UN
Politics
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres and WWF UK CEO Tanya Steele speak to BusinessGreen on the eve of the Glasgow Climate Summit
29 October 2021
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8 min read
Policy
World needs collective ambition to rise seven-fold to stand a chance of keeping on a 1.5C warming pathway, and to turn 'vague' net zero pledges into action, UN warns
26 October 2021
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6 min read
Management
Reports suggest Germany could soon accelerate coal power plant phase out plans, as a flurry of national climate action plans are unveiled ahead of COP26 Summit and Russian President Vladimir Putin announces Russia will achieve carbon neutrality by 2060...
15 October 2021
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5 min read
Biodiversity
UN declares virtual talks have set the stage for the adoption of an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework next year
15 October 2021
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3 min read
Climate change
All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments
24 September 2021
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8 min read
Automotive
Toxic petrol additive has now officially been removed from sale in every country around the world following a near-two decades-long campaign
30 August 2021
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4 min read
Climate change
UN agency's first ever child-focused climate risk assessment index reveals scale of youth vulnerability to events such as cyclones, heatwaves or flooding, and the lack of essential services to help them
20 August 2021
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4 min read
Politics
15 nations submitted fresh climate plans in support of Paris Agreement last week, but just under half of signatories have missed UN deadline
02 August 2021
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5 min read
BusinessGreen
Major project to deliver electric bus depot aims to provide template that could be replicated across Europe
30 June 2021
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2 min read
Science
Landmark collaboration between UN science bodies warns that policies to date have failed to account for the interconnected nature of biodiversity loss and climate change
10 June 2021
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4 min read
