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Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5m to help plug UNFCCC funding gap

UN climate secretariat says funding commitment comes at 'a critical time' given level of outstanding contributions from governments

  • Politics
  • 23 April 2018
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Whitbread aims to halve its carbon intensity with new science based target

Premier Inn and Costa Coffee owner joins SBT initiative to drive down emissions across its business and supply chain

  • Climate change
  • 22 April 2018
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CHOGM 2018: UK pledges £8m in climate innovation cash, joins solar alliance

Climate change is emerging as a hot topic at this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting taking place in London

  • Politics
  • 17 April 2018
Less meat and more green power: Scientists cook up 1.5 degrees trajectory with minimal reliance on negative emissions

Research suggests 1.5 degrees target is within reach even without large-scale use of negative emissions technology - but would require major shift in consumer behaviour

  • Climate change
  • 16 April 2018
SC Johnson, virtual reality, and one of the world's first supply chain audits

The household brands giant explains the roots of its 'love affair' with the Amazon rainforest and its latest campaign from Conservation International

  • Supply chain
  • 11 April 2018
UK could create 5,000 jobs by moving to sustainable fishing, says report

Sustainable catch limits on key species after Brexit would also boost the economy by more than £300m a year as stocks recover, analysis shows

  • Biodiversity
  • 11 April 2018
Re-wilding: Ecotricity inks partnership with National Forest

Green energy specialist to sponsor Timber Festival and back plans to develop the UK's first new large-scale forest in over 1,000 years

  • Energy
  • 10 April 2018
UK promises to help protect coral reefs from climate change

UK government joins the Coral Reef Declaration which co-ordinates scientific research and conservation work for reefs around the world

  • Politics
  • 10 April 2018
The Queen's Green Planet: Documentary to see Queen and David Attenborough discuss climate change

ITV documentary to air next week will focus on the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy project to boost forestry protection around the world

  • Biodiversity
  • 09 April 2018
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Mark Carney warns of potential 'catastrophic' climate impact on financial markets

As new study accuses IEA of underestimating level of disruption from clean power, Bank of England governor again stresses systemic risks presented by climate change

  • Risk
  • 09 April 2018
Beware the unconscious recoupling: It's time to double down on decarbonisation efforts

Recent emissions data reveals a worrying global trend re-tying emissions to economic growth

  • Climate change
  • 05 April 2018
Green Lunch with… The Climate Group's Helen Clarkson

BusinessGreen catches up with the CEO of The Climate Group over tapas at Covent Garden's Opera Tavern

  • Climate change
  • 04 April 2018
Further, faster, deeper: the UK needs a more ambitious Climate Change Act

John Krebs and Joanna Haigh argue the UK should cement its leadership role by becoming one of the first nations to adopt a net zero emission law

  • Legislation
  • 29 March 2018
'Fantastic': UK emissions drop in 2017 as wind and solar power hit record highs

Provisional government statistics confirm greenhouse gases now as low as they were in 1890, with wind and solar becoming UK's second biggest source of electricity

  • Energy
  • 29 March 2018
Australia's emissions rise again in 2017, putting Paris targets in doubt

Excluding unreliable land-use data, 2017 greenhouse emissions were again highest on record

  • Climate change
  • 29 March 2018
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Ilulissat: A town at the frontier of our changing climate

Gareth Redmond King's recent trip to the Arctic opened his eyes to how changes to the region's climate is set to impact life around the world

  • Climate change
  • 23 March 2018
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EU leaders demand 2050 roadmap by early 2019

EU Council call on the European Commission to produce mid-century roadmap for emissions reduction

  • Politics
  • 23 March 2018
Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, and the climate change angle

Is the scandalous corruption of our political campaigns also undermining our response to the environmental crisis?

  • Politics
  • 23 March 2018
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IEA: Energy-related CO2 emissions rise for first time in three years

Carbon emissions from energy rose 1.4 per cent to hit an historic high of 32.5 gigatonnes last year

  • Climate change
  • 22 March 2018
Flooding and heavy rains rise 50 per cent worldwide in a decade, figures show

Such extreme weather events are now happening four times more than in 1980, according to a European science paper

  • Risk
  • 22 March 2018
McDonald's to take major bite out of carbon footprint with new Science-Based Targets

Fast food giant is the first major restaurant company to join the initiative

  • Supply chain
  • 20 March 2018
Anchovies and chips: WWF warns of climate threat to iconic dishes

Earth Hour report warns how climate impacts could reshape British diets over the coming decades

  • Risk
  • 20 March 2018
From Dylan to Bieber: Decarbonisation is now a single-career span exercise

On Bob Dylan, World Cups, and the true urgency of the climate challenge

  • Risk
  • 16 March 2018
Microplastic pollution in oceans is far worse than feared, say scientists

A study reveals highest microplastic pollution levels ever recorded in a river in Manchester, UK and shows that billions of particles flooded into the sea from rivers in the area in just one year

  • Waste
  • 13 March 2018
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