Policy

From G7 rows to giant South Korean wind farms, BusinessGreen rounds up all the news from around the world this week

Green business groups left baffled and frustrated by decision to withdraw over £1bn from flagship green home upgrade programme

National Audit Office urges government to start measuring impacts of environmental taxes more closely in order to give Parliament a better idea of the role tax can play in meeting green goals

BEIS confirms £22 floor price for carbon allowances at auction in new domestic emissions trading scheme

Majority of stimulus measures announced by world’s largest economies continue to have net negative impact on environment, report warns

Conservative Environment Network launches Net Zero Champions initiative backed by 25 MPs

Airlines, manufacturers, air traffic controllers, and airports claim that reducing net CO2 emissions to zero by 2050 from flights within and departing from the European Economic Area, Britain, and Switzerland is possible

Rate of endemic species' extinction could be slashed by a quarter if action is taken now, but policy delays will make this outcome more difficult to achieve and twice as expensive, report warns

Government's latest public attitudes survey indicates growing awareness of the net zero concept, although deeper understanding of the changes needed to deliver full decarbonisation remains scarce