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'A prime example of doublethink': How surging demand for land-based CO2 offsets could threaten global food security

Offsets

'A prime example of doublethink': How surging demand for land-based CO2 offsets could threaten global food security

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land

clock 03 August 2021 • 7 min read
Boiling point: Can boiler firms deliver on their hydrogen-ready price promise?

Infrastructure

Boiling point: Can boiler firms deliver on their hydrogen-ready price promise?

Boiler manufacturers stake claim for future green heating market by calling for a phase-out of new fossil gas boilers from 2025

clock 03 August 2021 • 8 min read
Carbon Pricing: What is it good for?

Carbon Trading

Carbon Pricing: What is it good for?

Carbon pricing is no panacea to the UK's climate challenge, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray

clock 03 August 2021 • 4 min read
Could 'Blue on Blue' rows determine the UK's green future?

Policy

Could 'Blue on Blue' rows determine the UK's green future?

A series of reports over the weekend has laid bare the mounting tensions at the heart of the government's net zero strategy – businesses and investors will be worried a critical opportunity could be squandered

clock 02 August 2021 • 13 min read
Policy roadblocks: FTSE giants want to buy 70,000 UK-made electric vans, but fear charging woes

Automotive

Policy roadblocks: FTSE giants want to buy 70,000 UK-made electric vans, but fear charging woes

Scottish Power, Royal Mail, BT and BP join forces to lobby government to enhance support of electric vehicles and charging infrastrucutre

clock 02 August 2021 • 5 min read
We need to fix food

Policy

We need to fix food

Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole

clock 02 August 2021 • 5 min read

Management

Global Briefing: In-person COP15 biodiversity talks braced for delay to 2022

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including EU's carbon border row with China, and fresh climate goals from Israel and Indonesia

clock 30 July 2021 • 7 min read

Management

Net zero's big challenge for small business

While the big guys have their consultants and advisers — not to mention Wall Street-caliber budgets — smaller firms are mostly left to their own scrappy devices

clock 30 July 2021 • 7 min read

Management

Companies don't have to reinvent the wheel to meet their climate and nature targets

Reaching climate and nature goals is tough, but companies already have everything they need to achieve their goals, writes Rainforest Alliance scientist Leah Samberg

clock 30 July 2021 • 2 min read

Politics

We won't get far without giving the public a voice in how the UK reaches net zero

WWF's Jo Furtado explores how to drive up public engagement in the Net Zero Strategy in order to ensure ambitious action to combat the climate crisis

clock 29 July 2021 • 4 min read