Politics

Reports suggest Spending Review could confirm manifesto pledge to double energy efficiency funding, but concerns remain over several key green programmes

As leading lights of the Conservative Party struggle to advocate for ambitious UK leadership on net zero, where should right-leaning environmentalists look for their new political home?

DOE withdraws clean tech funding, as Meta inks 20-year nuclear deal and German asset manager divests from Exxon over emissions disclosures

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: June 2025

New law enters into force after water bosses awarded themselves more than £112m bonuses and incentives over the last decade

Report questions feasibility of decarbonising UK electricity system by at least 95 per cent by 2030 given pace and scale of change required

Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation, writes University of Oxford associate professor Benjamin Franta

Green economy calls on government to double down on promised Warm Homes Plan funding and take fresh steps to drive domestic heat pump and solar panel adoption

Reform has promised to save £45bn a year for tax cuts by 'scrapping' net zero, but the government spends nowhere near that much on decarbonisation

Ruling makes legal history by confirming major emitters can be held liable for their share of emissions, while China ramps up overseas renewables investment and EU ratifies High Seas Treaty