News Analysis

'Green Cold War': Why insurers and businesses should prepare for net zero geopolitical tensions

Risk

'Green Cold War': Why insurers and businesses should prepare for net zero geopolitical tensions

Net zero transition will be characterised by competition as much as cooperation, and as such insurers should gear up to underwrite 'systematically important assets' that could be foundation of cooperation between countries, report warns

clock 19 January 2022 • 5 min read
Report: Almost $31tr in global GDP at risk of disruption from nature-loss in cities

Buildings

Report: Almost $31tr in global GDP at risk of disruption from nature-loss in cities

Action to restore and enhance nature, green space, and biodiversity in urban areas should be a 'foremost priority', World Economic Forum warns

clock 18 January 2022 • 3 min read
Apocalypse maybe: Forget the worst case climate scenarios, the official government risk assessment is plenty scary enough

Risk

Apocalypse maybe: Forget the worst case climate scenarios, the official government risk assessment is plenty scary enough

Policymakers, infrastructure owners, and business leaders are all guilty of failing to take climate resilience seriously enough, and in so doing only increase the likelihood of dystopian worst case scenarios coming to pass

clock 18 January 2022 • 8 min read
'It is not woke. It is capitalism': What BlackRock CEO Larry Fink thinks of the net zero transition

Investment

'It is not woke. It is capitalism': What BlackRock CEO Larry Fink thinks of the net zero transition

Annual letter from boss of world's largest asset manager defends focus on climate action, but campaigners accuse BlackRock of continuing to invest heavily in fossil fuels infrastructure

clock 18 January 2022 • 5 min read
'This is a natural gas market crisis': Why energy markets could be set for three more years of turmoil

Energy

'This is a natural gas market crisis': Why energy markets could be set for three more years of turmoil

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned

clock 17 January 2022 • 7 min read
Global Briefing: Asia's richest man plots $76bn green infrastructure blitz

Management

Global Briefing: Asia's richest man plots $76bn green infrastructure blitz

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including 2021 emissions bounce-backs, Germany's new clean power targets, and fresh pressure on European companies to boost their decarbonisation plans

clock 14 January 2022 • 6 min read
Why ClientEarth is taking the government to court over its Net Zero Strategy - and why it matters

Net Zero Now

Why ClientEarth is taking the government to court over its Net Zero Strategy - and why it matters

BusinessGreen looks at the possible outcomes and potential implications of the latest legal challenges to the government's decarbonisation strategy

clock 13 January 2022 • 7 min read
Make or break? Why the UK's energy crisis response could prove 'critical' to net zero agenda

Politics

Make or break? Why the UK's energy crisis response could prove 'critical' to net zero agenda

Institute for Government urges government to ensure it prioritises net zero agenda in its efforts to tackle the twin energy and cost of living crises

clock 13 January 2022 • 6 min read
Could the UK's 'acute' skills shortages see the green jobs opportunity squandered?

Skills

Could the UK's 'acute' skills shortages see the green jobs opportunity squandered?

Green Alliance warns skills gap is already hampering climate action, as separate study from Centre for Policy Studies urges government to integrate net zero and levelling up agendas

clock 12 January 2022 • 5 min read
'Disturbing': Why climate remains the single biggest global economic threat

Risk

'Disturbing': Why climate remains the single biggest global economic threat

Top insurers and economists warn climate change remains biggest global economic threat, despite on-going COVID risks

clock 11 January 2022 • 7 min read