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Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?
Decarbonising the final 20 per cent: Is hydrogen up to the challenge?

Many governments are hoping hydrogen can bridge the most difficult sections of their net zero roadmaps - but precisely how hydrogen will enable deep decarbonisation is not yet clear, a new report from Edison warns

  • Energy
  • 07 January 2021
Blow for climate campaigners as government refuses to block controversial Cumbrian coal mining project
Blow for climate campaigners as government refuses to block controversial Cumbrian coal mining project

Decision not to intervene in planning process for coal mine draws widespread condemnation from politicians and green campaigners amid concerns over project's climate impact

  • Policy
  • 06 January 2021
Global coffee players brew up 2050 climate plan to slash 1.5 gigatonnes of CO2
Global coffee players brew up 2050 climate plan to slash 1.5 gigatonnes of CO2

Starbucks, Walmart, McDonalds and Nescafe among more than 150 coffee retailers and producers to join collective pledge to invest in forestry protection and smallholder farm efficiency

  • Climate change
  • 06 January 2021
No hugging, no learning
No hugging, no learning

The government's chronic mishandling of the pandemic does not bode well for the challenging net zero transition it now has to navigate

  • 06 January 2021
We must not be naive about the societal disruption of the net zero transition
We must not be naive about the societal disruption of the net zero transition

Former MPs Caroline Flint and Dame Caroline Spelman, co-chairs of the new cross-party Getting to Zero programme, argue the UK's net zero journey must take into account vastly differing regional concerns

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  • 06 January 2021
From floating turbines to carbon capture x-rays: UK clean tech research labs gain multi-million pound funding boost
From floating turbines to carbon capture x-rays: UK clean tech research labs gain multi-million pound funding boost

Government announces £213m funding pot to help upgrade UK science and research facilities up and down the country

  • Science
  • 06 January 2021
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal

On Christmas Eve the UK and EU averted a damaging no-deal scenario, but the resulting trade deal still leaves many outstanding questions about the UK's environmental policy prospects unanswered

  • Policy
  • 05 January 2021
'Getting to Zero': New commission to explore how to manage threat to carbon intensive jobs
'Getting to Zero': New commission to explore how to manage threat to carbon intensive jobs

Analysis highlights how net zero transition could impact 10 million jobs in carbon intensive industries

  • Politics
  • 05 January 2021
Firms pledge to showcase Scotland's 'first' hydrogen-powered train at COP26
Firms pledge to showcase Scotland's 'first' hydrogen-powered train at COP26

Train to be developed by retrofitting an old passenger car with hydrogen fuel cell technology over the coming months, in the hope the model can feature at the COP26 climate conference set to be held in the autumn in Glasgow, according to project lead...

  • Rail
  • 05 January 2021
Reports: Sharma offers to quit BEIS for full-time COP26 focus
Reports: Sharma offers to quit BEIS for full-time COP26 focus

Business Secretary offers to leave departmental role in order to concentrate fully on leading the UK's climate diplomacy efforts in run up to crucial Glasgow summit

  • Politics
  • 04 January 2021
Government unveils £8m to advance plans for six net zero industrial hubs
Government unveils £8m to advance plans for six net zero industrial hubs

Latest funding to be split between six regional industrial decarbonisation projects across the UK in support of hydrogen, carbon capture and renewable energy technologies

  • CCS
  • 04 January 2021
'Move from ambition to action': Government urged to ramp up green policies and spending in 2021
'Move from ambition to action': Government urged to ramp up green policies and spending in 2021

Green Alliance warns that major decarbonisation policy gaps must be filled next year if government is to achieve its bold 2030 carbon reduction target

  • Policy
  • 29 December 2020
BusinessGreen's most read stories of 2020
BusinessGreen's most read stories of 2020

From PPE and Presidential elections, to heat pumps and climate anxiety, here are our top ranking stories of the year

  • Climate change
  • 29 December 2020
'A huge relief': Historic UK-EU trade deal avoids cliff-edge Brexit for green businesses
'A huge relief': Historic UK-EU trade deal avoids cliff-edge Brexit for green businesses

Brexit deal finally brokered on Christmas Eve, but big questions remain over long term ramifications for environmental standards and green trade

  • Politics
  • 24 December 2020
'Gold standard': Bankers draft net zero rules for financial services sector
'Gold standard': Bankers draft net zero rules for financial services sector

Bankers for Net Zero alliance convened by All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fair Business Banking unveils framework for sector's role in accelerating UK decarbonisation

  • Investment
  • 22 December 2020
2020: A year of crisis, crossroads, and alternative histories
2020: A year of crisis, crossroads, and alternative histories

A year of tragedy and chaos has also seen a dramatic leap forward for the global green economy

  • 22 December 2020
'We have no time to waste': Biden confirms key White House climate appointments
'We have no time to waste': Biden confirms key White House climate appointments

President-elect announces 'trailblazing' team to lead his ambitious climate policy from next year including Jennifer Granholm as Energy Secretary

  • Politics
  • 21 December 2020
Government faces fresh legal threat over Heathrow expansion plans
Government faces fresh legal threat over Heathrow expansion plans

Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins

  • Policy
  • 21 December 2020
Make all new boilers hydrogen-ready by 2025, grid operators urge
Make all new boilers hydrogen-ready by 2025, grid operators urge

Boiler manufacturers and Energy Networks Association call for sale of greener alternatives to fossil fuel boilers to be mandatory within five years

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 December 2020
PwC: Rate of global decarbonisation must quintuple to avert worst climate impacts
PwC: Rate of global decarbonisation must quintuple to avert worst climate impacts

Net Zero Index reveals UK has maintained highest decarbonisation rate in 21st century, but warns efforts must be accelerate rapidly to achieve global climate goals

  • Net Zero Now
  • 21 December 2020
Nature-based prescriptions: Green projects secure £5.77m to help boost mental wellbeing
Nature-based prescriptions: Green projects secure £5.77m to help boost mental wellbeing

Seven projects across England secure funding to test nature-based prescriptions designed to improve mental health and community well-being

  • Policy
  • 19 December 2020
Global Briefing: Top European truckmakers vow to phase out internal combustion engines
Global Briefing: Top European truckmakers vow to phase out internal combustion engines

All the green business news from around the world this week

  • Policy
  • 18 December 2020
Six mind-bending energy moments of 2020
Six mind-bending energy moments of 2020

GreenBiz's Sarah Golden looks bag at an historic year for the clean energy transition

  • Energy
  • 18 December 2020
Treasury: Net zero transition 'essential for long term prosperity'
Treasury: Net zero transition 'essential for long term prosperity'

Treasury publishes interim Net Zero Review outlining approach to estimating costs associated with decarbonising UK economy

  • Policy
  • 17 December 2020
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