Opinion
Why the critics are wrong about Extinction Rebellion
People who criticise the group's lack of ethnic diversity, the lifestyles of its activists, their 'unrealistic' aims, are missing the point, argues WWF UK's Gareth Redmond-King
Our independent craft brewers need certainty on deposit returns
A deposit return scheme may help boost recycling, but it also comes with major challenges for smaller businesses, warns James Calder of The Society of Independent Brewers
The Environment Bill doesn't go far enough on plastics
Patrick Hall of Bright Blue argues the government's welcome Environment Bill can afford to take a tougher line on tackling black plastic
My committee will ensure Drax lives up to its climate commitments
Former chief scientific adviser Sir John Beddington on why he has joined Drax's new advisory board
Next Gen Carbon Markets
Ben Caldecott of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme argues Brexit provides an opportunity to build 'the world's first ever net zero aligned emissions trading scheme'
Hydrogen: Hype, hope or horror?
The ADE's Tim Rotheray sounds a note of caution on the rush to embrace hydrogen for home heating
A patchwork of green transport schemes won't deliver deep decarbonisation
As everyone clammers for a cleaner, better, more efficient transport system Steve Nash, IMI Chief Executive calls for central government to take stock, take control and learn from best practice
We may be 'woke' to sustainability but we haven't woken up to the crisis in coffee
Farmers need the right support to survive the impacts of climate change, writes Fairtrade Foundation CEO Michael Gidney
Climate risk reporting: An essential tool for a net zero and resilient economy
Introducing mandatory climate risk disclosure for businesses and investors is an essential part of achieving net zero emissions argues Nick Molho, executive director of the Aldersgate Group
The frequency of the unthinkable
Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd's speech this week to the Aldersgate Group - in full
A Net Zero Brexit?
Madeleine Cuff attempts to clarify the government's net zero plans - and comes away both encouraged and a little confused
We shouldn't be surprised about the public's energy efficiency blind spot
The public needs reminding that saving energy is good for the planet, argues Andrew Warren
How trade can help us reach our climate goals
There is a lot of fear new trade deals could undermine UK environmental protection, but as the CBI's Rain Newton-Smith argues, there are also significant opportunities to drive climate action
Party politics is putting net zero at risk
Net zero means separating climate action from traditional Left / Right priorities, writes Ed Birkett
How large energy users like data centres can help rather than hinder our progress to net zero
Data centre operators can be the good guys in the low-carbon game, argues techUK's Emma Fryer
Making markets work for the natural world
'Junglenomics' author Simon Lamb makes a bold pitch for a brand-new form of ecology-inspired, neo-Keynesian macro-economics
A Climate Change: An unstoppable movement takes hold
As part of the Covering Climate Now initiative António Guterres issues a fresh call for more businesses and government's to join the fast-expanding climate movement
Can Citizen Assemblies really help fight the Climate Emergency?
Following a visit to one of the UK's first Citizens Assemblies on climate change, Trewin Restorick questions whether the approach can deliver the transformative impact campaigners hope for
Brexit or not, the wind is still blowing
Labour's Alan Whitehead argues the contrast between new offshore wind and nuclear projects has never been starker
The Green New Deal has come of age just in time
We have a clear plan to meet the demands of the climate strikers, argues Green MEP Molly Scott Cato
We must put people at the heart of sustainable development
Nesta Challenge's Constance Agyeman makes the case for human centred design to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals
The case for businesses embracing the climate strikes
John Alker of the UK Green Building Council argues there are compelling reasons for businesses to actively engage with the current wave of climate protests
We need to end the cozy political consensus around new nuclear
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley argues the latest cost upgrades for Hinkley Point should trigger a serious re-think about the UK's new nuclear plans
Are we truly capitalist?
Bertrand Piccard of the Solar Impulse Foundation argues for a change in capitalism's conventions to drive green growth
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