Climate change
'Faster, together': World's first Net Zero Festival announces wave of partners
Leading green trade bodies, think tanks, sustainability execs, and corporates throw weight behind inaugural Net Zero Festival
SDG15: The fight for life on land
Progress on protecting life on land has been agonisingly slow, as deforestation and habitat loss has accelerated, but hopes remain that a step change in global land management can yet be engineered
Climate resilience: Government urged to seize 'excellent opportunity' to deliver ambitious plans
Ministers should urgently 'make a clear statement of ambition' on climate and flood resilience, UK climate, infrastructure and insurance experts warn
'The climate crisis is upon us': G20 finance ministers acknowledge climate risk for first time in Trump-era
As the White House bristles at suggestions its climate stance is evolving, everyone from the IMF to JP Morgan are stepping up calls for a bolder global response to the escalating crisis
'Could go higher still': Ipsos MORI reveals public concern over climate change at highest level in three decades
Long running issues tracker reveals proportion of people worried about pollution, the environment, and climate change has reached highest level recorded since July 1990
Environment Agency chair: 'We must build climate resilience into everything we do'
Emma Howard Boyd concedes flood defences 'cannot prevent flooding everywhere, all of the time' and calls instead for more resilient infrastructure
UN uses video game to carry our 'world's biggest' climate change survey
Mission 1.5 campaign designed to give 20 million people their say on the best means for governments to tackle climate change
Climate supercomputer: UK invests £1.2bn in 'state-of-the-art' forecasting system
Government claims supercomputer will reap multi-billion pound economic benefits by offering better climate and weather forecasting
Michael Gove declares UK has a 'moral responsibility' to lead global Green Industrial Revolution
Cabinet Secretary sets out government's priorities for COP26 Summit, but is reticent on whether he wants the job of Summit President
Can the government bring an end to the COP26 confusion?
Michael Gove is hotly tipped to take up the reins of the crucial Glasgow Summit, but has the government truly internalised the scale of the task it now faces
Norway becomes first industrialised nation to submit updated UN climate action plan
A flurry of official NDC plans are expected to be unveiled ahead of the crucial COP26 Summit in Glasgow this autumn
'Trees are vital': Government dishes out first wave of Urban Tree Challenge funding
Thirteen projects set to deliver tens of thousands of new trees by 2021 as government looks to deliver on manifesto tree-planting pledges
Could an electric bus save COP26?
This week's COP26 launch may have got off to a tempestuous start, but all the elements are there for a genuinely transformative and historic Summit, the Prime Minister just needs to articulate the net zero narrative
How the UK's net zero mission reaches all the way to Antarctica
Science Minister Chris Skidmore explains how the UK's scientific heritage and £300m polar infrastructure programme is helping the world better understand climate risks
Flood risk and insurance cost fears highlighted for 1.8 million UK residents
Insurance industry warns of increased premiums as flood risk grows due to climate change.
Decoding Claire O'Neill's seven point plan for COP26 success
The seven point action plan revealed by the former COP26 President reveals both the priorities for her successor and the wider green economy, as well the source of some of the flashpoints that are thought to have led to her departure
Guardian halts fossil fuel advertising
BREAKING: Media group will no longer accept advertising from oil and gas companies, despite acknowledging decision will have implications for its revenues
'A golden opportunity': Inside the CCC's blueprint for climate-friendly food and farming
The UK's climate advisory body has tabled an ambitious set of policy measures to deliver net zero farming – here are the key takeaways
C&A owners launch Laudes Foundation in bid 'to reshape global markets'
The Foundation aims to build on C&A's work pioneering circular economy principles across the fashion industry
Trump hits out at 'prophets of doom' as US joins global tree conservation drive
President announces US will join Trillion Trees initiative to grow, save, and better protect one trillion trees around the world by 2050
An Awarding Endeavour
BusinessGreen has been celebrating and highlighting the progress of the green economy for over a decade - but doing so has never been more important
Tenth annual BusinessGreen Leaders Awards to celebrate a decade of green business breakthroughs
As the green economy prepares for a decade of action, the UK's largest and most prestigious sustainable business awards is back with a pledge to recognise the pioneers of the green transition
Priceless Planet Coalition: Mastercard teams up with major firms for climate action drive
Coalition pledges to plant 100 million trees over next five years by harnessing the wide corporate reach of Mastercard credit card services
SDG14: Navigating an ocean of risks and opportunities
The seas are warmer than at any point in human history and life under water is facing myriad threats, but there are still reasons to hope the Sustainable Development Goal focused on the world's oceans can be met
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