Policy

New study explores how businesses can respond to volatile geopolitical pressures, while continuing to advance sustainability efforts

Sales of new fossil fuel cars are to be phased out from 2030 followed by hybrids from 2035, and carmakers are to be given greater flexibilities to meet annual EV sales quotas

Helsinki shutters its last utility scale coal power plant, Brazil appoints its COP30 champion, and Apple ramps up China renewables investment

Government confirms West Cumbria Mining has withdrawn planning application for controversial coal mine

Rival camps in the debate over proposals for zonal electricity pricing are once again at loggerheads over whether reforms would deliver promised cost savings

Acting Climate Minister confirms plans to connect more public sector buildings to district heat systems and introduce new target to decarbonise heating systems by 2045

The best net zero solutions galvanise people and make policy relatable - by giving communities a sense of agency, research suggests successful transformation is more likely

Aldersgate Group urges government to use forthcoming industrial policy decisions to create 'right environment' for driving industrial decarbonisation at scale

Companies would be given up to two extra years to prepare for CRSD and CSDDD rules as EU pushes to streamline and simplify flagship sustainability reporting rules

The government's proposed bonfire of regulators and stripped back ecological reforms misses a growth opportunity to embrace private sector expertise to tackle the real bottlenecks in the system, writes Arbtech CEO and founder Robert Oates