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Concerned citizens, assemble
Concerned citizens, assemble

The wide-ranging report from the UK's first Citizens Assembly on how to build a net zero emission economy was inspiring and frustrating in near equal measure

  • 11 September 2020
MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act
MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act

Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing

  • Politics
  • 02 September 2020
Ed Miliband returns: Former Labour leader handed key climate role as Shadow Business Secretary
Ed Miliband returns: Former Labour leader handed key climate role as Shadow Business Secretary

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team

  • Politics
  • 06 April 2020
Heathrow third runway plans ruled illegal on climate grounds by court of appeal
Heathrow third runway plans ruled illegal on climate grounds by court of appeal

Judge confirms government has not sought permission to appeal, sparking major questions for the UK's wider airport expansion plans - but Heathrow insists it is working to 'fix' the issue raised by the court

  • Aviation
  • 27 February 2020
Andrea Leadsom overrules Planning Inspectorate to push through Drax coal to gas conversion
Andrea Leadsom overrules Planning Inspectorate to push through Drax coal to gas conversion

Business Secretary grants consent for Drax to convert coal units into gas generators at Yorkshire plant, despite Planning Inspectorate opposing proposals on climate grounds

  • Energy
  • 07 October 2019
Scotland passes legislation pulling net zero goal forward to 2045
Scotland passes legislation pulling net zero goal forward to 2045

'No one should be in any doubt of the Scottish Government's commitment to use every policy lever at our disposal to rise to this challenge'

  • Legislation
  • 26 September 2019
ClientEarth puts councils 'on notice' over climate inaction
ClientEarth puts councils 'on notice' over climate inaction

Campaigning climate lawyers warn they will bring legal challenges against councils who fail to demonstrate action to tackle the climate emergency

  • Legislation
  • 02 September 2019
IPPR: Sustainable Economy Act would force government to act on all green issues
IPPR: Sustainable Economy Act would force government to act on all green issues

Proposed Act would avoid narrow focus on greenhouse gas emissions and promote action to preserve wider natural systems, argues think tank

  • Legislation
  • 01 August 2019
This is getting embarrassing
This is getting embarrassing

It may have been overshadowed by another dramatic day in Westminster, but yesterday the government was effectively accused of a dereliction of duty in the face of the climate crisis

  • Policy
  • 11 July 2019
CCC Progress Reports: The Reaction
CCC Progress Reports: The Reaction

As had been widely expected, the CCC has provided a damning assessment of the UK's decarbonisation progress - BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction

  • Policy
  • 10 July 2019
Net zero law passes Commons without any objections
Net zero law passes Commons without any objections

MPs approve amendment to Climate Change Act with unanimous cheer of 'aye'

  • Legislation
  • 25 June 2019
To tackle the climate crisis we need more democracy, not less
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

  • Policy
  • 23 June 2019
Net Zero Now: An overnight success, 20 years in the making
Net Zero Now: An overnight success, 20 years in the making

The adoption of a net zero target is a genuinely historic breakthrough that promises to define the UK's eventual post-Brexit revival

  • Politics
  • 12 June 2019
Reports: Theresa May preps net zero target, despite Treasury cost concerns
Reports: Theresa May preps net zero target, despite Treasury cost concerns

FT reports net zero legislation could be tabled next week, as Chancellor privately warns of costs 'well in excess of a trillion pounds'

  • Policy
  • 06 June 2019
'Running down the clock on our planet': PMQs row erupts over UK carbon budget shortfall
'Running down the clock on our planet': PMQs row erupts over UK carbon budget shortfall

As Boris Johnson confirms he would deliver a net zero emission target as PM, Labour calls for government to correct the record on its projected failure to meet future carbon goals

  • Politics
  • 05 June 2019
Reports: Government considering 'accounting tricks' to relax climate targets
Reports: Government considering 'accounting tricks' to relax climate targets

FT reports government is planning to roll over surplus in previous carbon budgets to make it easier to meet future targets, in direct defiance of CCC advice

  • Legislation
  • 04 June 2019
Faster, deeper, fairer - how the Committee on Climate Change's recommendations could be improved
Faster, deeper, fairer - how the Committee on Climate Change's recommendations could be improved

Total cumulative emissions are what really matter, argues Friends of the Earth's Mike Childs

  • Science
  • 16 May 2019
Reports: UK prepares to fast track new net zero target
Reports: UK prepares to fast track new net zero target

Bloomberg reports officials are working on net zero target, but as EU plans for a similar goal face opposition it remains unclear if whole cabinet is ready to back new target

  • Legislation
  • 10 May 2019
The net zero route map is clear - but are you ready for the journey of a lifetime?
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

  • Legislation
  • 02 May 2019
'Projected shortfalls': Government confirms UK on track to miss carbon targets by widening margin
'Projected shortfalls': Government confirms UK on track to miss carbon targets by widening margin

A day after Theresa May defended the government's 'fine record' on climate change, officials confirm emissions projections for the UK's upcoming carbon budgets have worsened

  • Legislation
  • 11 April 2019
Transitioning, fast and slow
Transitioning, fast and slow

Businesses know they have to transition towards a net zero emission future, the big question is how fast they should make the journey

  • Policy
  • 20 March 2019
The climate choice
The climate choice

CCC chief executive Chris Stark's speech to the BusinessGreen Leaders Briefing - in full

  • Management
  • 20 March 2019
Carbon crunch: Slowdown in UK emissions reductions raises fresh questions
Carbon crunch: Slowdown in UK emissions reductions raises fresh questions

UK emissions may be on their longest falling streak in modern history, but signs are growing that a new wave of climate policies and investments are urgently needed

  • Policy
  • 04 March 2019
'Policies failed': CCC issues quietly damning assessment of UK climate policy progress
'Policies failed': CCC issues quietly damning assessment of UK climate policy progress

In advising the government not to carry forward surplus carbon emissions into the UK's next budget period, the CCC has warned the government's decarbonisation policies are behind schedule

  • Policy
  • 20 February 2019
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