Policy

Local authorities' ability to deliver climate goal is being hampered by short-term funding pots and the lack of a local area energy planning framework, writes Southampton City Council's Lorna Fielker

National Energy Systems Operator details how a five-fold increase in flexible grid capacity is needed to reach Labour's flagship clean power target

BusinessGreen looks at why the Cali Biodiversity Summit failed to deliver the outcome that many observers had hoped for - and what it means for COP29 later this month

New Conservative leader has declared herself a 'net zero sceptic', but experts warn she will need a plan to boost green investment and meet the UK's legally binding emissions targets

If the key message from government at the Budget was 'invest, invest, invest', businesses' message in return is 'deliver, deliver, deliver', writes CISL's Beverley Cornaby

Professor Hayley Fowler, Professor Chris Evans, and Dr Marina Romanello appointed to Climate Change Committee’s Adaptation Committee

Scientists say climate change made Spanish floods worse, philanthropists pledge $51.7m for protection of the high seas, and Microsoft builds a wooden data centre

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

DESNZ figures for September reveal another bumper month for applications to grant scheme, as Autumn Budget confirms plans to increase funding for scheme

Coalition of more than 30 environmental, nature, and water sports organisations inks joint letter to new Water Commissioner