Green recovery
Reports: PM pushing for domestic insulation programme to succeed embattled Green Homes Grant
Bloomberg reports discussions about a new domestic insulation programme are underway in the top echelons of government as fresh research highlights low-carbon home retrofits could generate hundreds of thousands of jobs
(Not so) green recovery: UNEP and University of Oxford warn world is failing to 'build back better'
Analysis of 50 major economies' post-Covid spending programmes concludes policymakers are wasting major opportunity to a build safer world and greener economy in wake of pandemic
Borrow to invest: Top economists argue prioritising green investment can unleash a stronger post-Covid recovery
A net zero-focused recovery makes for a stronger recovery, while tightening belts would slow the rebound across the G7, leading economists warn
What business can learn from the human costs of COVID-19
How have sustainability executives responded to the crises and what lessons can be learned to enhance business resilience in the future?
Green recovery or bust? Six green things we learnt from the Budget (and a lot of things we didn't)
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak served up a host of green infrastructure and financial measures, but has kicked many key issues down the road
A Budget of green miracles and disasters
Today's Budget significantly improves the UK's green investment climate, but it was still a long way short of the comprehensive net zero transition strategy that is so desperately needed
Global Wind Organisation trained workforce passes 100,000 mark
Number of workers trained by international renewables body surges 12 per cent in the past year, as demand for wind technicians continues to grow
The wrong sort of recovery?
Or why today's Budget matters so much
IEA: Global CO2 emissions already on rebound after historic fall in 2020
Hopes of a green recovery from the pandemic dealt a major blow as data shows energy-related CO2 emissions are already rising above pre-crisis levels
Rewriting the green growth rule book: How environmental regulation could help fast track the UK's economic recovery
Aldersgate Group makes the case that 'ambitious, well-designed and properly enforced environmental regulations' can drive the UK's economic prosperity in new analysis
'Regulation works': Environment Agency warns against post-Brexit red tape bonfire
EA chief executive Sir James Bevan argues strong environmental regulation crucial to post-pandemic economic recovery
'Build back better': G7 pledges to put climate action at heart of global recovery
'We will put our global ambitions on climate change and the reversal of biodiversity loss at the centre of our plans'
Labour slams 'shambolic delivery' of Green Homes Grants, as reports suggest scheme could be axed
Intervention comes as Labour leader Keir Starmer laments businesses 'waiting for politicians to catch up' on climate action
UN: Covid-19 recovery an 'unmissable opportunity' to invest in nature and net zero
Major report warns society is waging a 'war on nature' and calls for all-society push to combat escalating planetary emergency
National Infrastructure Commission asks 'where are the decarbonisation delivery plans'?
Annual Monitoring Report adds to calls for government to deliver clearer delivery plans and more stable funding settlements for critical net zero infrastructure
'Opportunity to reset': How MPs are urging the Treasury to use tax policy to drive green recovery
Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises
Green Stimulus Index: Momentum towards green recovery is building, but progress remains too slow
Majority of stimulus measures announced by world’s largest economies continue to have net negative impact on environment, report warns
Shambles squared
The news the government is likely to claw back funding assigned to the Green Homes Grant scheme is the biggest blow yet to the credibility of the Prime Minister's green recovery promises, and it does not bode well for the UK's wider net zero strategy...
Green recovery: Energy networks and Ofgem earmark £300m for green grid projects
Major new grid spending plan confirmed as networks look to help drive green recovery
CBI chief calls for economic response 'more like 1945' to tackle climate and Covid threats
Director-general of Britain's largest business body Tony Danker calls for transformative 10-year economic plan to bounce back from pandemic and put UK on track for net zero emissions
Clarity of vision will separate short-term recovery from long-term renewal
Businesses, government and NGOs need to be visionary, open and collaborative to deliver a pandemic recovery that paves the way to a greener future
'Moral hazard': MPs urge Bank of England to clean up dirty investments ahead of COP26
Environmental Audit Committee calls on central bank to align its corporate bond purchasing programme with global climate goals
A fossil fuel demand peak is fast approaching, but will it come soon enough?
A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery
Labour leader promises climate change and the green economy will be central to Party's plans 'now and at the next election'
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