Opinion
Why the Environment Bill must come back with a bang not a whimper
With the long-awaited Environment Bill returning to parliament next week, Green Alliance's Ruth Chambers sets out what Parliament's priorities should be
Can a strong UK Paris Agreement pledge inspire international ambition?
It will be a massive own goal if the UK fails to announce a substantial commitment at the Climate Ambition Summit it is hosting in December, argues ECIU's Dr Alison Doig
Powering into the Future? UK nuclear strategy after Hitachi
The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming
Agents of sustainable change: How investors expect companies to be socially aware
Our Global Investor Study 2020 reveals investor and consumer views on company responsibility for tackling climate change, writes Schroders' Vicki Owen
Energy efficiency statistics lay bare the scale of draughty homes in England and Wales
Latest Office for National Statistics data shows there has been little improvement in home energy efficiency in recent years, writes Andrew Warren
Can Europe stop tropical deforestation?
Companies and investors must team up with farm sectors, businesses and governments aspiring to achieve forest-friendly development, argue the Earth Innovation Institute's Daniel Nepstad and Darrel Webber
Grant Shapps: 'UK aviation must transform its environmental impact if it is to be viable'
Transport Secretary's speech to the aviation industry on building back greener and more resilient from the Covid-19 crisis
Heat policy: mind the gap
The Green Homes Grant scheme won't be nearly enough to plug the hole in the government's heat decarbonisation policy, argues the REA's Dr Nina Skorupska
BT Pension Scheme: Safeguarding our portfolios and the planet from climate change
Morten Nilsson explains why the BTPS is aiming to be net zero on carbon emissions by 2035, and how it plans to get there
Writing the next chapters in offshore wind innovation
Industry, environmental stakeholders and government must work together to tackle the challenges posed by overlapping demands for seabed space, writes The Crown Estate's Huub den Rooijen
Skills provision: Tackling the missing link in the UK's clean growth ambitions
The government urgently needs to tackle the low carbon skills deficit if the UK is to put itself on track for net zero emissions, writes the Aldersgate Group's Nick Molho
On a wind-filled future: something's missing…
Labour's Alan Whitehead welcomes the Prime Minister's new found love of offshore wind, but warns that without a more co-ordinated approach to connecting new wind farms to the grid the government's clean energy vision could quickly run aground
Adapting to 4C of global warming
Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference
Successful UK carbon pricing reform needs new carbon taxes and a new net zero-aligned carbon market
Dr Ben Caldecott argues the row currently raging between Treasury and BEIS over whether to introduce a new carbon tax or UK emissions trading scheme presents a false choice
Digital isolation and sustainability
Hubbub CEO Trewin Restorick explains how surplus mobile phones could be redistributed for the benefit of people facing significant isolation during Covid-19 restrictions
If government is serious about net zero, it must implement a UK Emissions Trading System in 2021
The Chancellor is reportedly considering a hike in carbon prices to help raise revenues and accelerate the net zero transition, but as Dr. Danial Sturge and George Day argue, carbon pricing is complex and won't deliver net zero emissions on its own
What we have learnt on the pathway to net zero
Dave Worthington, managing director of sustainability specialist Verco, sets out the practical steps for companies forging a pathway to net zero
SMEs are vital to UK decarbonisation - how do we meaningfully engage them?
Collaboration, support and advocacy are key to engaging small businesses with the net zero agenda, writes Beverley Cornaby of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group
The strong winds of change
Consistent investment has and will continue to propel the wind power industry to astonishing new heights in post-pandemic, argues RenewableUK
From strong signals to meaningful action on nature and biodiversity
The Leaders' Pledge for Nature endorsed by 65 countries is an important step for turning the tide on biodiversity and nature loss - but we can't be complacent, writes Business for Nature's Eva Zabey
An EU Carbon Border Tax - what might it mean for world trade?
With companies set to become increasingly responsible for the carbon footprints of their value chains, they must be proactive in measuring and mitigating their CO2, write Boston Consulting Group's Bas Sudmeijer and Tim Figures
British public consensus on reaching net zero must be preserved
Climate activists need to walk the thin line between effectively agitating for action and alienating the public, argues Bright Blue's Anvar Sarygulov
Ofgem's new net zero group is a step in the right direction
The energy regulator's new net zero advisory group is a welcome development, but not having government housing ministers among its membership is a major oversight, argues Good Energy's Kit Dixon
The journey to net zero: Why a step-by-step process is not enough
Going climate neutral today is a way for companies to take immediate action whilst plotting their course to meet longer-term net zero targets, explains ClimateCare's Oliver Forster