Three ways leaders are addressing environmental and societal crises within cities
How can we best design our cities and prepare for the many challenges they will face in the years and decades ahead while also benefiting all of society?
Climate catastrophes on ports are expected to cause multi-billion-dollar risk to economic activity
New research from Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute expects over $122 billion impact of economic activity, with a staggering $81 billion in international trade.
The world’s first fully ‘Zero Bills’ proposition available to all UK housing developers
Octopus Energy and sustainable housebuilder Verto partner to enable more homeowners to make energy bills a thing of the past.
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Global green bond issuance reaches record high of $351bn in first few months of 2023
Global green bond issuances raised a record capital from investors in the first half of 2023, whilst Sustainability-link bond issuances have slowed down
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Dove launch new reforestation project helping to restore nature’s real beauty
Dove partner with the Rimba Collective in efforts to protect and restore 123,000 acres of rainforest in South-East Asia
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UK and Denmark’s electricity grids now physically connected through world record power cable
The Viking Link interconnector, a 475-mile power cable, was formed as a joint venture between the National Grid and Energinet to share enough electricity to power up to 1.4 million UK Homes
British public concerned by banks’ socially and environmentally harmful investments
Polling commissioned by ShareAction reveals British public are concerned about how their money is being invested by their financial providers.
Zara set new ambitious sustainability goals
Inditex, the company who owns Zara, announces plans to cut emissions, use low-impact fibres, expand their circularity projects and pursue new biodiversity initiatives by 2030.
New group helps financial institutions support investments in nature recovery in the UK
The Green Finance Institute’s Nature Programme (GFI Hive) launches the UK Financial Institutions for Nature Group (G-FIN) to support the delivery of investment into UK nature recovery.
Bosch to invest nearly 2.5 billion euros into hydrogen technology
Bosch looks to invest nearly 2.5 bn euros in hydrogen technology from 2021 to 2026.
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Renewable energy deployment surge puts global power system on track for IEA’s net zero pathway
Research by RMI, in partnership with Bezos Earth Fund, predicts that solar and wind will supply over a third of all power by 2030, helping to limit global warming
The critical minerals market sees exceptional growth as clean energy demand increase
The International Energy Agency has found the market for minerals that help power electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels and other technologies key to the clean energy transition, has doubled in size over the past five years.
UK and US join forces to help developing countries mitigate climate change
Figures show action is crucial to tackling climate change in developing countries, in efforts to address this both the UK Energy Security Secretary and the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate have combined forces at the Climate Finance Mobilization Forum in Windsor.
FA adopts a strategy to make a positive impact on the environment
The FA has unveiled its latest sustainable strategy plans, with the ambition to make a positive impact on the environment and the communities they serve.
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IMO revise their GHG strategy in ambition to reach net zero GHG emissions from shipping by 2050
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) saw member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agree to adopt the 2023 IMO strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships, to mitigate harmful emissions. The revised IMO GHG Strategy focuses on ensuring uptake of alternative zero and near-zero GHG fuels by 2030, as well as indicative checkpoints for 2030 and 2040.
Energy trade association push Government to make important changes to annual clean power auction
The energy industry urges the government to reform clean power auctions to lower energy bills by maximizing private investment in renewable technologies.