Net zero

Shareholders prioritise short-term profits over net zero future with approval of Shell's downgraded transition plan

Lord Deben appointed chair of new group bringing together businesses, trade bodies, and campaigners

Rishi Sunak wants to reach net zero, he just wants to slow down efforts to get there - politicians and businesses that understand the benefits of climate action need to highlight the absurdity of the Prime Minister's stance

The Prime Minister used the first TV debate to stoke fears over the cost of the net zero transition, sparking an angry response from environmental campaigners

Leading financial firms raised £11.5bn for clean energy projects last year, while simultaneously providing just shy of £10bn for fossil fuel projects - has a tipping point finally been reached?

The new Reform Party leader is arguably the UK's most prominent climate sceptic and his party wants to scrap the country's net zero goals - he should be asked what his ideological opposition to climate action means in practice

University of Oxford research concludes four out of five low-carbon investments are cost reducing compared to their fossil fuel equivalents

Unilever recently refocused its sustainability strategy and pushed back several key target dates - chief sustainability officer Rebecca Marmot talks to BusinessGreen about the thinking behind the changes

Bloomberg NEF's latest clean energy outlook warns that time is running out to achieve net zero goals - but an 1.65C warming scenario is still possible

Both the National Infrastructure Commission and the Tony Blair Institute have today warned the UK is off track to meet its climate goals - is a revamp of the UK's decarbonisation policies now needed?