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Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery
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'

  • Politics
  • 13 January 2021
Watchdog orders UK firms to improve climate accounting in 2021
Watchdog orders UK firms to improve climate accounting in 2021

Companies are routinely 'not meeting investor needs' on climate and environmental data in annual reports, Financial Reporting Council warns

  • Investment
  • 13 November 2020
Labour calls on Government to mobilise a 'zero carbon army' of workers to drive green recovery
Labour calls on Government to mobilise a 'zero carbon army' of workers to drive green recovery

Party calls for green jobs blitz, as it launches month-long consultation that seeks views from businesses, industry groups, unions, workers, and campaigners on specific measures that can be taken to kick start a green recovery.

  • Politics
  • 05 June 2020
Labour completes green Shadow Ministerial line-up
Labour completes green Shadow Ministerial line-up

Energy policy veteran Alan Whitehead retains key position, as Matthew Pennycook named Shadow Climate Change Minister

  • Politics
  • 14 April 2020
Ed Miliband returns: Former Labour leader handed key climate role as Shadow Business Secretary
Ed Miliband returns: Former Labour leader handed key climate role as Shadow Business Secretary

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team

  • Politics
  • 06 April 2020
Nationally Determined Contribution - a UK COP out?
Nationally Determined Contribution - a UK COP out?

The UK's statutory 2050 net zero target should provide the basis for imminent updates to its Paris Agreement pledges, argues Labour's Alan Whitehead, despite what Ministers may suggest to the contrary

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 28 February 2020
The government must revive onshore wind if it wants to be a climate leader
The government must revive onshore wind if it wants to be a climate leader

If the government is sincere about tackling the climate emergency, it must remove barriers to onshore wind in England, argues Alan Whitehead MP

  • Policy
  • 22 January 2020
Our first past the post electoral system is hampering the green economy
Our first past the post electoral system is hampering the green economy

In her valedictory column as an MEP, the Greens Molly Scott Cato argues that until Labour embraces electoral reform the UK's net zero transition will remain badly underpowered

  • Politics
  • 13 January 2020
Clive Lewis to run for Labour leadership
Clive Lewis to run for Labour leadership

Shadow Treasury Minister responsible for Sustainable Economics promises to tackle the climate crisis with a 'different kind of party'

  • Politics
  • 20 December 2019
The green winners and losers of the 2019 General Election
The green winners and losers of the 2019 General Election

Who's in and who's out following the historic Conservative victory

  • Politics
  • 13 December 2019
Net Zero: Crucial election set to shape UK decarbonisation strategy
Net Zero: Crucial election set to shape UK decarbonisation strategy

Voters are going to the polls with a mandate for net zero assured, but key decisions on the UK's climate policies and 'Green Brexit' plans hanging in the balance

  • Politics
  • 12 December 2019
Election 2019: What the main parties' manifestos say about zero-emissions transport
Election 2019: What the main parties' manifestos say about zero-emissions transport

Sam Unsworth assesses whether Conservative and Labour Parties' manifesto go far enough to deliver net zero transport

  • Transport
  • 11 December 2019
Labour mulls lift off for Frequent Flier Levy
Labour mulls lift off for Frequent Flier Levy

Shadow minister admits frequent flier levy may be the 'best available option' to halt growth in aviation emissions

  • Aviation
  • 09 December 2019
Labour revs up plan for fully-electric bus fleet across England by 2030
Labour revs up plan for fully-electric bus fleet across England by 2030

Party pledges to invest £4bn in transforming all 35,000 buses operating in England to run on electricity, while expanding local bus services

  • Politics
  • 06 December 2019
From idea-stealing to systems-thinking: The many paths to net zero
From idea-stealing to systems-thinking: The many paths to net zero

Parties may all now agree UK must hit net zero emissions by mid-century, but disagree on how to get there. BusinessGreen reports from last night's debate hosted by the Aldersgate Group, where party representatives thrashed it out

  • Politics
  • 28 November 2019
Labour pledges to create ten new "national nature parks" across England
Labour pledges to create ten new "national nature parks" across England

Labour plans to shake up England's system of protected land designations in new plans for nature

  • Policy
  • 28 November 2019
Channel 4 confirms first ever TV election debate on climate crisis for this Thursday
Channel 4 confirms first ever TV election debate on climate crisis for this Thursday

Broadcaster invites Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to join leaders from Labour, Lib Dems, Green Party and the SNP in head-to-head debate

  • Politics
  • 25 November 2019
The debate over the green industrial revolution will be televised
The debate over the green industrial revolution will be televised

A televised climate debate is democratically essential, but it is not without risks

  • Politics
  • 22 November 2019
Your guide to the green promises in Labour's election manifesto
Your guide to the green promises in Labour's election manifesto

Labour today unveiled its most radical policy platform in decades - but can it catalyse green investors and businesses to drive the net zero transition?

  • Politics
  • 21 November 2019
Labour targets net zero energy in the 2030s in manifesto promising 'real change'
Labour targets net zero energy in the 2030s in manifesto promising 'real change'

Party promises one million green jobs and a windfall tax on oil companies as part of its Green Industrial Revolution

  • Politics
  • 21 November 2019
John McDonnell reiterates promise to de-list companies not acting on climate change
John McDonnell reiterates promise to de-list companies not acting on climate change

Pledge first made by Labour Party in June repeated by Shadow Chancellor on the General Election campaign trail

  • Politics
  • 19 November 2019
Labour set to ditch net zero by 2030 goal
Labour set to ditch net zero by 2030 goal

Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner tells Radio 4 new pledge is to hit 90 per cent renewables in UK energy system by 2030

  • Politics
  • 18 November 2019
Labour, Lib Dems, and Greens go head to head with fresh wave of 'climate emergency' pledges
Labour, Lib Dems, and Greens go head to head with fresh wave of 'climate emergency' pledges

Labour announces major solar roll out plan for libraries and communities, as Lib Dems pledge £100bn to tackling 'climate emergency' and Greens propose Universal Basic Income

  • Solar
  • 15 November 2019
To win a climate election, parties need ambition, not compromise with the fossil fuel industry
To win a climate election, parties need ambition, not compromise with the fossil fuel industry

It is turning into a 'climate election', but as Marc Hudson argues lessons from Australia suggests environmental campaigners may need to be careful what they wish for

  • Politics
  • 15 November 2019
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