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'Crisis': Could a looming shortage of sulfuric acid threaten food security and clean tech deployment

Infrastructure

'Crisis': Could a looming shortage of sulfuric acid threaten food security and clean tech deployment

Research highlights how supply of the chemical largely sourced from oil and gas production could dwindle as the economy decarbonises

clock 22 August 2022 • 3 min read
The next Prime Minister is sleepwalking into a winter gas crisis

Energy

The next Prime Minister is sleepwalking into a winter gas crisis

A Great British energy efficiency plan would be an electoral, environmental and economic win for the UK’s new government, writes the ECIU’s Jess Ralston

clock 22 August 2022 • 5 min read
'Street-by-street': How the government could tackle 'energy crisis hotspots'

Policy

'Street-by-street': How the government could tackle 'energy crisis hotspots'

Friends of the Earth and the New Economics Foundation call on government to invest £15bn in improving housing stock in response to surging energy bills this winter

clock 22 August 2022 • 6 min read
Global Briefing: Activists bemoan slow progress in UN ocean treaty talks

Climate change

Global Briefing: Activists bemoan slow progress in UN ocean treaty talks

Plus Germany nuclear U-turn, China drought, sobering wildfire data and all the top green business stories from around the world this year

clock 19 August 2022 • 6 min read
Are modular homes making a comeback?

Buildings

Are modular homes making a comeback?

And how can prefab homes get us closer to circularity?

clock 19 August 2022 • 5 min read
As the climate changes, language is evolving too

Marketing

As the climate changes, language is evolving too

The Oxford English Dictionary's Patricia Stewart charts how language related to the environment, climate change, and sustainabiliy is changing to reflect new global realities

clock 19 August 2022 • 4 min read
Green energy transition: Why analysts are calling for governments to go 'beyond market economics'

Energy

Green energy transition: Why analysts are calling for governments to go 'beyond market economics'

Renewable power is set to dominate European power generation this decade, but significantly more policy momentum is required to boost wind, solar and hydro’s share of primary demand, analysis finds

clock 18 August 2022 • 5 min read
Cultured meat can help deliver a more sustainable future - but a significant mindset shift is needed

Management

Cultured meat can help deliver a more sustainable future - but a significant mindset shift is needed

The expansion of the 'lab-grown' meat industry promises to slash emissions, free up land for trees and regenerative agriculture, and tackle food insecurity, writes Meatable's Krijn De Nood

clock 18 August 2022 • 5 min read
Tory leadership race: Truss and Sunak step up their net zero and nature rhetoric - but will the next PM deliver?

Politics

Tory leadership race: Truss and Sunak step up their net zero and nature rhetoric - but will the next PM deliver?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss seek to burnish green policy credentials as Tory leadership contest edges towards final fortnight – but beyond the rhetoric, how much more have we learned?

clock 17 August 2022 • 14 min read
Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don't actually meet the Paris Agreement goals, our new analysis shows

Energy

Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don't actually meet the Paris Agreement goals, our new analysis shows

Most decarbonisation pathways claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal, explain academics Robert Brecha and Gaurav Ganti

clock 17 August 2022 • 4 min read