Climate change

Labour's net zero vision: the King's Speech and the CCC's latest advice

Policy

Labour's net zero vision: the King's Speech and the CCC's latest advice

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: July

clock 19 July 2024 • 2 min read
Study: Excluding long-haul flights from EU emissions scheme would ignore 67 per cent of contrails' climate impacts

Aviation

Study: Excluding long-haul flights from EU emissions scheme would ignore 67 per cent of contrails' climate impacts

Just five of the 100 most contrail intensive routes to, from, and within the EEA would be covered by proposed monitoring scheme, green transport group warns

clock 18 July 2024 • 4 min read
Climate lobbying: Are meat and dairy lobbyists the 'new merchants of doubt'?

Policy

Climate lobbying: Are meat and dairy lobbyists the 'new merchants of doubt'?

Report sets out various ways large dairy and meat companies have successfully pushed back against environmental regulations

clock 19 July 2024 • 6 min read
'The country's 2030 emissions reduction target is at risk': The green economy reacts to the CCC's climate progress report

Climate change

'The country's 2030 emissions reduction target is at risk': The green economy reacts to the CCC's climate progress report

Business groups and environmental campaigners react to the Climate Change Committee's verdict on progress towards UK decarbonisation targets

clock 18 July 2024 • 16 min read
The end of an era for UK climate policy? Five key takeaways from the CCC's progress report

Policy

The end of an era for UK climate policy? Five key takeaways from the CCC's progress report

The Climate Change Committee has offered a scathing assessment of green policy under Rishi Sunak's government - but also presents a clear pathway forward for the new Labour administration

clock 18 July 2024 • 17 min read
COP29: Azerbaijan Presidency confirms new climate finance goal as 'top negotiating priority'

Climate change

COP29: Azerbaijan Presidency confirms new climate finance goal as 'top negotiating priority'

Baku Summit presidency sets out priorities and timetable for annual climate talks in first official correspondence to governments

clock 18 July 2024 • 5 min read
'A matter of urgency': CCC slams past policy failures as it calls for bold action to hit climate goals

Climate change

'A matter of urgency': CCC slams past policy failures as it calls for bold action to hit climate goals

Climate Change Committee's annual progress report criticises dearth of climate leadership over past year, as it urges new government to redouble decarbonisation efforts

clock 18 July 2024 • 13 min read
'Adaptation is non-negotiable': London Climate Resilience Review publishes plan for protecting capital from extreme weather

Climate change

'Adaptation is non-negotiable': London Climate Resilience Review publishes plan for protecting capital from extreme weather

Taskforce publishes raft of recommendations detailing how national and city governments can boost London's preparedness for climate change

clock 17 July 2024 • 6 min read
Welcome to the era of the 'polycrisis': How profound and interlocking global threats require a fresh approach to risk management

Climate change

Welcome to the era of the 'polycrisis': How profound and interlocking global threats require a fresh approach to risk management

A major new UN report explores how the world can avoid repeating past mistakes that have led to overlapping, accelerating, and all encompassing threats such as climate change, nature loss, and AI

clock 16 July 2024 • 9 min read
ECIU: Agriculture could be UK's biggest carbon emitter by mid-2030s

Climate change

ECIU: Agriculture could be UK's biggest carbon emitter by mid-2030s

UK's farms and land could be emitting more greenhouse gas than its power stations in just a decade's time, think tank analysis claims

clock 15 July 2024 • 4 min read