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Confirmed: Low carbon generation delivers over half UK's power
Confirmed: Low carbon generation delivers over half UK's power

New government stats show renewable generation grew by almost five per cent in 2019, while coal, gas and nuclear all experienced declines in output

  • Energy
  • 28 February 2020
UK green economy boosts jobs and turnover, but campaigners fear faster growth needed
UK green economy boosts jobs and turnover, but campaigners fear faster growth needed

Green economy turnover swells 4.7 per cent to hit £46.7bn in 2018, but experts warn growth is off track for delivering on net zero goals

  • Policy
  • 16 January 2020
PwC: UK cutting carbon emissions far too slowly to meet net zero goal
PwC: UK cutting carbon emissions far too slowly to meet net zero goal

Annual Low Carbon Economy Index confirms rate of UK decarbonisation slowed to 3.5 per cent last year, well below what is needed to meet 2050 target

  • Climate change
  • 19 November 2019
Managing the magnitude of the energy transition
Managing the magnitude of the energy transition

The shift to green power represents a huge structural shift and potentially has a major impact on investment decisions, argues Liontrust's Mike Appleby

  • Energy
  • 15 May 2019
In a world of accelerating change, fortune favours the brave
In a world of accelerating change, fortune favours the brave

The ADE's Tim Rotheray has a message for governments and business

  • Management
  • 16 April 2019
Helsinki Principles: Finance ministers band together to promise climate action boost
Helsinki Principles: Finance ministers band together to promise climate action boost

Finance ministers from 23 countries pledge to align fiscal policy with Paris Agreement targets

  • Politics
  • 16 April 2019
Green New Deal: Group steps up calls for low carbon infrastructure stimulus package
Green New Deal: Group steps up calls for low carbon infrastructure stimulus package

A decade on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, campaigners are again calling on the government to boost the economy through a 'Green New Deal'

  • Investment
  • 10 September 2018
Meet the bin lorry that might just change the world
Meet the bin lorry that might just change the world

Projections that decarbonisation could give the global economy a $26tr boost might sound far-fetched, but a humble bin lorry proves they are anything but

  • Automotive
  • 06 September 2018
Energy revolution: Why the government is pumping £102m into next phase of energy decarbonisation
Energy revolution: Why the government is pumping £102m into next phase of energy decarbonisation

The UK's energy sector is transforming fast, but as a series of studies highlight this week a crucial new wave of policy decisions is awaiting the government

  • Energy
  • 24 May 2018
Towards a disruptive political consensus
Towards a disruptive political consensus

James Heappey MP argues it is time for the clean energy industry to turn up the volume as it seeks to showcase its disruptive potential - and he's keen to help

  • Politics
  • 24 May 2018
Clean growth should be the cornerstone of post-Brexit trade strategy
Clean growth should be the cornerstone of post-Brexit trade strategy

But delivering on green trade will still require close co-operation with the EU post-Brexit, argues Green Alliance's Bente Klein

  • Politics
  • 28 February 2018
Is the green economy's growth rate a cause for celebration or concern?
Is the green economy's growth rate a cause for celebration or concern?

The ability of the green economy to grow at nearly treble the rate of the wider economy is both good news, and massively disappointing

  • Policy
  • 31 January 2018
Official: UK low carbon sectors growing at almost treble the rate of the wider economy
Official: UK low carbon sectors growing at almost treble the rate of the wider economy

Bulletin from the Office of National Statistics confirms UK low carbon and renewable energy economy grew five per cent in 2016, outpacing the 1.8 per cent growth of the wider economy

  • Policy
  • 31 January 2018
May: Brexit will not mean a lowering of environmental standards
May: Brexit will not mean a lowering of environmental standards

Prime Minister launches 25 Year Plan for Nature, declaring 'our goal is a healthy and beautiful natural environment that we can all enjoy and be proud to pass on to the next generation'

  • Politics
  • 11 January 2018
12 green business trends that will shape 2018
12 green business trends that will shape 2018

From Brexit and Trump to electric vehicles and climate reporting, BusinessGreen looks at the issues that will impact businesses over the next 12 months

  • Management
  • 02 January 2018
2017: A year of dark hours and green optimism
2017: A year of dark hours and green optimism

James Murray reviews a year in which terrifying climate impacts wrestled with heartening green business breakthroughs

  • Climate change
  • 22 December 2017
The sustainable soul of society
The sustainable soul of society

James Murray's speech to the National Sustainable Schools Conference

  • Skills
  • 13 November 2017
BusinessGreen 10 Years On: How the clean energy revolution gathered pace
BusinessGreen 10 Years On: How the clean energy revolution gathered pace

It has been a decade of dramatic and disruptive transformation for the clean energy sector, but can it now build on its impressive momentum

  • Energy
  • 26 October 2017
BusinessGreen 10 Years On: Are we seeing the end of the beginning for the green economy?
BusinessGreen 10 Years On: Are we seeing the end of the beginning for the green economy?

It's been an eventful decade for BusinessGreen, and if anything the coming years promise to be even more exciting

  • Management
  • 22 October 2017
What would a 'no deal' Brexit mean for the green economy?
What would a 'no deal' Brexit mean for the green economy?

The government is facing calls to embrace a 'no deal' Brexit, but what would such a scenario mean for green businesses?

  • Policy
  • 20 October 2017
Clean Growth Strategy: A peaceful revolution, but victory is not yet assured
Clean Growth Strategy: A peaceful revolution, but victory is not yet assured

The government's Clean Growth Strategy is very encouraging for the green economy; the context in which it has to be delivered is much less so

  • Policy
  • 19 October 2017
The Clean Growth Strategy: Government lays foundations for low carbon revolution
The Clean Growth Strategy: Government lays foundations for low carbon revolution

E3G's Ed Matthew heralds the start of a new era in UK climate action

  • Policy
  • 16 October 2017
Clean Growth Strategy: The green economy reacts
Clean Growth Strategy: The green economy reacts

All the reaction from green business, politicians, campaigners and experts on the new UK emissions reduction plan

  • Legislation
  • 12 October 2017
What does a successful Clean Growth Strategy look like?
What does a successful Clean Growth Strategy look like?

The upcoming emissions reduction plan needs to be fit for purpose, but it also needs to provide a strategic vision for the UK's post-Brexit economy

  • Policy
  • 09 October 2017
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