Science

'Chronically underfunded and overlooked': CCC slams government's climate adaptation efforts, again

Risk

'Chronically underfunded and overlooked': CCC slams government's climate adaptation efforts, again

Report warns UK is failing to mobilise sufficient investment in climate resilience measures

clock 01 February 2023 • 6 min read
What to do about awkward climate conversations

Climate change

What to do about awkward climate conversations

Conversations about climate change can be difficult, whether in a business, social or family setting. Dave Powell offers his take on how to get the most out of them

clock 01 February 2023 • 5 min read
A blueprint for nature loss reversal or a roadmap to a cliff edge? The green economy reacts to the Environmental Improvement Plan

Biodiversity

A blueprint for nature loss reversal or a roadmap to a cliff edge? The green economy reacts to the Environmental Improvement Plan

BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction from politicians, campaigners, and green business leaders to the UK's new five-year environmental policy plan

clock 31 January 2023 • 16 min read
'Fundamental to the economy': Government publishes five-year Environmental Improvement Plan

Policy

'Fundamental to the economy': Government publishes five-year Environmental Improvement Plan

New plan promises to create new nature reserves and drive 'green growth', but campaigners slam 'threadbare patchwork of policies'

clock 31 January 2023 • 7 min read
Nature is being cordoned off from the people who would protect it most

Biodiversity

Nature is being cordoned off from the people who would protect it most

The everyday people who enjoy nature should be its guardians, not companies and private landowners looking to make a profit, writes Caroline Lucas

clock 30 January 2023 • 4 min read
Dishing the dirt: Tesco teams up with veg farmers for low carbon fertiliser rollout

Supply chain

Dishing the dirt: Tesco teams up with veg farmers for low carbon fertiliser rollout

Supermarket giant to test raft of low carbon fertilisers across thousands of hectares of UK farmland in bid to cut supply chain costs and emissions

clock 27 January 2023 • 4 min read
Government confirms plan to accelerate roll out of Sustainable Farming Incentive

Policy

Government confirms plan to accelerate roll out of Sustainable Farming Incentive

Green farming groups give proposals a 'cautious welcome', as government confirms six new sets of actions farmers can take to secure green subsidy payments

clock 26 January 2023 • 6 min read
The hedgehog in the room: Britain needs to face up to its own biodiversity crisis

Biodiversity

The hedgehog in the room: Britain needs to face up to its own biodiversity crisis

The targets agreed by governments at COP15 must drive a step change in nature protection policy in the UK, writes the Heart of England Forest's Beth Brook

clock 25 January 2023 • 6 min read
Patagonia-backed taskforce publishes roadmap to turn Albania's Vjosa River into national park

Biodiversity

Patagonia-backed taskforce publishes roadmap to turn Albania's Vjosa River into national park

Trail-blazing scheme is designed to protect one of Europe's last free-flowing rivers in perpetuity

clock 25 January 2023 • 2 min read
'Perilously close': Doomsday Clock hits 90 seconds to midnight

Climate change

'Perilously close': Doomsday Clock hits 90 seconds to midnight

Mounting dangers 'largely but not exclusively' triggered by war in Ukraine have prompted The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to move its Doomsday Clock forward by 10 seconds

clock 24 January 2023 • 2 min read