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Global Briefing: Saudi Arabia plots car-free city stretching 100 miles
Plus Danish diets, China climate policy signals, and all the top green business news from around the world this week
From taxes to targets: How can the UK curb its offshore carbon emissions?
Major report makes the case for new carbon tax on imported goods and goods, as the Environment Secretary reveals the UK's climate targets could eventually cover carbon embodied in imported goods
Scaling up sustainable finance: How can investors accelerate the net zero transition?
As the sustainable finance sector booms, asset managers and owners are under increasing pressure to use their financial clout to steer a greener future
'Economically feasible': New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s
Green electrification drive over next 10 years critical to the world's largest emitter decarbonising its power grid by mid-century, according to new analysis from Energy Transitions Commission and Rocky Mountain Institute
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050
The pension provider is also aiming to slash the carbon emissions in its default pension funds in half by 2030, covering around £10bn of assets
Climate adaptation: Could nature based solutions help bridge the gap?
Huge shortfall in financing for climate adaptation measures means global efforts to tackle the climate crisis are akin to 'going into battle blindfolded with one hand tied behind our backs', UN warns
UK water industry joins UN Race to Zero campaign
Water UK becomes first trade body to join as official partner of UN campaign, which aims to rally ambitious corporate climate action ahead of COP26
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery
Labour leader promises climate change and the green economy will be central to Party's plans 'now and at the next election'
Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?
Today has seen some of the starkest warnings yet on how the failure to grasp the severity of the impacts that climate change and biodiversity loss will have for human could trigger conflict, disease, and mass migration - how should businesses respond?...
Zoom in on Net Zero - with E.ON's Anthony Ainsworth
VIDEO: COO of energy giant's industrial and commercial energy division sits down with BusinessGreen editor James Murray to discuss all things net zero
UK joins 50 nations in pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030
New High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People established in support of '30 by 30' goal, which comes ahead of crucial COP15 biodiversity summit this year
Boris Johnson: 'Tackling climate change must be part of overall agenda to protect the natural world'
The Prime Minister says nations most 'go further' to protect nature, in addition to fighting carbon emissions, in his address to world leaders at the UN-backed One Planet Summit hosted by the French government on Monday
Sky announced as 'principal media partner' for COP26
Media giant to work with UK government as latest corporate sponsor for crucial climate summit, as it also unveiled a clutch of new green broadcasting commitments
Could Jordan Cereals point the way for a flourishing post-Brexit green farming sector?
The Jordans Farm Partnerships provides incentives to farmers to conserve some of their land for nature leading to the creation of more than 4,000 hectares of wildlife habitat in the last five years, according to a new study
Business leaders urge Prime Minister to pursue climate solutions with same urgency as Covid vaccines
Group of leading climate scientists, business figures, and civil society leaders publish open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging the government to beef up response to escalating climate crisis
Honouring the Paris Agreement Goals: A way forward
While clean tech progress narratives dominate, less attention is being given to adaptation, resilience and finance for climate vulnerable countries, writes lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin
Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity
Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit
10 green business trends to watch out for in 2021
From net zero strategies to COP26, 2021 promises to be one of the most eventful and important years on record for the green economy
'Environmentally regressive': UK government approves use of bee-harming pesticide banned in EU
Decision to temporarily lift restrictions of neonicotinoid insecticide on sugar beet crops prompts outcry from public and conservation groups
Alok Sharma takes on COP26 Presidency full-time
BREAKING: Kwasi Kwarteng promoted to become Business Secretary, as Sharma to step up his focus on preparations for crucial Glasgow Summit
COP26: Five key questions for a crucial year of global climate diplomacy
Much is at stake in 2021 to deliver the much needed framework for the global net zero transition, with all eyes on the UK, USA, China and Covid-19
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux
The real message from the parable of the boy who cried wolf is that there was a wolf
'Biden effect': Brits optimistic 2021 could mark turning point for climate action
New poll suggests majority of British public think Joe Biden's victory spells good news for the environment
Could Democrat's Georgia victory and Trump's disgrace trigger the 'Decade of the Green New Deal'?
Amidst historic chaos in Washington, the Democrat's Senate victory has provided a major boost to hopes for a new era of global climate action – but can they be realised?
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