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Climate Leaders Summit: A day of diplomatic theatre, distracting jokes, and historic turning points
Climate Leaders Summit: A day of diplomatic theatre, distracting jokes, and historic turning points

Ed King argues that when the history of the fifth industrial revolution is penned, this year will mark a turning point.

  • Policy
  • 23 April 2021
Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'
Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'

Boris Johnson to tell Climate Leaders Summit the question of how to reach net zero emissions is 'not so much technical as political'

  • Politics
  • 21 April 2021
EU approves 2030 climate goals, as US preps plan to halve emissions
EU approves 2030 climate goals, as US preps plan to halve emissions

EU reaches late night deal backing plan to cut emissions 55 per cent by 2030, as reports suggests President Biden will approve goal to halve US emissions by end of the decade

  • Policy
  • 21 April 2021
Reports: UK to confirm strengthened carbon budget targets for 2035
Reports: UK to confirm strengthened carbon budget targets for 2035

Government expected to confirm ambitious new goals for early-2030s ahead of President Biden's high profile Leaders Summit

  • Policy
  • 20 April 2021
COP26: Nations agree to hold upcoming pre-summit talks online
COP26: Nations agree to hold upcoming pre-summit talks online

Compromise means informal talks will take place virtually next month as UK battles to ensure Glasgow summit itself takes place in person

  • Politics
  • 16 April 2021
COP26: The current state of play
COP26: The current state of play

With the status of the Glasgow Summit up in the air, Alok Sharma has set out his 'wish list' for crucial Paris Agreement climate negotiations in 2021

  • Climate change
  • 14 April 2021
Top US business leaders urge Biden to deliver 'bold' 2030 emissions goal
Top US business leaders urge Biden to deliver 'bold' 2030 emissions goal

Over 300 of America's largest firms back open letter to President Biden calling on him to set a 2030 target to cut emissions by at least 50 per cent against 2005 levels

  • Policy
  • 13 April 2021
Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit
Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit

As time ticks away before COP26, Alok Sharma and the International Energy Agency hosted a major global climate summit aimed at cranking up the climate urgency

  • Politics
  • 01 April 2021
Climate-safe sex? Durex owner Reckitt signs up as 'hygiene partner' for COP26
Climate-safe sex? Durex owner Reckitt signs up as 'hygiene partner' for COP26

Consumer goods firm signs on as latest sponsor for Glasgow climate summit as it teams up with WWF and commits to producing Fair Trade condoms

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  • 30 March 2021
Race to Zero: Third of UK's biggest companies now committed to net zero targets
Race to Zero: Third of UK's biggest companies now committed to net zero targets

AstraZeneca, BT Group, Sainsbury’s, and Unilever are among the British corporate giants who have signed up to the UN's flagship Race to Zero campaign

  • Management
  • 30 March 2021
COP26: Speculation mounts over plans for in-person Glasgow Summit
COP26: Speculation mounts over plans for in-person Glasgow Summit

Reports suggest UK government is facing calls to scale back in-person component of high profile Climate Summit, as concerns over coronavirus risks continue

  • Politics
  • 26 March 2021
Banks have a key role to play in net zero - but there are no quick-fix solutions
Banks have a key role to play in net zero - but there are no quick-fix solutions

Achieving net zero is crucial to the long-term success of our customers, our communities and our economy, writes NatWest Group chief executive Alison Rose

  • Investment
  • 24 March 2021
Study: One fifth of top corporates have net zero commitments in place
Study: One fifth of top corporates have net zero commitments in place

Comprehensive analysis from ECIU and Oxford Net Zero reveals how over two thirds of the global economy are covered by net zero goals

  • Management
  • 23 March 2021
UK sets out four 'objectives' for COP26, as COP15 confirms second postponement
UK sets out four 'objectives' for COP26, as COP15 confirms second postponement

Chinese hosts of crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit announce new October date, lining up a crunch autumn for global efforts to avert environmental disaster

  • Policy
  • 19 March 2021
New private sector coalition launched in bid to reverse biodiversity loss
New private sector coalition launched in bid to reverse biodiversity loss

Named the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum, the new group will support British businesses as they try to tackle worsening biodiversity impacts and risks

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  • 18 March 2021
Integrated Review: Climate action installed as UK's 'number one international priority'
Integrated Review: Climate action installed as UK's 'number one international priority'

Sweeping new strategy aims to place climate action at heart of UK foreign and security policy

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  • 17 March 2021
Reports: India mulling net zero emissions target for 2050
Reports: India mulling net zero emissions target for 2050

Bloomberg reports that Indian government is considering a 2047 net zero target to coincide mark a century of independence

  • Policy
  • 17 March 2021
Making climate a UK foreign policy priority is a start: Delivering it will be tough
Making climate a UK foreign policy priority is a start: Delivering it will be tough

  • Politics
  • 17 March 2021
Capacity Market: Are the UK's £350m of gas power subsidies compatible with net zero goals?
Capacity Market: Are the UK's £350m of gas power subsidies compatible with net zero goals?

1.4GW of new gas power won £350m of funding in the government's latest Capacity Market auction, held last week, sparking concern among campaigners

  • Energy
  • 16 March 2021
'Now we're into delivery': Adaptation and resilience champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan on her COP26 priorities
'Now we're into delivery': Adaptation and resilience champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan on her COP26 priorities

Minister provides BusinessGreen with a behind-the-scenes look at her work on leadership team for the COP26 climate conference

  • Policy
  • 16 March 2021
Mobilising Finance for Forests: Government launches £150m rainforest protection push
Mobilising Finance for Forests: Government launches £150m rainforest protection push

Major new international funding programme designed to help protect tropical rainforests and catalyse £850m of private sector investment

  • Investment
  • 12 March 2021
UK intent on holding 'physical' COP26 summit in Glasgow, Alok Sharma insists
UK intent on holding 'physical' COP26 summit in Glasgow, Alok Sharma insists

COP26 President reiterates that he has strong support across cabinet for net zero agenda, despite mixed green policy messaging in recent weeks

  • Politics
  • 11 March 2021
'Beyond GDP': UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting
'Beyond GDP': UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting

UN Statistical Commission formally adopts System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting

  • Policy
  • 11 March 2021
Hitachi joins COP26 Principal Partner roster
Hitachi joins COP26 Principal Partner roster

Tech giant becomes latest high profile firm to be unveiled as a formal partner of COP26

  • Technology
  • 10 March 2021
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