News Analysis

Mobilising a 'war effort': MPs call on government to go 'further and faster' to bring an end to the fossil fuel age

Policy

Mobilising a 'war effort': MPs call on government to go 'further and faster' to bring an end to the fossil fuel age

The EAC has published a new roadmap detailing how net zero goals could be met - but what does it mean for investors and businesses?

clock 05 January 2023 • 11 min read
'Loss and suffering': Latest weather records fuel climate resilience warnings

Risk

'Loss and suffering': Latest weather records fuel climate resilience warnings

2023 has kicked off with yet more extreme weather records being toppled, further underscoring the need for greater climate resilience

clock 04 January 2023 • 8 min read
'Home insulation alone is not a magic bullet': Why behaviour change is critical to cutting UK energy use

Efficiency

'Home insulation alone is not a magic bullet': Why behaviour change is critical to cutting UK energy use

Growing mountain of evidence underscores huge importance of attaching energy saving awareness campaigns to rollout of measures such as insulation and heat pumps

clock 03 January 2023 • 10 min read
BusinessGreen's top 15 most read stories of 2022

Climate change

BusinessGreen's top 15 most read stories of 2022

From Liz Truss and solar farms, to heat pumps, coal mines and magnetic concrete - here are our top ranking stories of the year

clock 30 December 2022 • 7 min read
COP15 in Montreal: What does the landmark biodiversity conference mean for business?

Biodiversity

COP15 in Montreal: What does the landmark biodiversity conference mean for business?

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses

clock 21 December 2022 • 19 min read
COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'

Biodiversity

COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts

clock 19 December 2022 • 8 min read
ETS 2: Are carbon markets about to get serious?

Carbon Trading

ETS 2: Are carbon markets about to get serious?

EU agrees sweeping reform package for its emissions trading scheme fuelling hopes it could help accelerate decarbonisation efforts globally

clock 19 December 2022 • 7 min read
'We need to be linking climate and nature': Catherine McKenna on net zero, 'nature positive', and corporate integrity

Biodiversity

'We need to be linking climate and nature': Catherine McKenna on net zero, 'nature positive', and corporate integrity

The chair of UN panel on net zero goals sits down with BusinessGreen to talk climate, deforestation, and nature goals at COP15 in Montreal

clock 17 December 2022 • 6 min read
Global Briefing: Tesla debuts Texas grid-balancing service

Technology

Global Briefing: Tesla debuts Texas grid-balancing service

Tesla to allow Powerwall customers to sell power to the grid, India's EV plans advance, and all the green business news from around the world this week

clock 16 December 2022 • 6 min read
COP15: Why business is in the spotlight as debates around nature funding intensify

Biodiversity

COP15: Why business is in the spotlight as debates around nature funding intensify

BusinessGreen speaks to delegates at COP15 about how the dash for cash to protect biodiversity will impact investors and business

clock 15 December 2022 • 9 min read