United Nations

Policy

Major companies urge PM to deliver on UN Sustainable Development Goals

Open letter to Theresa May from HSBC, IKEA, Unilever and others claims SDGS are 'essential for long term prosperity'

clock 16 January 2017 • 2 min read

Risk

Global Challenges Foundation launches $5m prize to help make governance systems fit for purpose

Cash prize on offer for governance ideas that can help tackle climate change and other cross-border risks

clock 24 November 2016 • 2 min read

Politics

Marrakesh Action Proclamation: World leaders send message to Trump with call for 'highest political commitment' to global climate action

COP22 Summit responds to Trump victory with unified commitment to tackling climate change

clock 17 November 2016 • 4 min read

Politics

COP22: Ban-Ki Moon declares climate action 'unstoppable' as world leaders gather in Marrakesh

Leading politicians from around the world attend high-level plenary in co-ordinated show of support for Paris Agreement

clock 15 November 2016 • 3 min read

Politics

Your COP22 diary

What business leaders should be looking out for at the Marrakesh climate summit

clock 07 November 2016 • 7 min read

Politics

COP22 Summit kicks off as Paris Agreement ratification reaches century mark

UNFCCC climate chief Patricia Espinosa says Agreement's early entry into force ramps up pressure on negotiators to complete treaty's rulebook as quickly as possible

clock 07 November 2016 • 4 min read

Politics

Paris Agreement enters force: The reaction

BusinessGreen rounds up all the key reactions

clock 04 November 2016 • 7 min read

Marine

World's largest marine conservation zone declared in Antarctica

Delegates from 24 nations and the EU vote unanimously to make the Ross Sea a Marine Protected Area after five years of negotiations

clock 28 October 2016 • 2 min read

Climate change

Lord Stern: Costs of climate inaction now even higher than a decade ago

Author of influential Stern Review on economics of climate change argues action to tackle climate risks is now better framed as an 'attractive growth story'

clock 27 October 2016 • 3 min read

Aviation

CORSIA: The race to crack low-carbon flying is on

New analysis from S&P suggests airlines could be in line for 'significant added costs' over the long term if decarbonisation plans fail to take off

clock 18 October 2016 • 4 min read