New independent group to help tackle ‘greenwashing’
A new expert group whose work is set to support investors, consumers and businesses to make green financial decisions has been announced.
The Green Technical...
Call for evidence focuses on policies that support market growth for low emissions industrial...
Following the commitments made in the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a call for evidence on...
New research asks how social investment can be scaled in the UK
The UK social investment market must be overhauled to unlock new capital for businesses and projects that benefit communities and society, according to a...
UK’s largest new city centre green space to be created in Leeds
LEEDS City Council has secured more than £18m from the government’s Getting Building Fund to deliver three regeneration projects that will boost economic growth...
Applications for the Landscape Recovery scheme now open
The first round of the new Landscape Recovery scheme has opened for applications.
The Landscape Recovery scheme will support 'more radical and ambitious' land-use change and habitat...
All new schools and colleges in Wales to be net zero carbon
Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has announced that all new school and college buildings, major refurbishment and extension projects will be required...
Sewage, slurry and plastic polluting English rivers puts public health and nature at risk,...
Poor water quality in English rivers is a result of 'chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement', the Environmental Audit Committee...
UK invests extra £16 million to prevent Amazon deforestation
The UK government has announced a new £16 million funding package to support environmentally friendly farming and replanting projects in the Amazon, taking its...
Zero carbon eco-homes under construction in Oxfordshire
Sovereign Housing Association’s latest development will see nine affordable carbon-zero homes built in Abingdon that come straight from the factory floor.
The homes are set...
New study offers economic scenarios for UK climate research and policy
A 'pioneering' study has developed a set of UK-SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) and provides products that will aid future research into the UK’s climate...
