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Study: Swapping tenth of meat intake for veg could free up land size of Germany
PwC analysis warns global meat consumption is higher than ever and that continued growth carries major implications for water, climate, and land use
Net Zero Festival: In conversation with Farhana Yamin
VIDEO: Environmental lawyer, diplomat and activist joins BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray to explain her role in first establishing the concept of net zero emissions at the heart of the Paris Agreement
Conservative MPs urge government to submit 'much more ambitious' 2030 climate plan
More than 40 backbenchers and Lords call for new climate plan in line with CCC's recommendations backed by strong diplomatic resources to ensure successful COP26
Net Zero Festival: In conversation with John Elkington
VIDEO: Godfather of sustainability and Volans co-founder speaks to BusinessGreen's James Murray about creating a new, more regenerative form of capitalism for the 21st century
'Decentralise, digitalise, and decarbonise': Engie UK debuts low carbon housing retrofit solution
Firm says it has a "duty" to develop solutions that can reduce carbon footprint of UK's housing stock, warning that existing housing supply poses "considerable threat" to UK's net zero plans
BusinessGreen's James Murray takes home coveted Editor of the Year award
Commendation at the AOP Awards follows hugely successful year for BusinessGreen as the wider green economy embarks on critical decade
Net Zero Festival: What role can sport play in the net zero transition?
VIDEO: In the second of our three Glimpses reports looking at potential net zero gamechangers, BusinessGreen looks at the role for sport in catalysing the world's net zero transition
'The green recovery starts at home': EU accelerates Green Deal with buildings, chemicals, and methane plans
European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required
Glaring skills gap risks undermining green recovery, businesses warn
Aldersgate Group urges government to address low carbon skills deficit as a 'national priority' or risk seeing net zero transition derailed
Net Zero Festival: What does success look like? How to build a net zero organisation
VIDEO: Gavin Esler quizzes Engie's Nicola Lovett, Yorkshire Water's Elizabeth Barber, Wakefield Councillor Jack Hemingway, and National Grid Duncan Burt about the practical steps involved in delivering net zero
Claire O'Neill joins Ikigai Capital to support net zero consultancy push
Former energy and clean growth minister joins board of green investment consultancy
Royal Mail, Tesla, Next, and Rio Tinto among hundreds of companies urged by investors to set science-based climate goals
More than 1,800 companies have been asked to set science-based climate targets thanks to a major new push from 137 global investors
New business coalition leads calls for Chancellor to deliver negative emissions market
CBI, NFU, Energy UK and others form Coalition for Negative Emissions to set out the case for a new policy framework that could drive development of projects that are critical to net zero goals
Net Zero Skills Summit - Live Blog
Catch up on all the latest news, top speakers and in-depth discussion from BusinessGreen's Net Zero Skills Summit, looking at how to bridge the skills gap faced by the net zero transition and maximise the job opportunities from a green recovery
'Unambitious': IEA sustainable steel plan slammed by campaigners
IEA estimates that global steel sector can reach net zero emissions by 2070 and argues that the carbon-intensive sector must halve its emissions by mid-century to meet global climate goals
If government is serious about net zero, it must implement a UK Emissions Trading System in 2021
The Chancellor is reportedly considering a hike in carbon prices to help raise revenues and accelerate the net zero transition, but as Dr. Danial Sturge and George Day argue, carbon pricing is complex and won't deliver net zero emissions on its own
What we have learnt on the pathway to net zero
Dave Worthington, managing director of sustainability specialist Verco, sets out the practical steps for companies forging a pathway to net zero
Net Zero Festival: Vertical farming - food for thought in a net zero world?
VIDEO: In the first of three Glimpses reports looking at potential net zero gamechangers, BusinessGreen looks at the role for vertical farming in delivering a more sustainable food system
'Lead by example': EU urged to aim high with new 2030 emissions goal
Business and civil society coalition representing €62tr investments call on EU Member States to raise 2030 CO2 target to at least 55 per cent below 1990 levels
Study: Fertiliser use threatens global climate goals as nitrous oxide emissions soar
Scientists urge reform of global food production system after study shows N2O levels - emitted largely by farming fertiliser - have soared over past two decades
Zero Carbon Humber: Consortium tables £75m bid for hydrogen CCS cluster
Project aims to develop Europe's largest joint hydrogen production and carbon capture project by 2026, according to partners
'The biggest prize going': Inside the plans to decarbonise Britain's biggest industrial cluster
The Humber Estuary is the most carbon-intensive stretch of the UK, home to 55,000 jobs and a huge slice of British economic value, but it is also one of the most climate vulnerable regions in the country - BusinessGreen sat down with the people working...
Net Zero Festival: Is decarbonisation a pipe dream or the new reality for oil and gas?
ECIU's Richard Black grills Shell's Sinead Lynch and Colette Cohen from the Oil & Gas Technology Centre on the sector's ability to forge an effective decarbonisation pathway
Boris Johnson: 'We are progressing with gale force speed on the green economy'
Prime Minister takes swipe at 'people used to sneer at wind power 20 years ago' in speech that majors on green economy ambitions
Net Zero Festival: Provide tax breaks for climate-friendly dishes, Treasury urged
Sustainable Restaurant Association argues diners should pay less for climate-friendly dishes, arguing tax breaks could support the hospitality sector post-Covid-19 and help drive more sustainable diets
'Decarbonisation by stealth is not possible': Aldersgate Group steps up calls for fast-tracked net zero policies
Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions
National Grid launches scheme to bring disadvantaged pupils into the net zero workforce
Initiative aims to help disadvantaged pupils from south London meet the growing demand for skilled workers that is being created by the net zero transition
'Our seas hold immense potential': PM pledges to power all UK homes with offshore wind by 2030
Boris Johnson trails first stage in '10-point plan' for a green industrial revolution, as government confirms new £160m wind turbine manufacturing investment
Net Zero Festival: Now available on demand
All sessions from the three day broadcast are now available on demand through the Festival platform
Heathrow CEO: Aviation should have priority access to sustainable biofuels
Aviation sector will not be able to reach net zero if worldwide capacity of sustainable fuels is split between different transport sectors, John Holland Kaye warned at BusinessGreen’s Net Zero Festival
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