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COP30 delivered mix of success and failure, but that is no success at all
23 November 2025
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8 min read
COP30: Belém Summit delivers watered down deal after deadlock over future of fossil fuels
Diplomats hail 'meaningful progress' on adaptation funding and promise of Brazilian-led roadmap for clean energy transition, but anger grows at failure to deliver more robust commitment to tackle fossil fuels
22 November 2025
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12 min read
'Way short of what is needed': The green economy reacts to COP30 agreement
BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction from politicians, green businesses, climate experts, campaign groups, and academics after a dramatic fortnight of negotiations in Belém came to a close
22 November 2025
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14 min read
COP30: Anatomy of a roadmap
The end game at COP30 has is boiling down to a stand-off over whether to introduce a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels - and leading businesses want the plan for tackling fossil fuels to secure approval
21 November 2025
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6 min read
'Leadership is never static': B Lab introduces third-party verification requirements
24 November 2025
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3 min read
'Radical reset' required to deliver golden age of new nuclear projects, taskforce concludes
24 November 2025
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6 min read
COP30: Global fossil fuel transition summit announced for 2026, as climate talks edge into overtime
21 November 2025
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8 min read
'We need to make sustainable commuting the easiest option': Concerns as commuting by bus falls 19 per cent
21 November 2025
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5 min read
'Extremely disappointing': Fossil fuels absent from latest draft texts as clock ticks down at COP30 talks
21 November 2025
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7 min read
Global Briefing: Ukraine considers 'world first' $44bn wartime emissions claim against Russia
Reports claim Ukraine war has generated 237 million tons of additional CO2 emissions, Jamaica raises alarm over climate-disaster funding shortfall, and EU and South Africa ink critical minerals deal
21 November 2025
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9 min read
Autumn Budget: Could a shake up of Biodiversity Net Gain rules 'torpedo' business confidence in nature markets?
New report warns proposals to remove small and medium sized developments from landmark scheme would undermine jobs and the economy
21 November 2025
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9 min read
How fairness and the cost of living hold the key to net zero support
Two new polls reiterate how a majority of the public supports the UK's net zero target and wants to see bolder climate action, but policies need to be fair and help tackle the cost of living
20 November 2025
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7 min read
Is a playbook emerging for ending deforestation?
Two new reports underscore how businesses can get a grip on deforestation risks in their supply chains, but too many remain blind to the forest loss they are fuelling
19 November 2025
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7 min read
'Steep slopes ahead': Which countries will lead the race to keep temperature increases 'well below 2C'?
A new study suggests roughly half of countries are on track to deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement - but it's far from 'mission accomplished'
19 November 2025
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10 min read
'People are the driving force behind green innovation': How Mitie is tackling the green skills crisis
Workforce 2030: BusinessGreen chats to Mark Caskey, managing director of Mitie Projects, about the firm's award-winning approach to addressing the looming skills crunch facing the green economy
18 November 2025
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7 min read
COP30 delivered mix of success and failure, but that is no success at all
Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action that is so desperately needed
23 November 2025
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8 min read
COP30: Anatomy of a roadmap
The end game at COP30 has is boiling down to a stand-off over whether to introduce a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels - and leading businesses want the plan for tackling fossil fuels to secure approval
21 November 2025
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6 min read
The Treasury is at risk of undermining one of its only growth stories
Reports heat pump grants are to be cut, and the way the proposed changes have been communicated, will dent confidence across the green economy
14 November 2025
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7 min read
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