Policy

Plus eight countries back global solidarity climate finance levies on aviation, UN warns droughts are 'a slow moving global catastrophe', and renewables overtake coal power in Poland

The consensus is the Labour government has had a disappointing year, but when it comes to the green economy real progress has been made

Climate finance assets now make up 26 per cent of UK development finance institution's portfolio, annual review shows

Former UN climate change high-level champion for COP26 and CCC business champion named as likely next chair for UK's climate advisory body

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: July 2025

For natural capital markets to flourish, and for private money to flow, the government needs to properly commit to them, writes Kitty Thompson from the Conservative Environment Network

Study commissioned by Octopus Energy argues switch to zonal pricing could slash energy systems costs, as the grid continues to decarbonise

Target to deliver 29GW of onshore wind capacity by 2030 aims to unlock £70m of community funding for rural towns and villages a year, government claims

Local authority inks five-year deal with global heating technology to accelerate low-carbon heating installations across Greater Manchester

The European Commission's proposal to cut emissions 90 per cent by 2040 contains loopholes, but it still promises to be transformational for the green economy