Climate change

Risks associated with climate change mitigation and damage could increase public debt by up to 74 per cent of GDP by 2073, OBR estimates

Innovate UK reveals how six data and artificial intelligence projects have secured major boost to commercialisation efforts

Climate finance assets now make up 26 per cent of UK development finance institution's portfolio, annual review shows

Former UN climate change high-level champion for COP26 and CCC business champion named as likely next chair for UK's climate advisory body

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: July 2025

Food and nutrition giant unveils Sustainability Investment Fund, as its reports 1.9 per cent cut in absolute greenhouse gas emissions

The European Commission's proposal to cut emissions 90 per cent by 2040 contains loopholes, but it still promises to be transformational for the green economy

Farmers have been urged to use water wisely as rising temperatures raise concerns over possible drought

ECIU study finds farmers are increasingly worried about climate impacts on their productivity and profits, as fears grow about how heat wave will affect harvests

Plus electric passenger flights in the US, fossil fuel ad bans in Spain, and Microsoft's latest carbon removals deal