News Analysis

UK could face £25.6bn hit each year by 2030 if heatwaves keep intensifying at rates seen over the last decade, think tank Verdant claims

British Retail Consortium data suggests 'exceptionally hot and historically dry weather' likely to have discouraged shopping trips, particularly impacting high streets

China’s wind and solar curtailment rose by 49 per cent during H1, jet fuel made from tropical fruit scoops $3bn funding, and Walmart sets new emissions target

Data centre developers increasingly favouring sites with existing grid connections and in markets with abundant renewables amid queueing times of almost a decade, BNEF finds

London Marathon Events' head of sustainability explains how organisers will manage emissions and waste from an unprecedented 100,000 runners next year

Just 21 countries met a target to identify all environmentally 'harmful' subsidies, Spain rolls out new EV incentives, and Canberra reveals next stage of strategy to reach net zero by 2045

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing – August

IEA increases EVs forecast market share for 2026, as second quarter sales boost in emerging markets offsets US and China slowdown

Changes to wastewater treatment, sludge disposal, and product design could tackle tens of thousands of tonnes of microfibre pollution annually, study claims

A new report from the UK Energy Research Centre argues it is possible to reduce domestic electricity bills, but Ministers will have to navigate significant trade-offs to do so