As the UK races toward net zero, a quiet crisis is unfolding: we don’t yet have the workforce to get us there. That was the urgent message from Santander UK’s recent roundtable at the Climate Innovation Forum on green skills, where leaders from business, education, and government gathered to confront the challenge and imagine what comes next.
In a major move to bridge the biodiversity funding gap, the European Commission has launched a new roadmap to develop a market for nature credits, seeking to reward those who actively contribute to ecosystem restoration and conservation.
Sustainable finance is critical in working towards global net-zero goals. As one of the largest banks in the world, with a presence spanning both developed and developing markets, Santander recognises the need to support the UK Government’s Clean Power 2030 initiative. The Bank is working with clients to power renewable energy and clean technology in the UK and globally.
As part of this year’s Climate Innovation Forum at London’s Guildhall - the flagship event of London Climate Action Week - Equans convened a focused roundtable exploring how organisations with large estates and infrastructure can adapt to a shifting policy and investment landscape in the UK.
London, 26 June 2025 — The message from yesterday’s Climate Innovation Forum was resounding: climate action is happening, essential, and unstoppable.
Leaders from government, finance, business, and civil society came together at the Climate Innovation Forum to accelerate the clean energy transition, unlock climate finance, and reaffirm the city’s role as a global hub for climate leadership and innovation.
Monday 23rd June 2025, London: More than 2,000 leaders from business, finance, government and civil society will gather on Wednesday 25th June at London’s historic Guildhall for the Climate Innovation Forum 2025, convened by Climate Action.
A landmark plan led by the Duchy of Cornwall and the Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery Project sets out a long-term roadmap to restore Dartmoor’s ecosystems, safeguard its carbon-rich peatlands, and support local communities in the face of mounting climate pressures.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has hailed the dawn of a “golden age” for clean energy as the government pledges £14.2 billion to build Sizewell C, the UK’s first state-owned nuclear power station in over 30 years.
As the urgency to limit global warming to 2°C intensifies, investors are increasingly looking to climate solutions as both a lever for emissions reductions and an attractive investment opportunity. But achieving global climate goals requires more than allocating capital to low-carbon technologies. It demands deliberate, forward-looking investment strategies – ones that prioritise the most meaningful climate solutions and build the ecosystems needed to scale them.
Sustainability trends have become ubiquitous in the business world, mainly due to the attention ESG is receiving. To state the obvious, this is a positive trend as it helps push companies to consider their impact on the environment, employees, and customers and ensure their governance practices are sound. However, it also incentivizes actors in the business world to try to game the system through marketing campaigns to improve their reputation.
The Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB have condemned Part 3 of Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill, warning it threatens to undermine the UK's biodiversity goals by weakening protections for vital natural habitats
Europe’s push for clean energy is being undermined by a power grid system unfit for the rapid growth of renewables, according to a new report exposing widespread delays, inefficiencies, and outdated planning across the continent.
A new report from Green Alliance calls on the UK government to urgently scale up methane reduction efforts, warning that bold, near-term action is essential to slow global warming and prevent dangerous climate tipping points.
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The inaugural Nature Finance Forum Europe signalled a powerful shift in the financial world, uniting leaders across sectors to mainstream nature into economic decision-making and mobilise capital for a nature-positive future.
The UK and Norway have formalised a bold new partnership to accelerate clean energy development in the North Sea, as both nations seek to balance climate ambition with economic and industry headwinds.
Ørsted’s decision to pause development of the Hornsea 4 offshore wind project highlights the growing economic pressures facing the UK’s renewable energy rollout.
The UK’s environmental watchdog has raised alarms over the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, warning that proposed changes could weaken nature protections and undermine efforts to meet biodiversity targets.
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Earlier this week in Paris, Climate Action in partnership with UNEP FI, mobilised the nature and sustainable finance community for two energising days of dialogue, insight, and collaboration.
The launch of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) was the biggest shake-up to the British planning system in decades. This new legal requirement, which aims to leave nature in a measurably better state than it was before development, is already yielding positive results. With even greater ambition, it could be transformational for nature. In this blog, I introduce how the world’s largest biodiversity compliance market is working on the ground, and how The Wildlife Trusts in England are engaging with it.