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'Retrofit or ruin': Government urged to overhaul planning rules to enable green upgrades to historic buildings

Buildings

05 February 2026 • 6 min read

Work

The people who power the UK deserve power in their workplace too

For this government, clean energy is about getting bills down for good, creating good jobs in your hometown and strong rights at work, writes Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Ed Miliband MP

05 February 2026 • 3 min read

Management

How can businesses and policymakers turn public climate concern into support for action?

CISL study warns that while the path from caring about climate and nature crisis to supporting policies to fix it is 'tortuous', it can be navigated

Michael Holder

05 February 2026 • 5 min read

Skills

UK Green Business Awards 2026: What makes for a winning entry?

Three of this year's UK Green Business Award judges share what they're looking for in submissions and offer top tips on what makes a compelling entry

BusinessGreen staff

30 January 2026 • 1 min read

Editor's briefings

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Analysis

Buildings

Are energy efficiency rules about to make commercial buildings in England's major cities 'unlettable'?

Commercial landlords claim they have been left 'in the dark and out in the cold' by a lack of clarity on proposed new energy efficiency standards

04 February 2026 • 9 min read

Risk

Drastic water shortages and air pollution are fuelling Iran's protests

Iran's latest wave of protests are happening in a country where the economy is under intense pressure from escalating climate impacts and worsening drought

04 February 2026 • 5 min read

Supply chain

'Green your eats': How to make the transition to low-carbon farming a reality

New report argues decarbonising farming would have a minimal impact on food prices while delivering enhanced resilience, but careful policy interventions are required to manage what is a 'profound' shift for farmers

03 February 2026 • 7 min read

Risk

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried - a pattern we've seen many times before

The recent government report on the threat to national security from ecosystem collapse is not an outlier - the risks are real and governments and businesses need to respond

03 February 2026 • 5 min read

Waste

Does Europe have a landfill emissions blindspot - and could it be about to get worse?

New study warns methane emissions from landfill sites are being overlooked by policymakers, and could soon be exacerbated by moves to expand the EU and UK emissions trading schemes

02 February 2026 • 5 min read

Climate change

Global Briefing: African countries losing $6bn a year from climate-linked water challenges

New report tracks economic impact of water and sanitation challenges made worse by climate change, Tesla to end production of two EV models, and Bloomberg Philanthropies vows to ramp up 'global climate fight'

30 January 2026 • 10 min read

Opinion

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Editors blog

Policy

Some perspective on retrospective renewables subsidy changes

Those warning changes to legacy renewables schemes could undermine future investment have a point, especially when opposition parties are talking about tearing up climate policies

James Murray

29 January 2026 • 3 min read

Policy

A warm front?

A huge amount rests on the government's ability to deliver an successful green loan scheme, but the Warm Homes Plan has the potential to boost the economy and improve the lives of millions of people

James Murray

22 January 2026 • 4 min read

Risk

We're going to need some learned assertiveness

The Trump administration may be bent on undermining global climate action and engineering an oil boom, but governments and businesses still have it within their power to accelerate decarbonisation

James Murray

09 January 2026 • 4 min read

'Retrofit or ruin': Government urged to overhaul planning rules to enable green upgrades to historic buildings

The people who power the UK deserve power in their workplace too

How can businesses and policymakers turn public climate concern into support for action?

UK Green Business Awards 2026: What makes for a winning entry?

'An extraordinary signal': UK homes installed renewables every 90 seconds in 2025

'Flawed advice': Economic models accused of 'chronically underpricing' climate risks

'Creatives are rising to this moment': Climate Fiction Prize unveils longlist

Closure of last coal power plant drives UK territorial emissions down to record low

Ofgem and Innovate UK award £37m to energy network decarbonisation projects

Regen Academy: LEAF launches global regenerative agriculture learning resource

Are energy efficiency rules about to make commercial buildings in England's major cities 'unlettable'?

Drastic water shortages and air pollution are fuelling Iran's protests

'Green your eats': How to make the transition to low-carbon farming a reality

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried - a pattern we've seen many times before

Does Europe have a landfill emissions blindspot - and could it be about to get worse?

Global Briefing: African countries losing $6bn a year from climate-linked water challenges

Some perspective on retrospective renewables subsidy changes

A warm front?

We're going to need some learned assertiveness

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