Climate change

Biodiversity

The scandal of calling plantations 'forest restoration' is putting climate targets at risk

clock 22 April 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'

Boris Johnson to tell Climate Leaders Summit the question of how to reach net zero emissions is 'not so much technical as political'

clock 21 April 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

Reports: UK to confirm strengthened carbon budget targets for 2035

Government expected to confirm ambitious new goals for early-2030s ahead of President Biden's high profile Leaders Summit

clock 20 April 2021 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

'We need to act now': Peatland and woodland critical to net zero goal, Natural England warns

Natural England unveils 'most comprehensive' assessment to date of natural landscapes' ability to store carbon

clock 20 April 2021 • 4 min read

Management

Facebook posts 'net zero' operational emissions status update

Clean energy purchasing blitz allows tech giant to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by 94 per cent in three years, company announces

clock 15 April 2021 • 2 min read

Climate change

COP26: The current state of play

With the status of the Glasgow Summit up in the air, Alok Sharma has set out his 'wish list' for crucial Paris Agreement climate negotiations in 2021

clock 14 April 2021 • 11 min read

Policy

Top US business leaders urge Biden to deliver 'bold' 2030 emissions goal

Over 300 of America's largest firms back open letter to President Biden calling on him to set a 2030 target to cut emissions by at least 50 per cent against 2005 levels

clock 13 April 2021 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Co-op to ban peat-based compost from stores to help 'prune' emissions

Retailer to roll out 'specially-formulated' peat-free alternatives and remove peat-based compost across all 1,100 of its UK stores

clock 05 April 2021 • 2 min read

Climate change

Climate crisis: Keeping hope of 1.5C limit alive is vital to spurring global action

clock 01 April 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit

As time ticks away before COP26, Alok Sharma and the International Energy Agency hosted a major global climate summit aimed at cranking up the climate urgency

clock 01 April 2021 • 13 min read