R&D

IN FOCUS: Consumer and regulatory pressure means all eyes are on businesses to deliver on their sustainable packaging goals - but can innovative solutions really deliver promised environmental gains?

Government sets out domestic alternative to Euratom, as it touts 'game-changer' investment

Scientists hail major boost to climate and clean tech research efforts, as UK rejoins EU's world-leading research funding and collaboration programme

Projects covering everything from electric motorbikes to hydrogen tractors to share over £50m in government funding

UK-based aquaculture start-up sinks biomass bales, as it seeks to prove carbon removal potential of seaweed cultivation

Series of reports argues 'well-chosen strategies' for tackling methane emissions from energy, agriculture, and waste could deliver rapid, substantial, and cost-effective health and climate benefits

Industry group calls on government to invest £78m a year in plant-based and cultivated meat research and development through to 2030

BeZero Carbon to collaborate with Dresden University of Technology and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute to develop next generation of wildfire monitoring tools

BusinessGreen's latest round-up of the most exciting early stage clean tech investments features fresh funding for alternative protein, star-studded investment in 'sustainable laundry', and investment to kickstart a green tyre plant in Sunderland

R&D centre to focus on developing low carbon heating solutions such as heat pumps