GDP

OECD: 'Climate action does not hinder economic growth, it provides economic gains'

Investment

OECD: 'Climate action does not hinder economic growth, it provides economic gains'

OECD becomes latest high profile body to conclude bolder climate ambition 'is not only achievable, it also makes economic sense - even in the near-term'

clock 27 March 2025 • 7 min read
'Growth doom loop': Report warns under-investment will see UK lag behind in global race to net zero

Investment

'Growth doom loop': Report warns under-investment will see UK lag behind in global race to net zero

Think tank IPPR warns UK is suffering from 'investment-phobia' and must move quickly to reap the economic benefits of the green transition

clock 20 June 2023 • 4 min read
'No longer invisible': Study values nature-based markets at $7tr

Carbon Trading

'No longer invisible': Study values nature-based markets at $7tr

New Taskforce on Nature Markets study sets out detailed taxonomy for nature markets, arguing the emerging sector could be equivalent in size to the world's third largest economy

clock 27 September 2022 • 3 min read
Study warns economic impacts of climate change 'far larger' than previously thought

Climate change

Study warns economic impacts of climate change 'far larger' than previously thought

A new study by the University of California explores how economic projections routinely under-estimate impact of worsening climate impacts

clock 14 August 2022 • 3 min read
ONS confirms plan to publish emissions data alongside GDP stats

Policy

ONS confirms plan to publish emissions data alongside GDP stats

ONS says changes will help policymakers chart 'the environmental impact of changes in economic activity'

clock 27 June 2022 • 3 min read
'Net zero is a no regret policy': How climate action could boost UK GDP by 9.1 per cent

Climate change

'Net zero is a no regret policy': How climate action could boost UK GDP by 9.1 per cent

UK and US researchers have run the numbers on the huge costs of runaway climate change – and the myriad benefits of achieving net zero emissions

clock 29 May 2022 • 6 min read
'A new metric': Link GDP figures to emissions targets, EAC urges Chancellor

Policy

'A new metric': Link GDP figures to emissions targets, EAC urges Chancellor

The Environmental Audit Committee has written to Rishi Sunak and National Statistician Sir Ian Diamond calling for the UK to adopt a more rounded definition of economic success

clock 06 April 2022 • 3 min read

Risk

Climate impacts to scythe 18 per cent off global GDP by 2050, Swiss Re warns

Insurance giant's stress test of 48 major economies finds climate impacts are on course to make world trillions of dollars poorer

clock 22 April 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

'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

clock 11 March 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

'Beyond GDP': UN mulls adoption of green prosperity measure

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges nations to consider the costs of economic profit against damage to the environment

clock 03 March 2021 • 4 min read