Green recovery

Hopes of a green recovery from the pandemic dealt a major blow as data shows energy-related CO2 emissions are already rising above pre-crisis levels

Aldersgate Group makes the case that 'ambitious, well-designed and properly enforced environmental regulations' can drive the UK's economic prosperity in new analysis

EA chief executive Sir James Bevan argues strong environmental regulation crucial to post-pandemic economic recovery

'We will put our global ambitions on climate change and the reversal of biodiversity loss at the centre of our plans'

Intervention comes as Labour leader Keir Starmer laments businesses 'waiting for politicians to catch up' on climate action

Major report warns society is waging a 'war on nature' and calls for all-society push to combat escalating planetary emergency

Annual Monitoring Report adds to calls for government to deliver clearer delivery plans and more stable funding settlements for critical net zero infrastructure

Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises

Majority of stimulus measures announced by world’s largest economies continue to have net negative impact on environment, report warns

The news the government is likely to claw back funding assigned to the Green Homes Grant scheme is the biggest blow yet to the credibility of the Prime Minister's green recovery promises, and it does not bode well for the UK's wider net zero strategy...