Politics

Also this week, the Australian government gets flak over its nature conservation claims, Equinor increases its stake in Ørsted, and France trims its EV subsidy budget

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: October 2024 – Part One

New MPs 'greener' than predecessors, but many remained misinformed about new clean technologies, according to YouGov poll

Over 100 CEOs from many of the world’s largest companies have set out their wish list for the Baku Climate Summit - but are governments listening?

Chancellor urged to earmark funds to help oil and gas workers switch to clean energy jobs

The government urgently needs to resolve the row over proposals for zonal pricing - Labour's clean power target and its promise of lower bills depends on it

Trade bodies urge government to rule out regional pricing proposals, arguing they could undermine clean energy investment, but supporters of reforms accuse industry groups of 'corporatist lobbying'

Global action across the plastics lifecycle could nearly eliminate plastic pollution by 2040, a new OECD report claims

Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch both hit out at UK's statutory climate targets during their leadership pitches to the Conservative Party Conference

Survey of 1,000 former Conservative voters finds a third would be more likely to support the Party again if it adopts more ambitious climate policies