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All the green business news from around the world this week
Government announces crackdown on polluting home fireplace fuels
Most polluting fuels for wood burning stoves including coal and wet wood to be phased out from 2021-23 as part of crackdown on particle pollution
CEMEX announces 'ambition' for net zero concrete by 2050
Concrete giant increases 2030 target for cutting carbon emissions from 30 per cent to 35 per cent below 1990 levels
Heathrow infrastructure achieves carbon neutrality, aims for zero carbon by mid-2030s
Airport confirms latest emission reduction milestone following £100m clean tech investment programme
Return of the Environment Bill
As the government's flagship post-Brexit green legislation makes its way through Parliament, there are a number of ways it must strengthened, argues Ruth Chambers of Green Alliance
Sir Robert McAlpine targets net zero carbon 'within five years'
Construction firm unveils ambition to become net zero business before 2025, appointing Carbon Trust to provide certification
CCC: Weak UK housing rules risk raising net zero costs and climate vulnerability
Government's current green housing policies 'do not go far enough' to protect against climate change or cutting CO2, advisory body warns
Net Zero: Public taking steps to cut emissions, but fear leadership lacking
New YouGov survey reveals over half of Brits think climate change is 'the biggest risk to the Earth's future' and are taking steps to curb emissions
Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows
Almost $39tr of the world's GDP is now aligned, or proposing to align, with net zero emissions targets, according to ECIU
CDP: Five British cities ranked among world's best for climate action and transparency
London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Leicester and Coventry all make the grade among non-profit CDP's annual rankings of cities leading the field on climate action
UN uses video game to carry our 'world's biggest' climate change survey
Mission 1.5 campaign designed to give 20 million people their say on the best means for governments to tackle climate change
RBS to phase out coal funding as it sets sites on becoming 'climate positive' bank
Partly UK state-owned banking group's net zero strategy includes halving climate impact of its lending by 2030, as it unveils plans to rebrand as NatWest Group later this year
Morning of the green knives
The reshuffle makes it clearer than ever that Boris Johnson owns Brexit, the net zero transition, and COP26 - the pressure to deliver on his many promises is only going to intensify
George Eustice named Environment Secretary in cabinet overhaul
Farming, Fisheries and Food Minister wins promotion to top job at Defra where he will be responsible for delivering government's post-Brexit environmental and agriculture legislation
Alok Sharma lands joint role as Business Secretary and COP26 President
Former International Development Secretary set to have a major hand in delivering net zero as well asUK's preparations for the global UN climate summit in Glasgow later this year
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor in shock reshuffle, as Green Budget plans loom
Javid's shock resignation from the Treasury comes just a month before the Budget, which had been expected to feature a host of green tax and spending announcements
'Glasgow & London': COP26 venue tensions rumble on, as government preps forest protection alliance
Number 10 spokesperson insists government is determined to deliver Glasgow Summit, but warns it must represent 'value for the UK taxpayer'
Cabinet reshuffle: Top green posts up for grabs as Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers sacked
Boris Johnson makes sweeping changes to top green jobs in government ahead of crucial year for UK's net zero strategy and COP26 preparations
Could Brexit Britain let EV manufacturing opportunites slip through its fingers?
Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas
Pressure on the government to grasp the net zero opportunity cannot be relaxed
From net zero to post-Brexit green protections, newly-elected chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Philip Dunne MP sets outs his ambitions for the coming Parliament
Transport Secretary hints at even earlier petrol and diesel phase out date
Grant Shapps tells BBC radio phase out date could come as early as 2032, ahead of meeting with auto industry lobbyists
Reports: COP26 'fallback option' sees government scope out London venue
The Financial Times reports the government is in talks with ExCel London about potentially moving the COP26 Summit to the capital
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