Opinion

Public buy-in will be critical to delivering on decisions at COP26

Energy

Public buy-in will be critical to delivering on decisions at COP26

Public engagement on climate needs ramping up in the coming months to ensure the UK public are not left behind by the net zero transition, writes National Grid's COP26 director Duncan Burt

clock 05 August 2021 • 4 min read
Why carbon dividends are having a moment

Taxation

Why carbon dividends are having a moment

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment explores the challenges and benefits of redistributing the proceeds of a carbon tax

clock 04 August 2021 • 7 min read
Carbon Pricing: What is it good for?

Carbon Trading

Carbon Pricing: What is it good for?

Carbon pricing is no panacea to the UK's climate challenge, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray

clock 03 August 2021 • 4 min read

Management

Companies don't have to reinvent the wheel to meet their climate and nature targets

Reaching climate and nature goals is tough, but companies already have everything they need to achieve their goals, writes Rainforest Alliance scientist Leah Samberg

clock 30 July 2021 • 2 min read

Politics

We won't get far without giving the public a voice in how the UK reaches net zero

WWF's Jo Furtado explores how to drive up public engagement in the Net Zero Strategy in order to ensure ambitious action to combat the climate crisis

clock 29 July 2021 • 4 min read

Technology

Getting ready for mass EV roll out: How to build the data and physical infrastructure in time

techUK's Susanne Baker explores the urgent priorities that need to be tackled to prime the UK for electric vehicles

clock 28 July 2021 • 4 min read

Editor's Blog

In defence of net zero

Concerns about the efficacy of net zero targets are justified, but could condemnation of the concept from Greta Thunberg and others inadvertently serve to undermine efforts to decarbonise?

clock 27 July 2021 • 15 min read

Energy

Cornwall has a climate change tackling gift for COP26: Floating offshore wind

The UK can become a champion of technology that allows developers to build wind farms in deeper, windier waters, writes Conservative MP for Truro & Falmouth

clock 27 July 2021 • 3 min read

Politics

There are less than 100 days until COP26: Here's how exporters can get involved

Embracing export opportunities in renewable energy can help the UK meet its climate targets and place UK firms at the vanguard of the global transition, writes UK Export Finance's Richard Simon-Lewis

clock 26 July 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Beans over burgers: Why the National Food Strategy should focus on natural ingredients over fake meats

We should claim back our food heritage and fight climate change with nutritious foods that benefit the soils we're rapidly depleting, argues Bold Beans founder Amelia Christie-Miller

clock 26 July 2021 • 3 min read