News Analysis

UK plc needs to demonstrate 'aggressive fast and transformative' climate action in the run up to COP26, according to the Corporate Leaders Group

Industry group Sustainable Aviation targets 15 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 and 40 per cent cut by 2040 on flight path to net zero

Mandatory finance sector net zero goals, strengthened ETS, and nature-based risk disclosure requirements among Aldersgate Group's demands

South Korean decarbonisation plans, Irish hydrogen ambitions, and NATO targets net zero in this week's round up of green business news from around the world

Continuing deadlock over carbon market rules and frustration over access to vaccines and missed climate funding pledges means pressure is mounting on diplomats ahead of COP26

Report sets out the myriad ways ongoing discussions over Brexit climate and energy policy are affecting the UK's chances of meeting climate goals

Taskforce led by several Tory MPs proposes sweeping regulatory reforms to support net zero and green farming – but green businesses remain concerned

32 leading UK businesses have their say on how the government can ramp up supply and demand of zero emission vehicles ahead of the 2030 ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles

G7 Summit delivered clearest signal yet the net zero transition is poised to accelerate, but final agreement sparked fierce criticism from green groups who fear success of COP26 Summit is now 'on a knife edge'

But campaigners warn government response is nowhere near ambitious enough to deliver step changes needed to prevent destruction of nature that sustains human life and the economy