All posts tagged "Sustainability"
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Turning debt into forests: the finance tool making a comeback
Alex Dryden, SOAS, University of London In 2023, Ecuador struck an unusual deal. Instead of simply paying back its debts, it refinanced part of them on better terms and promised
- Posted May 25, 2026
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AI laws overlook environmental damage – here’s what needs to changeMore than 200 laws have been developed to regulate AI in more than 100 countries. Many of them focus on issues such as privacy, bias, disinformation, security and cybersecurity rather
- Posted April 14, 2026
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Why ‘decoupling’ energy emissions from economic growth underpins the green transitionWhen people talk about tackling climate change, the images are often solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars. But the bigger question is whether economies can grow without releasing more
- Posted March 30, 2026
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UK public servants invited to submit ideas to drive better policy through local spending dataA competition that will allow anyone working in UK public services to access local spending data to inform policy development has launched this week by Global Government Forum and Mastercard.
- Posted September 19, 2025
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AI makes water shortages harder to predict, says UK Environment AgencyAdvancements in artificial intelligence have created a blind spot for the UK government over future water shortages in England, the Environment Agency has said. Data centres used to power AI are
- Posted July 2, 2025
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How’s the UK attempt to reach net zero going? There’s good news and bad newsEach year, the Climate Change Committee – the UK’s independent advisory body tasked with monitoring the country’s movement toward its legally binding climate goals – gives a report on the
- Posted July 1, 2025
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EU ‘on course to achieve 2030 emissions target’The European Union is “well on track” to meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by the end of the decade. The European Commission’s assessment of National
- Posted June 5, 2025
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Current climate policy ‘doomed to fail’, says former UK PM Tony BlairNet zero policies are increasingly viewed as “unaffordable, ineffective, or politically toxic” and efforts to phase out fossil fuels in the short term are “doomed to fail”, according to a
- Posted May 1, 2025
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Paris Agreement goals out of reach unless top emitters step up, study warnsCollective efforts “still fall far short” of what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5C of pre-industrial levels, according to research by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The study
- Posted April 24, 2025
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UK government releases research and innovation framework for climate change adaptationThe UK government has identified research and innovation challenges across 11 sectors that will need to be addressed in a bid to drive collaborative action on climate change adaptation. The
- Posted April 15, 2025
