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Sunshine Bill: Lib Dems claim rooftop solar law could protect homes against soaring energy costs
17 January 2025
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4 min read
Met Office: Record global CO2 rise leaves 1.5C goal hanging by a thread
Study shows increase in CO2 levels in the atmosphere far exceeded expectations last year, fuelling fears chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are slipping out of reach
17 January 2025
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6 min read
Global Briefing: Study calculates medical investment could help prevent 6.5 million deaths from climate-related diseases
World Economic Forum report makes the case for increased investment in medical systems, as a new partnership looks to boost carbon markets in the Middle East and China's coal emissions tick upwards
17 January 2025
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8 min read
How Google and an Indian start-up struck the largest biochar carbon removal deal ever
The project will set up at least six industrial biochar reactors, each with the capacity to lock away about 30 tons of CO2 per day
17 January 2025
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4 min read
New £50m electric vehicle powertrain plant to supply Nissan factory
17 January 2025
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4 min read
Financial Stability Board: New framework to assess climate-related vulnerabilities
17 January 2025
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2 min read
Female founders short-changed by climate tech investors again in 2024
17 January 2025
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2 min read
MCS: 2024 delivered 'record-breaking' uptake of rooftop solar panels and heat pumps
17 January 2025
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4 min read
Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry takes off as global investment nears £15bn
17 January 2025
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3 min read
We need to talk about failure: How sustainability projects can learn from their mistakes
Green business leaders reflect on lessons learned from sustainability setbacks, and why it's important to share stories of both struggles and successes
Max Harris: 'We have all the ingredients to produce many energy transition unicorns in the UK'
Associated British Ports' group head of strategy and sustainability talks floating offshore wind and taking inspiration from Ørsted's transformation
The insiders guide to doing business in a UNESCO Biosphere
Business leaders from the Isle of Man reflect on almost a decade of doing business in the world's only whole-nation UNESCO Biosphere - and what other companies' nature strategies can learn from their experience
Zoisa North-Bond: 'We need people who challenge the status quo'
Octopus Energy boss explains the shortfalls of 'tweaking' old ways of thinking instead of creating something 'entirely new'
'Robots aren't cheap': How circularity is driving Jaguar Land Rover's electric shift
Auto giant's sustainable industrial operations director discusses the role of reuse and repair, as the company advances plans to 'radically change' the way it makes cars
Misha Dhanak: 'The leaders of tomorrow are from our local communities'
CEO at community funding platform Spacehive discusses the climate impact of 'small but mighty' ideas and taking inspiration from the launch of the Eden Project
'Substantial challenges lie ahead': Pressure mounts on government over 'worrying' prospects for England's nature
Office for Environmental Protection warns government is 'largely off track' to meeting majority of legally binding nature targets, and time is rapidly running out to deliver on 2030 goals
16 January 2025
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10 min read
IEA declares nuclear renaissance 'well underway', but can industry now deliver projects on time and on budget?
IEA report predicts nuclear is set to generate a record level of electricity in 2025, but warns governments and industry must overcome 'significant hurdles' if sector is to successfully enter new era
16 January 2025
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9 min read
'Interconnected crises' and 'darkening perceptions': World Economic Forum raises alarm over worsening global risks
Fears grow over risk of armed conflicts, as experts warn environmental threats will only intensify over the coming decade
15 January 2025
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6 min read
How Brits remain more worried about climate change than their American counterparts
New study from Yale University compares US and UK attitudes to climate change to reveal the UK is more aware and concerned about escalating climate impacts
15 January 2025
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5 min read
'Response scepticism': How media climate scepticism entered a dangerous new phase
New analysis finds media opinion formers are less likely to publicly question climate science than they were a decade ago, but attacks on climate action has intensified
14 January 2025
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7 min read
How Watershed is riding the crest of the great sustainability reporting wave
With clients ranging from BlackRock and Spotify to Airbnb and Walmart, corporate sustainability disclosure platform Watershed is grappling with a fast changing global regulatory landscape for environmental reporting
13 January 2025
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12 min read
Met Office: Record global CO2 rise leaves 1.5C goal hanging by a thread
Green hydrogen: Hygen secures 'multi-million pound' boost from HSBC to fuel UK growth
Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry takes off as global investment nears £15bn
Survey: ESG-related litigation cases on the rise, lawyers warn
GFANZ is in freefall - so what happens next?
MCS: 2024 delivered 'record-breaking' uptake of rooftop solar panels and heat pumps
Climate change isn't 'woke'
Donald Trump's victory has triggered fresh calls for a rolling back of climate action, but such arguments are based on lazy and dangerously flawed assumptions - in an end of year essay BusinessGreen editor James Murray asks, what next for the climate...
23 December 2024
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30 min read
The Clean Power Action Plan sets up 2025 to be the biggest year yet for the UK green economy
The government's clean power plans point to a 12-month period of critical policy activity that should unlock a huge wave of green investment
13 December 2024
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5 min read
Give the people what they want
Environmentalism is by far the most popular ideology in the UK, businesses and politicians should build on that natural advantage
12 December 2024
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3 min read
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