policy

'Planetary Insolvency': GDP could face a 50 per cent hit unless world acts now to curb emissions, report warns

Climate change

'Planetary Insolvency': GDP could face a 50 per cent hit unless world acts now to curb emissions, report warns

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries warns climate impacts will become 'future national security issue' unless urgent policy measures are introduced to curb emissions and enhance resilience

clock 16 January 2025 • 5 min read
Collaboration is key to keeping zero emission mobility on track

Automotive

Collaboration is key to keeping zero emission mobility on track

As Ministers send out mixed messages on net zero transport, industry, government and NGOs must work together to cut through the noise, writes Zemo Partnership's Jonathan Murray

clock 24 October 2023 • 4 min read
England could face drought beyond spring 2023 as dry autumn looms

Climate change

England could face drought beyond spring 2023 as dry autumn looms

Projections from the National Drought Group (NDG) and the Environment Agency (EA) warn a dry autumn could leave much of the country in drought next year, as climate impacts continue to bite

clock 17 October 2022 • 5 min read
Net Zero Diaries: New project to track public engagement with net zero transition

Policy

Net Zero Diaries: New project to track public engagement with net zero transition

Net Zero Diaries initiative aims to incorporate people's values and views into a framework for climate policy decision-making

clock 10 September 2021 • 2 min read

Waste

How can governments turn the tide of plastic pollution post-pandemic?

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores

clock 06 April 2021 • 6 min read

Policy

'Forceful and accelerated': Top investor body predicts global climate policy response

Principles for Responsible Investment analysed policy trends to formulate detailed predictions on the likely extent of government intervention in key sectors of the economy as the net zero transition progresses

clock 17 March 2021 • 5 min read

Policy

'Climate Day': President Biden sets course for 'climate neutrality' with raft of executive actions

New actions aim to reorient US energy policy towards clean power sources, while directing federal agencies to procure clean energy and zero-emissions vehicles

clock 27 January 2021 • 2 min read

Science

Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?

Today has seen some of the starkest warnings yet on how the failure to grasp the severity of the impacts that climate change and biodiversity loss will have for human could trigger conflict, disease, and mass migration - how should businesses respond?...

clock 13 January 2021 • 6 min read

Policy

'Laying the groundwork': Heat Pump Association calls for heating policy revamp

Major new report sets out a series of recommendations for accelerating roll out of green heat technologies, as trade body warns UK is 'significantly behind' scheduled with its heat decarbonisation efforts

clock 13 November 2020 • 3 min read

Transport

Study: Phase out of polluting vehicles by 2030 would create 32,000 jobs and boost UK economy

Moving forward the phase out date for internal combustion vehicles would benefit not just energy and manufacturing industries but also the retail, leisure, and entertainment sectors, a new Greenpeace analysis argues

clock 09 November 2020 • 4 min read