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Study: Climate impacts of tropical deforestation worse than previously thought

Climate change

Study: Climate impacts of tropical deforestation worse than previously thought

Emissions generated by tropical forest loss have doubled in the last two decades and are continuing to increase, according to resarch

clock 01 March 2022 • 3 min read
Turbocharge net zero to end sluggish growth, CBI tells Treasury

Taxation

Turbocharge net zero to end sluggish growth, CBI tells Treasury

Rishi Sunak urged to use this months Spring Statement to ‘green’ UK tax system, support energy efficiency retrofits and provide more net zero clarity

clock 01 March 2022 • 5 min read
Clean sweep: Tesco to ban sale of wet wipes containing plastic

Waste

Clean sweep: Tesco to ban sale of wet wipes containing plastic

No wet wipes, pet wipes, cleaning wipes or tissues sold in Tesco stores will contain plastic by the end of 2022, the firm has said

clock 01 March 2022 • 2 min read
AllianzGI vows to vote against firms that do not link executive pay to climate targets

Investment

AllianzGI vows to vote against firms that do not link executive pay to climate targets

Stronger incentives for executives to deliver corporate sustainability agenda could help speed up decarbonisation at major firms

clock 28 February 2022 • 2 min read
'Grave and mounting threat': IPCC again raises alarm that climate impacts are proving worse than feared

Climate change

'Grave and mounting threat': IPCC again raises alarm that climate impacts are proving worse than feared

World’s top scientists have sounded alarm over intensifying impacts of climate change, warning that nature protection must be at the heart of efforts to tackle the problem

clock 28 February 2022 • 8 min read
BP exits Rosneft following Russia's attack on Ukraine

Infrastructure

BP exits Rosneft following Russia's attack on Ukraine

Oil giant confirms it is set to take major writedown as it concludes holding in Rosneft 'simply cannot continue' in wake of invasion

clock 28 February 2022 • 3 min read
Study: Two-fifths of London businesses are at risk of flash flooding

Risk

Study: Two-fifths of London businesses are at risk of flash flooding

Analysis warns extreme weather poses major threat to UK’s economic centre

clock 28 February 2022 • 2 min read

Infrastructure

National Highways vows to make controversial Lower Thames Crossing UK's 'greenest road'

Roads agency sets out raft of sustainability plans for project expected to double road capacity across the Thames east of London

clock 28 February 2022 • 3 min read
Pressure mounts on Church of England to ditch holdings in ExxonMobil

Investment

Pressure mounts on Church of England to ditch holdings in ExxonMobil

Almost 140 clergy, bishops and other leading Church figures call for divestment in US oil and gas giant over climate concerns

clock 28 February 2022 • 4 min read
'Most devastating assessment so far': IPCC climate impacts report to set out vision of a dangerously heated world

Climate change

'Most devastating assessment so far': IPCC climate impacts report to set out vision of a dangerously heated world

First IPCC report on climate impacts in eight years to detail huge scale of existing and future climate threats is set to be published later today, after tense negotiations came to a close on Sunday

clock 27 February 2022 • 4 min read