Climate change
Dropping red meat from one meal a week could slash emissions eight per cent, study shows
Encouraging UK consumers to swap red meat for plant-based alternatives for just one additional meal a week could slash the UK's emissions by more than eight per cent, a new analysis has found
The net zero route map is clear - but are you ready for the journey of a lifetime?
The net zero transition is big, much bigger, than you think
Climate Action - The time is now
E3G's Ed Matthew welcomes the CCC's net zero recommendations, but warns an earlier target date and much more government leadership will now be needed
A Govian Knot
Michael Gove mounted a strong defence of the government's not quite state of climate emergency - but the contradictions at the heart of the Conservative's climate policy remain
CCC Net Zero Report: At a glance
The Committee on Climate Change has set out how the UK can achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 - here is everything you need to know
'A recipe for climate optimism': CCC plots course for net zero UK emissions by 2050
Committee on Climate Change urges government to adopt a net zero greenhouse gas emissions target for 2050 'as soon as possible'
Holding out for a hero
The declaration of emergency is central to the stories we are told from childhood - calls for a climate emergency are not going away and the government needs to find a credible way to respond
What would a response to the climate emergency look like?
The Green Economy Coalition's Emily Benson outlines an emergency treatment plan for nature
Nestle extends satellite monitoring in bid to combat deforestation
Confectionery giant is drawing on a satellite monitoring service to help eliminate deforestation from its palm oil supply chain
What is net zero?
What does 'net-zero' mean and what are the challenges - from technological to moral - to achieving it? Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute sets out some of the issues
Christiana Figueres: 'Not even a stretch' for UK to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
Former UNFCCC chief speaks to BusinessGreen about XR climate protests and risks to business ahead of CCC's hotly anticipated 1.5C advice this week
Science-based targets look beyond carbon
It's hard to overstate the challenge in broadening the science-based approach for land use, water and biodiversity
Green Alliance: UK must plant 70,000 hectares of trees a year to combat climate change
Think tank calls for mass woodland planting drive, a ban on peatland burning, and a focus on low carbon farming methods in new report - but is the government listening?
Extinction Rebellion targets financial sector ahead of 'closing ceremony'
Having confirmed they are to bring the latest wave of actions to an end, Christian activists this morning staged a protests at Canary Wharf warning 'business as usual = death'
Rebel Alliance
Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg have reinvigorated the climate movement and revealed the utter paucity of their critics' arguments - but what happens now?
Melting permafrost in Arctic will have $70tn climate impact - study
Study shows how destabilised natural systems will worsen man-made problem
XR Business: Green business leaders rally in support of Extinction Rebellion
As wave of protests enter their second week and Greta Thunberg backs calls for a climate 'general strike', leading green business figures welcome launch of XR Business
Polly Higgins, lawyer who fought for recognition of 'ecocide', dies aged 50
Campaigner and barrister attempted to create a law to criminalise ecological damage
'Decades of denial': Major report finds New Zealand's environment is in serious trouble
Nation known for its natural beauty is under pressure with extinctions, polluted rivers and blighted lakes
KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell grow hungry for science-based climate targets
Yum! Brands - which owns KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell - is to pursue new greenhouse gas reduction goals across its restaurants and supply chains
SDG6: Top tips for delivering a sustainable water strategy
Water risks present a complex and escalating challenge for businesses, but there are best practices for supporting SDG6 and its vision of clean and sustainable water supplies for all
George Monbiot Q + A - How rejuvenating nature could help fight climate change
Lund University's Stephen Woroniecki talks to Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner George Monbiot about how natural solutions could play a key role in tacking climate breakdown
WWF: 2018's weather extremes cost Scottish farmers £161m
Extreme weather contributed to losses of up to £161m for Scotland's farmers in 2018, offering a sign of the challenges climate change will create for businesses, even in temperate climates
Climate crisis: today's children face lives with tiny carbon footprints
Next generation must keep their own carbon levels at a fraction of their grandparents' in order to prevent catastrophe
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