Net Zero Now
Where's your Zero Czar?
What if net zero were the default setting for everything we use and make?
Brexit and the Climate Emergency Committee
Amidst yesterday's latest round of Brexit chaos and division there was an unexpected but hugely important silver lining to be found
Airlines call for increased public funding to help cut carbon emissions
UK trade group Airlines UK warns net zero by 2050 will not be achieved without more government support for green aviation technology development
Volvo pledges to go carbon neutral by 2040
Swedish automaker launches first electric car as it revs up climate plans
Climate change watchdog to publish fresh net zero advice ahead of COP26
Advice for the sixth carbon budget - which will be the first to follow net zero pathway - scheduled for September 2020
Boris Johnson to chair new climate cabinet committee
Prime Minister will lead new Cabinet-level body to oversee decarbonisation drive across Whitehall
Is the government's net zero strategy finally starting to come together?
Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom says her number one priority is building a pathway to net zero emissions - and has promised a raft of new policies in 2020 to help get there
Guardian becomes B Corp and targets net zero by 2030
Media company says it is stepping up efforts to tackle the climate emergency, both in its journalism and its own organisation
'We are working at pace': Andrea Leadsom promises new net zero 'pathway'
Flurry of announcements as government confirms plans for Green GB Week, tables Environment Bill, and promises fresh action on transport emissions
Schools and hospitals should offer plant-based dishes to cut emissions, says climate watchdog
CCC report on behaviour change needed to hit net zero goal also calls for a frequent flier levy and scrapping of air miles schemes
Green grid: UK renewables outstrip fossil fuels for electricity production for first time
New Carbon Brief analysis reveals in third quarter of 2019 renewables generate more electricity than oil, gas and coal
A Net Zero Brexit?
Madeleine Cuff attempts to clarify the government's net zero plans - and comes away both encouraged and a little confused
'There's a long way to go': Kwasi Kwarteng on Net Zero, XR, and a Green Brexit
In an exclusive interview, BusinessGreen quizzes the Energy and Clean Growth Minister on the government's decarbonisation plans
Kwasi Kwarteng: A 'no-deal' Brexit will not compromise net zero
EXCLUSIVE: Energy and Clean Growth Minister claims a no-deal Brexit will 'not in any way' be compromised by Brexit and insists government shares XR concerns - even if the Prime Minister did call them 'crusties'
British Airways sets net zero by 2050 goal, promises to carbon offset all domestic flights
International Airlines Group becomes first airline group to set net zero target for mid-century, as company pledges to invest in green fuels and more efficient aircraft
'The post-fossil age': Germany approves climate plan, as EU signals ambition uplift
But plan to raise €54bn in taxes to pay for low-carbon shift has been dismissed by activists as too weak
No net zero without mandatory climate risk disclosure, warns Aldersgate Group
Business body calls on government to draw up rules requiring climate disclosures from businesses and investors from the early 2020s
Party politics is putting net zero at risk
Net zero means separating climate action from traditional Left / Right priorities, writes Ed Birkett
All aboard: Inside Hitachi's vision for a zero carbon battery-powered UK rail network
Koji Agatsuma, engineering director at Hitachi Rail Europe, argues battery trains could offer the UK a flexible, no-regrets transition to a net zero rail network
Government and London Mayor's Office on collision course over Future Homes Standard
Plans to withdraw local authorities' ability to set tighter building standards than Westminster could derail London's plans to become a Zero Carbon City
'We can do it': Boris Johnson declares UK can lead the world in building net zero economy
Prime Minister uses Conference Speech to rail against 'sceptics', including himself, who have in the past thought clean technologies cannot deliver
'We are now at a tipping point': Investment giants to step up calls for corporates to set net zero goals
Climate Action 100+ group of investors with over $35tr under management says progress has been made, but more firms need to demonstrate credible decarbonisation strategies
Get Net Zero done
With both Brexit and the net zero transition, the government has a clear goal and no clarity on how it intends to deliver
YouGov: More than half of businesses have 'carbon neutral' plans
Some 46 per cent of businesses plan to be 'carbon neutral' by 2030, while a further eight per cent have already delivered on neutral emissions goals
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