Latest Net Zero News

The launch of Global Net Zero Summit rescheduled to take place in 2022

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Informa Markets have made the difficult decision to reschedule the launch of the inaugural edition of the Global Net Zero Summit to 2022

GWEC and Informa Markets join forces for wind power and energy transition events

The global wind industry is on-track to achieve record growth over the next five years with over 348 GW expected to be installed between 2020-2024

Nearly a third of the UK's biggest companies commit to net zero

30 of the UK’s FTSE100 companies have signed up to the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign. Together these firms represent a total market capital of £650 billion

How We’re Moving to Net-Zero by 2050

Deploying clean energy technologies at the scale we need, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the speed we need

Clean hydrogen crucial for net-zero goals

The development of green and blue hydrogen to grow at rapid pace in the coming years, and is expected to play a vital role in meeting global and domestic carbon reduction targets by 2050

Leading finance firms sign up to Mark Carney forum on low-carbon investment

Barclays, HSBC and Axa among 160 firms in global alliance to hasten transition to net zero economies

Climate change: Shipping industry calls for new global carbon tax

The global shipping industry is calling on the world's governments to tax its carbon emissions.

Net-zero carbon pledges must be meaningful to avert climate disaster

More countries are pledging to achieve carbon neutrality. They must now show how they plan to do this.

UK enshrines new target in law to slash emissions by 78% by 2035

The UK’s sixth Carbon Budget will incorporate the UK’s share of international aviation and shipping emissions for the first time, to bring the UK more than three-quarters of the way to net zero by 2050.

Breakthrough as EU negotiators clinch deal on European climate law

European Union negotiators reached a deal on the European Climate Law after 14 hours of talks on Wednesday (21 April), allowing the EU to go into this week’s US-hosted climate summit with an agreement on the bloc’s 2030 target.

Japan and US pledge sharper cuts by 2030 at Biden climate summit

NEW YORK/TOKYO -- A two-day, virtual climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden kicked off Thursday, with world leaders promising to take concrete actions to secure a greener future.

Wind industry warns not building enough to curb global warming

The world's wind power industry is falling far short of installing the capacity needed to limit global warming, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) showed.

As it happened: New US emissions target hailed a ‘game changer’

The global shipping industry is calling on the world's governments to tax its carbon emissions.

What a Biden presidency will mean for renewable energy

The next US president has pledged to invest $400bn over the next decade in clean energy and climate research and innovation