Policy
Climate Leaders Summit: A day of diplomatic theatre, distracting jokes, and historic turning points
Ed King argues that when the history of the fifth industrial revolution is penned, this year will mark a turning point.
Re-skilling to export the UK's Green Industrial Revolution
Now is the time for all UK businesses to look to international markets and take British ingenuity to every corner of the planet, writes International Trade Minister Graham Stuart MP
Climate Leaders Summit: US, Canada, and Japan unveil enhanced 2030 climate plans, as China hints at coal phase down
First day of climate summit hosted by US offers up a number of enhanced climate targets from world leaders as Prime Minister Johnson insists he is not a 'bunny hugger'
Earth Day: US and Japan confirm ambitious new climate targets
Biden administration confirms new national climate action will commit US to cutting emissions by 50 to 52 per cent against 2005 levels by 2030
Hotel giant Whitbread fast-tracks its net zero timeline by 10 years
Owner of Premier Inn hotels accelerates its timeline for decarbonising its operations, vowing to achieve net zero by 2040
'We can be a green finance powerhouse': MPs urge Treasury to beef up climate plans
New Treasury Committee report on net zero transition and future of green finance calls on government to consider climate labelling for financial products and ramp up efforts to tackle greenwash
Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'
Boris Johnson to tell Climate Leaders Summit the question of how to reach net zero emissions is 'not so much technical as political'
'Action speaks louder than words': MPs call on government to replace Green Homes Grant scheme
Environmental Audit Committee writes to government slamming decision to axe grant scheme and urging Ministers to deliver replacement
Race to Zero campaign accelerates amid Earth Day corporate climate pledge bonanza
UN-backed campaign says it now has more than 2,150 members after a raft of major technology, automotive, and retail firms bolster their climate pledges and sign up to the scheme.
EU approves 2030 climate goals, as US preps plan to halve emissions
EU reaches late night deal backing plan to cut emissions 55 per cent by 2030, as reports suggests President Biden will approve goal to halve US emissions by end of the decade
Why the Sixth Carbon Budget is a BFD
The UK's world leading new carbon target for 2035 is worthy of celebration, but there are considerable caveats and growing fears about the government's 'magic decarbonisation tree'
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero: Mark Carney to chair net zero umbrella forum for global financial sector
GBANZ aims to ensure commitments across all parts of the financial sector are ‘coordinated and ambitious’, but campaigners warn scheme falls short of aligning sector's activity with global climate goals
'Leading by example': Green economy welcomes stretching target to slash UK emissions 78 per cent by 2035
But big questions remain over how the UK will meet hugely ambitious new targets, after government signalled it will not sign off on all the CCC's policy recommendations
Reports: UK to confirm strengthened carbon budget targets for 2035
Government expected to confirm ambitious new goals for early-2030s ahead of President Biden's high profile Leaders Summit
'Dire warning': Fears grow over net zero 'complacency' as emissions rebound
Three major new reports raise alarm that for all the talk of a green recovery on the national and international stage net zero transition plans remain badly underpowered
Race to Zero: One third of mobile industry now comitted to credible 2050 net zero goals
UN-backed initiative says mobile sector is first to hit crucial ‘tipping point’ that is expected to catalyse industry-wide systems change
How Defra's post-Brexit statutory instrument spree could weaken UK environmental law
Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit
'We need to act now': Peatland and woodland critical to net zero goal, Natural England warns
Natural England unveils 'most comprehensive' assessment to date of natural landscapes' ability to store carbon
'Not fit for purpose': Powering Past Coal Alliance slammed by NGOs as 'smokescreen' for greenwashing
UK is failing to lead by example as PPCA co-chair it mulls a brand new coal mine in Cumbria, while financial institutions in group are not acting fast enough to cut ties with sector, report warns
Global briefing: US eyes sweeping climate risk disclosure rules
All the top green business news from around the world this week, including China coal fleet concerns, ultra-white paint and Brazil's rainforest funding demands
COP26: Nations agree to hold upcoming pre-summit talks online
Compromise means informal talks will take place virtually next month as UK battles to ensure Glasgow summit itself takes place in person
Diverse voices in sustainable business are crucial to building a green economy
A generation of green business leaders from ethnically diverse backgrounds is needed to fix the climate change crisis, writes Liberal Democrat councillor Rabina Khan
Green remedy: How a net zero global healthcare sector could help cure planetary ills
Health systems will bear the brunt of the climate-related health emergencies, so bold action needs to be taken to reduce the sector's ever-growing emissions, a new report argues
CBI: Clean Air Zones can deliver economic boost to cities in wake of Covid
Clean Air Zones deliver an average 18 per cent reduction in polluting nitrogen oxide in cities that will significantly reduce local rates of pollution-related illness, new research finds
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