Vanuatu’s existential climate threat: “Losing my country is not an option”
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Following the policy that powers the clean energy transition.
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BySo far, constitutional matters have dominated the debate over key issues like the climate and child poverty.
ByBritain has the lowest heat pump installation rate in Europe.
ByA special podcast from Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement.
Instead of investing in renewable alternatives, British oil companies have doubled down on business as usual.
ByLondon has made great strides in growing its electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
We're helping to transition workers to a green economy.
Government provision of basic human needs, like healthcare and housing, can fight price shocks and save the planet.
ByClimate campaigners are the ones with perspective, no matter the misrepresentations of some Conservative MPs.
ByKeir Starmer needs to give SMEs a strong offer on skills, business rates and net zero.
ByWill the last wild camper please turn out the light?
ByTo balanced the nation’s books, the Chancellor needs to accelerate efforts to reach net zero.
ByA special podcast from Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement.
ByUK policymakers and experts reveal the legislation and policy initiatives they have their eye on as parliament returns.
ByThe former UN climate head asks what it will take for the UAE to successfully lead this year’s climate…
ByClimate activists are facing dark times with courage.
ByMicrosoft’s chief sustainability officer for MEA on why the region is key to growing the green economy.
Burned waste is marketed as “renewable” energy, but it produces more carbon emissions than natural gas and is no…
By“We need more wetlands,” says chair of Natural England, as Chris Skidmore’s review of the government’s climate response is…
ByLast year was the UK’s hottest and climate change heralds further destabilising extremes.
ByA new party forum including leading MPs wants to build consensus and challenge the Tories’ rural dominance.
ByA variety of stakeholders, technologies and initiatives must come together to speed up the energy transition.
Seafarers are having to adapt to new sources of energy.
ByPolicymakers and experts on their policy highlight – or lowlight – of the year.
ByThe CEO of the energy consultancy known for its price cap forecasts says reduced government support could be catastrophic…
ByThe CEO of social change charity Nesta on Mahatma Gandhi, the urgency of home insulation, and why we need…
ByWhy a fusion power “breakthrough” is a true first, but won’t prevent climate breakdown.
ByIn uncertain times, entrepreneurs need the right information and support to grow.
The renewable energy transition promises to create tens of millions of jobs, but the UK risks missing out unless…
ByDespite recent breakthroughs in nuclear fusion, renewables remain the most important technology for reaching net zero.
ByThe UK’s stop-start approach to the climate and biodiversity crises makes it hard for industry to act.
ByAs temperatures plunge and Russia attacks, Kyiv is fighting to keep the lights on.
ByBritain’s first new deep mine in 30 years has perpetuated net zero myths that could lead to more fossil…
ByNew research shows SMEs could contribute 50 per cent to the UK’s total emissions reduction ambition by 2030.
ByThis month’s UN biodiversity summit is a “last chance” for much of the earth’s nature abundance.
ByLocalised, low carbon and cost-efficient sources of energy will play a key role in delivering urban decarbonisation strategies.
To reach the UK’s net-zero targets education must keep up with the rapidly evolving job market.
The green share of Britain’s power is increasing steadily, but still lags behind Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal’s.
ByFinance is no longer the key constraint on decarbonisation.
ByThe head of the UK’s third-largest energy supplier on prices and purpose.
ByApprenticeships in sustainable energy can shape the future of the sector.
ByThe winds of change are blowing in favour of this renewable energy source.
ByRishi Sunak’s plan lacks ambition, say experts.
ByCan retail culture ditch the climate cover-ups and focus on getting the planet “out of the red”?
ByExclusive Ipsos polling explores how people are coping with rising energy costs.
ByWorking with farms like the Lakes Free Range Egg Company boosts food quality, local economies and sustainability.
We can’t achieve the NHS’s net zero goals without action on air pollution.
ByWe’re the clowns, smiling manically as weak pledges are presented as progress, amid mayhem.
ByDiplomacy is fraught and slow, but a new pledge on loss and damage shows there may yet be a…
ByThe British Chambers of Commerce director-general says Hunt has ignored the private sector’s biggest concerns.
ByFrom higher taxes on renewables to inadequate energy efficiency, experts warn Jeremy Hunt’s climate policies are “damaging”.
ByThe scientist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion on her working class background, fossil fuels and citizen rights.
ByCop27 is at (article) sixes and sevens over rules governing the trade of carbon credits.
ByPoorer countries face mounting debt unless the system changes.
ByBroken climate pledges undermine the global order.
ByIn the second week of fraught talks, negotiators at the UN climate summit need to stay focused.
ByGreg Pickstock on how support from McDonald’s is helping him produce quality beef.
The energy watchdog was “too slow” to prevent supplier bankruptcies, MPs said.
ByThe New Statesman is tracking the progress of the world’s emissions and pledges in the run up to Cop27…
ByThe world is on course to produce far more gas than is safe.
ByFeatures and analysis on today's risk and resilience issues. With Guy Hands, Walton Webson, Caroline Wagstaff and Charles Walker…
ByNot only can climate activism not be silenced, it is amplifying resistance to global injustice.
ByThe opposition must focus on economic resilience and stay out of “loss and damage” culture wars.
ByIn this case, semantics do matter.
ByClimate finance, offsets rules and indigenous rights all need attention at this year’s UN climate summit.
ByThe former PM’s call at the conference to “incarnate the spirit of Glasgow” is an attempt to burnish his…
ByThe UN's annual climate finance target of $100bn is not nearly enough to help poorer countries cope with the…
ByCan the authoritarian state, currently building a water-consuming desert capital, host a summit that achieves real change?
ByFaced with heatwaves and flooding, the UK needs to invest in resilient infrastructure alongside cutting its carbon emissions.
The chair of the Alliance of Small Island States on the climate finance needs of some of the world's…
ByThe UK has failed time after time to live up to the climate pledges it made at Cop26.
ByThis year's UN climate conference could be the most challenging yet.
ByFirms are leading the way in reducing emissions and embracing renewables.
ByDr Helgi Johannsson, sustainability lead at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, on reducing emissions in pain relief and surgery.
ByGetting to net zero is not an aspiration – it’s a necessity.
ByRishi Sunak is missing an opportunity to show he means business on the climate.
ByThe Cop26 president will still negotiate on the government’s behalf, despite the gap between its policies and promises on…
ByThe Public Accounts Committee has called for a new approach to tackling poor air quality.
ByPolicymakers need to keep their eye on the goal of decarbonising energy systems.
ByCarbon emissions aren’t just contributing to climate change
ByCities must demand an end to fossil fuel exploration, investment and subsidies.
ByYoung workers at the National Grid are playing an important role in the transition to a low carbon economy.
ByHow can we redirect wealth to the frontline of extraction?
ByEnergy costs for older, poorly insulated homes will increase by twice the rate of more efficient ones.
ByThe war is devastating the country and impeding climate action, says Ukraine’s ex-deputy environment minister.
ByOn his farm in Aberdeenshire, William Wyness is seeing the net zero transition up close.
ByThe CEO of Citizens Advice on her time as permanent secretary of Defra, the cost-of-living crisis, and William Beveridge.
ByScepticism about shale gas extraction is based on true, conservative beliefs.
ByWe have a massive opportunity to rebalance the economy and ensure a fair transition.
Features and analysis on today's energy and climate change crises. With Lord Deben, Iryna Stavchuk and Clare Moriarty.
ByFifty years after the seminal Limits to Growth report, climate experts have written a survival guide for the planet.
ByClimate change means we need to adapt for extreme weather.
Climate targets cannot be met without action to stop deforestation, and that means cutting off financing too.
ByUsing our skills and expertise to move to a decarbonised economy will be vital in tackling emissions and boosting…
ByThere cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach to tackling the energy crisis.
The current crisis shows we need a just and speedy net zero transition
ByThe cost-of-living crisis hits harder for those without emergency savings.
ByOur fight against climate change must include plans for adaptation – with housing stock at the forefront
The executive director of the Green Alliance on retaining EU laws, funding for farmers and the benefits of being…
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