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.
In a major step toward aligning climate finance with Indigenous-led conservation, a new $50 million outcome bond has been launched to support forest protection efforts in the Amazon, led by Everland in partnership with BNP Paribas.
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Dave Bircher, Director of Growth at WeForest, spoke to Climate Action in the lead up to the Nature Finance Forum Europe, taking place on April 28th in Paris.
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.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the energy sector in the coming decade, while simultaneously driving a surge in electricity demand from data centres around the world, according to the International Energy Agency’s new report.
Agriculture has undergone profound transformation over the past century, driven by the urgent need to feed a fast-growing global population. Innovations such as synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, and the development of high-yield varieties (HYVs) significantly improved productivity and crop yields and led to what is known as the Green Revolution. However, this progress came at a serious environmental and social cost.
A new wave of hydrogen powered projects have been shortlisted today to help cut emissions and create thousands of jobs in the UK’s industrial heartlands.
New IEA report highlights recent progress and emerging risks across the energy innovation landscape worldwide, with investment trends uneven across different regions and sectors.
A new review commissioned by Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dan Corry, former No 10 advisor under Gordon Brown, makes 29 recommendations for ‘streamlining’ regulation.
In a world grappling with climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, one fundamental driver often goes unnoticed: resource consumption. Over the past 50 years, global material use has surged by more than three times, with high-income countries responsible for disproportionately high environmental impacts. This linear approach - extract, use, dispose - has dominated economies for centuries. But the tide is turning. The circular economy presents an opportunity to redefine economic growth by designing out waste, keeping products and materials in use for longer, and regenerating natural systems.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs is proposing to extend the ban on peatland burning to protect habitats, cut carbon emissions, and improve air and water quality.
With 585 GW of capacity additions, renewables accounted for over 90% of total power expansion globally in 2024.
Even demand in advanced economies is rising again after years of declines, with rapid growth of electricity worldwide driving up consumption of renewables, gas, coal and nuclear.
The Western Forest will span across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, and Somerset.