Climate change

Google unveils AI model that can predict extreme floods five days in advance

Technology

Google unveils AI model that can predict extreme floods five days in advance

Tech giant claims new system could provide earlier warnings of large flooding events to climate vulnerable communities worldwide

clock 20 March 2024 • 3 min read
Polluting products and brands pulled from Sheffield City Council-owned billboards

Marketing

Polluting products and brands pulled from Sheffield City Council-owned billboards

Adverts for airlines, airports, fossil fuel-powered cars, and polluting firms banned from Sheffield City Council-owned platforms

clock 20 March 2024 • 4 min read
Why Scotland's stretching 2030 climate goals are 'no longer credible'

Politics

Why Scotland's stretching 2030 climate goals are 'no longer credible'

Advisors warn continuing policy delays mean it is highly unlikely Scotland will be able to meet its ambitious climate goals

clock 20 March 2024 • 8 min read
Net Zero Policy Tracker: Why is the UK 'significantly off track' to meet its climate goals?

Infrastructure

Net Zero Policy Tracker: Why is the UK 'significantly off track' to meet its climate goals?

New Green Alliance analysis claims only half the carbon emission reductions legally required by 2032 are backed by confirmed policies

clock 19 March 2024 • 10 min read
Study: Almost two thirds of energy and natural resource execs expect net zero by 2060 or later

Energy

Study: Almost two thirds of energy and natural resource execs expect net zero by 2060 or later

Report claims the longer execs are exposed to the energy transition the more 'sober' they become about the 'practical realities' of decarbonisation

clock 19 March 2024 • 3 min read
'NDCs 3.0': UN climate chief appeals for 'ambitious, economy-wide' national climate action plans

Climate change

'NDCs 3.0': UN climate chief appeals for 'ambitious, economy-wide' national climate action plans

Next round of five-year climate plans will be 'most important climate documents produced so far this century’, Simon Stiell warns

clock 15 March 2024 • 4 min read
'Socio-economically and ecologically concerning': Alpine snow days fall by a third, researchers warn

Climate change

'Socio-economically and ecologically concerning': Alpine snow days fall by a third, researchers warn

New study underscores major impact rising carbon emissions could have on global ski industry

clock 14 March 2024 • 2 min read
Study: Government must treat climate change adaptation as a 'critical value for money issue'

Risk

Study: Government must treat climate change adaptation as a 'critical value for money issue'

Think tank argues that repositioning climate adaptation within Whitehall could elevate it from 'Cinderella' status to key concern

clock 14 March 2024 • 3 min read
'Agency for Nature': What can the 'Ecokamasutra' teach businesses about climate comms?

Marketing

'Agency for Nature': What can the 'Ecokamasutra' teach businesses about climate comms?

BusinessGreen Intelligence takes lessons in creative climate comms from the minds behind five 'Agency for Nature' campaigns

clock 14 March 2024 • 14 min read
'Commitment removed': Have over 200 businesses really dropped their net zero pledges?

Management

'Commitment removed': Have over 200 businesses really dropped their net zero pledges?

The Science Based Targets initiative recently removed more than 200 companies' short-term or net zero climate commitments from its list - but where does that leave affected firms?

clock 14 March 2024 • 8 min read