Emissions Reduction Plan

Policy

NHS pledges to cut particulate pollution from fleet under new 10-year plan

National Health Service promises to cut air pollution from ambulances and other vehicles 20 per cent by 2024 as part of drive for better air quality

clock 08 January 2019 • 3 min read

Investment

COP24: World Bank pledges $200bn in extra climate action funding

Pledge represents a doubling of its current five-year investment plans for low-carbon projects

clock 03 December 2018 • 3 min read

Policy

EU will increase pledge to Paris Agreement, says Cañete

The EU will raise its Paris deal pledge to 45 per cent, a spokesperson for the European Commission told CHN

clock 20 June 2018 • 1 min read

Carbon Accounting

Reflections on 10 years of the Carbon Trust Standard

Carbon Trust chief executive Tom Delay looks back on a decade of business emissions reduction

clock 05 June 2018 • 3 min read

Legislation

The Clean Growth Strategy: Crispy on the outside raw in the middle

The government has underbaked the Clean Growth Strategy and must come back with stronger ambition, argues Labour's Alan Whitehead

clock 17 October 2017 • 4 min read

Legislation

Clean Growth Strategy: How will it impact investment in the low carbon economy?

The Clean Growth Strategy marks an important step forward for the UK's low carbon economy, but the extent to which it will increase private investment varies across sectors, argues the Aldersgate Group's Nick Molho

clock 16 October 2017 • 5 min read

Legislation

Clean Growth Strategy puts government and green business on the same team

The Clean Growth Strategy could herald a new era of public-private collaboration

clock 13 October 2017 • 5 min read

Legislation

Does the Clean Growth Strategy ensure the UK will deliver on its climate targets?

New strategy still suggests shortfall in fourth and fifth carbon budgets - but ministers insist further policy detail, tech innovation and accounting 'flexibility' will be enough to get over the line

clock 12 October 2017 • 7 min read

Policy

Clean Growth Strategy: At a glance

BusinessGreen brings together all the key points from the UK's ambitious new decarbonisation plan

clock 12 October 2017 • 13 min read

Legislation

Clean Growth Strategy: The green economy reacts

All the reaction from green business, politicians, campaigners and experts on the new UK emissions reduction plan

clock 12 October 2017 • 24 min read