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COP26 postponed: The reaction
All the reaction from politicians, green business, academia, NGOs and think tanks on the momentous decision to postpone this year's critical UN climate change summit
Time to muck in: Soils must take centre-stage in farming policy, study argues
Royal Society study author argues people 'should be as appalled' by badly managed soils as deforestation
SDG16: Six top tips for delivering peace, justice, and strong institutions
Many businesses will conclude that SDG16 is mainly the preserve of governments, but there are tangible steps companies can take to help deliver on its crucial targets
Trump administration guts Obama-era fuel efficiency standard
California and the Natural Resources Defense Council have pledged to challenge the regulation, which the government is touting as its largest deregulatory initiative to date, in court.
Coronavirus Response: How is Covid-19 impacting the climate change movement
Viki Cooke of Britain Thinks argues that the short term challenges are immense, but the crisis has revealed a strength of community ties that could yet serve the climate movement well
Net zero: Green grid innovation takes centre stage in UK energy sector plans
Energy Networks Association and National Grid reveal plans to harness green and flexible energy technologies through latest innovation strategies
Coronavirus Response: WSP's David Symons on compassion, clients, and continuity
UK Director of Sustainability at WSP, David Symons, argues the UK environmental movement has to come out of this crisis in one piece, 'ready to crack on when the time is right'
Covid-19 bailouts, then what?
Dr Ben Caldecott argues the clamour for green strings to be attached to bailout packages could be misguided - could government take a long term stake in struggling companies instead and demand bolder climate strategies as a shareholder?
'Essentially unchanged': Japan prompts outcry with underpowered climate action plan
Japan becomes first major economy to submit updated national climate action plan to UN, but campaigners are left outraged by 'shameful' lack of ambition
Coronavirus Response: Hubbub's Trewin Restorick on how the Green Movement should respond to Covid-19
Trewin Restorick warns pitfalls could await for an environmental movement that can already struggle with nuanced messaging
COVID-19, Climate, Civilization
E3G's Tom Burke reflects on three key lessons from the coronavirus crisis
Global briefing: EPA suspends environmental law enforcement in response to pandemic
All the key green business news from around the world this week
Actual good news
The world may be reeling from unprecedented public health crisis, but the UK's latest greenhouse gas figures offer genuine cause for optimism
What mobilizing innovation for COVID-19 can teach us about catalyzing climate tech
Heather Clancy explores how some leading clean tech firms are lending their shoulder to the wheel to tackle the coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus Response: We Mean Business' María Mendiluce on resilience, fragility, and on-going climate targets
In the first of a new series on how figures across the green economy are responding to the coronavirus pandemic, We Mean Business CEO María Mendiluce reflects on how businesses have moved into rapid response mode
SDG16: Fostering peace, justice and strong institutions in a world under duress
SDG16 calls for the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies and accountable and inclusive institutions – its goals have never felt more important
Coal power in 2019: Global capacity grows, but pipeline slows sharply
Number of coal plants under development dropped in 2019, yet new capacity still grew and the impact of Covid-19 remains uncertain, study shows
Covid-19 and the parliamentary process: Initial observations
Green Alliance's Ruth Chambers ponders how coronavirus could impact crucial green legislation such as the Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries Bills
Resilience post COVID-19
Ben Caldecott reflects on how a fixation on short-run cost optimisation has resulted in economic systems and business models that are not sufficiently resilient to shocks
GOs and REGOs: Corporate demand for renewables rose across Europe in 2019, data confirms
Strong growth in corporate demand for renewable energy backed by European certificates of origin outpaced supply in 2019, data shows
Investing beyond meat
Clean energy tends to dominate the climate conversation, but the shift toward more sustainable diets is also gathering pace, argues Martyn Jones of Liontrust's Sustainable Future UK Growth Fund
Coronavirus: How falling power demand is impacting green energy
With the pandemic spurring a dramatic drop in economic activity across Europe, electricity, renewables and carbon prices have also plummeted
Coronavirus: Calls grow for green recovery, as battle lines drawn over US stimulus
Leading experts from around the world argue policymakers should avoid locking in fossil fuel infrastructure, as President Trump attacks the 'ridiculous Green New Deal'
The UK's automated power system will help keep the lights on
With more workers staying at home during the current Covid-19 crisis, automated electricity generation is taking up the strain, writes Ed Birkett
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