied behind our backs', UN warns

  • Climate change
  • 14 January 2021
UK water industry joins UN Race to Zero campaign
UK water industry joins UN Race to Zero campaign

Water UK becomes first trade body to join as official partner of UN campaign, which aims to rally ambitious corporate climate action ahead of COP26

  • Net Zero Now
  • 14 January 2021
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery

Labour leader promises climate change and the green economy will be central to Party's plans 'now and at the next election'

  • Politics
  • 13 January 2021
Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?
Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?

Today has seen some of the starkest warnings yet on how the failure to grasp the severity of the impacts that climate change and biodiversity loss will have for human could trigger conflict, disease, and mass migration - how should businesses respond?...

  • Science
  • 13 January 2021
Zoom in on Net Zero - with E.ON's Anthony Ainsworth
Zoom in on Net Zero - with E.ON's Anthony Ainsworth

VIDEO: COO of energy giant's industrial and commercial energy division sits down with BusinessGreen editor James Murray to discuss all things net zero

  • Net Zero Now
  • 13 January 2021
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