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Could poor flood provisions cause the next major building regulations scandal?
Could poor flood provisions cause the next major building regulations scandal?

With the government already under fire for its handling of the cladding scandal, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have today warned Ministers must enhance the UK's approach to flood protection and risk management in preparation for escalating climate...

  • Buildings
  • 26 February 2021
CCC and trade unions urge government to fix embattled Green Homes Grant Scheme
CCC and trade unions urge government to fix embattled Green Homes Grant Scheme

Climate Change Committee and trade unions become latest to join chorus of calls for government to rescue its flagship green home retrofit programme

  • Politics
  • 25 February 2021
COP26: Sainsbury's joins partner roster, as questions grow over Summit plans
COP26: Sainsbury's joins partner roster, as questions grow over Summit plans

Retailer named as Principal Supermarket Partner, as government faces growing calls to clarify plans for crucial Glasgow Summit

  • Management
  • 25 February 2021
The steel industry will soon have little use for Cumbrian coal
The steel industry will soon have little use for Cumbrian coal

Global market forces and the impending shift towards greener forms of steel manufacturing will likely render plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria redundant, writes Andrew Warren

  • Supply chain
  • 25 February 2021
Boris Johnson: 'Climate change is a threat to our collective security'
Boris Johnson: 'Climate change is a threat to our collective security'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's and Sir David Attenborough's addresses to the UN Security Council meeting on climate security

  • Politics
  • 24 February 2021
If the Green Homes Grant fiasco is any indicator of the government's climate action, we are in trouble
If the Green Homes Grant fiasco is any indicator of the government's climate action, we are in trouble

Next week's Budget must provide clarity over the future of the Green Homes Grant Scheme, writes Green Party MP Caroline Lucas

  • Politics
  • 24 February 2021
Johnson and Attenborough warn of global security threat from climate breakdown
Johnson and Attenborough warn of global security threat from climate breakdown

'If we don't act now, when will we act?' asks UK PM as he chairs first ever UN Security Council meeting on climate security

  • Politics
  • 23 February 2021
'Build back better': G7 pledges to put climate action at heart of global recovery
'Build back better': G7 pledges to put climate action at heart of global recovery

'We will put our global ambitions on climate change and the reversal of biodiversity loss at the centre of our plans'

  • Policy
  • 19 February 2021
Global Briefing: US officially rejoins Paris Agreement
Global Briefing: US officially rejoins Paris Agreement

John Kerry declares 'today's the day', as the US rejoins the global effort to avert a climate catastrophe

  • Management
  • 19 February 2021
Britain's right-wing tabloids have turned to 'green nationalism' to sell climate action
Britain's right-wing tabloids have turned to 'green nationalism' to sell climate action

Keele University lecturer in media and culture Pawas Bisht assesses recent climate action campaigns launched by the likes of The Sun and the Daily Express

  • Politics
  • 19 February 2021
Labour slams 'shambolic delivery' of Green Homes Grants, as reports suggest scheme could be axed
Labour slams 'shambolic delivery' of Green Homes Grants, as reports suggest scheme could be axed

Intervention comes as Labour leader Keir Starmer laments businesses 'waiting for politicians to catch up' on climate action

  • Buildings
  • 19 February 2021
'Educate, inspire, and involve': Could citizens' climate juries help fix the Green Homes Grant scheme - and a lot more besides?
'Educate, inspire, and involve': Could citizens' climate juries help fix the Green Homes Grant scheme - and a lot more besides?

Residents of Tees Valley and County Durham back improved climate and nature education, ring-fenced carbon taxes, ‘green bonds’ and higher spending to hit net zero in first of four citizens' climate panels convened by IPPR

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  • 16 February 2021
Global Briefing: Australia and EU flex muscles over carbon border tariff proposals
Global Briefing: Australia and EU flex muscles over carbon border tariff proposals

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

  • Management
  • 12 February 2021
Government blames Covid-19 for Green Homes Grant woes
Government blames Covid-19 for Green Homes Grant woes

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

  • Buildings
  • 12 February 2021
Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals
Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals

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

  • Taxation
  • 12 February 2021
Tory backbenchers to push for ambitious net zero policy ahead of COP26
Tory backbenchers to push for ambitious net zero policy ahead of COP26

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

  • Politics
  • 12 February 2021
UK public awareness of 'net zero' surges in 2020
UK public awareness of 'net zero' surges in 2020

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

  • Politics
  • 11 February 2021
Petrostates and decarbonisation: Are we heading for an era of geopolitical instability?
Petrostates and decarbonisation: Are we heading for an era of geopolitical instability?

Fresh analysis from Carbon Tracker warns the challenges of shifting from a carbon-heavy economy will be borne disproportionately by some poorer fossil fuel producer states - and that could have repercussions for everyone

  • Politics
  • 11 February 2021
Shambles squared
Shambles squared

The news the government is likely to claw back funding assigned to the Green Homes Grant scheme is the biggest blow yet to the credibility of the Prime Minister's green recovery promises, and it does not bode well for the UK's wider net zero strategy...

  • 11 February 2021
'A shambles': Is the Green Homes Grant scheme budget being cut?
'A shambles': Is the Green Homes Grant scheme budget being cut?

Concerns rise that unspent funding underpinning embattled green home retrofit scheme will not be rolled over beyond March, despite myriad teething issues

  • Buildings
  • 10 February 2021
Cumbria Council to reconsider controversial coal mine approval over climate concerns
Cumbria Council to reconsider controversial coal mine approval over climate concerns

West Cumbria Mining's plan to open UK's first coal mine in 30 years to be reviewed 'in light of new information', says council

  • Energy
  • 09 February 2021
National Infrastructure Bank: Business leaders urge government to guarantee long-term survival of green bank
National Infrastructure Bank: Business leaders urge government to guarantee long-term survival of green bank

Bank dubbed 'Green Investment Bank 2.0' by Business Secretary should be given legal mandate to tackle regional inequalities, help achieve net zero, and reverse decline of nature, according to green finance and business leaders

  • Policy
  • 09 February 2021
Poll: British exporters 'overwhelmingly' back more climate action from UK Export Finance
Poll: British exporters 'overwhelmingly' back more climate action from UK Export Finance

It comes amid revelations UKEF is still considering support for a host of overseas fossil fuel projects, despite recent pledge from PM to put an end to such backing

  • Politics
  • 09 February 2021
UN chief António Guterres: Preparatory COP26 climate talks should 'take place virtually'
UN chief António Guterres: Preparatory COP26 climate talks should 'take place virtually'

Covid-19 safety concerns force upcoming initial talks online, fuelling further concern over status of crucial Glasgow climate summit later this year

  • Politics
  • 09 February 2021
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