Climate change

Energy

Report: Retire all existing and planned fossil fuel plants to limit warming to 1.5C

A new scientific study lays out what must happen immediately for any hope of limiting global warming to 1.5C

clock 04 July 2019 • 4 min read

Climate change

UN: Rising 'heat stress' among workers to cost global economy $2.4tr a year

Heat stress linked to climate change is set to have a massive impact on global productivity and economic losses, UN warns

clock 03 July 2019 • 3 min read

Climate change

Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier

Searing heat shows crisis is 'here and now', say scientists, and worse than predicted

clock 02 July 2019 • 3 min read

Risk

Chubb chucks coal

Insurance giant becomes the largest US insurer to date to announce it will halt underwriting for companies that are reliant on coal mining and power plants

clock 02 July 2019 • 2 min read

Politics

20:19 vision

Something weird is happening in global geopolitics: there is division everywhere, but on climate action Trump's efforts to sow discord keep being rebuffed - what's going on?

clock 02 July 2019 • 8 min read

Politics

May: 'We are the last generation of leaders with the power to limit global warming'

EU secures qualified success at G20 Summit, as final communique reiterates G19's commitment to the Paris Agreement

clock 01 July 2019 • 5 min read

Climate change

France's climate targets 'far from being achieved' warns new advisory body

Haut Conseil pour le Climat, France's independent climate advisory council, provides first ever assessment of country's decarbonisation progress

clock 26 June 2019 • 3 min read

Management

Awards, leadership, and bottling the green zeitgeist

To mark the launch of this year's BusinessGreen Leaders Award Hub, James Murray reflects on a remarkable few months for the UK's burgeoning green economy

clock 24 June 2019 • 8 min read

Policy

To tackle the climate crisis we need more democracy, not less

Rebecca Willis explains why the plans for citizens' assemblies on climate change could prove such an important step forward for the UK's environmental efforts

clock 24 June 2019 • 4 min read

Policy

'The Climate Conversation': Can new Citizens' Assemblies plans drive the net zero transition?

Six House of Commons select committees announce plans for climate-focused Citizens Assembly, as Nicola Sturgeon reveals Scotland will host a 'Big Climate Conversation'

clock 20 June 2019 • 9 min read