The economic benefits of protecting nature-rich sites such as wetlands and woodlands outweigh the profit that could be made from using the land for resource…
View More Land could be worth more left to nature than when farmed, study findsTag: Economics
Travel insurance slump cuts profits at Moneysupermarket
Price comparison website Moneysupermarket has reported a sharp slump in annual profits after coronavirus restrictions wiped out demand for travel insurance. The financial services platform,…
View More Travel insurance slump cuts profits at Moneysupermarket‘Put a big fat price on carbon’: OECD chief bows out with climate rally cry
The environment, climate change and the protection of nature must be the defining tasks of rich and major developing countries now and in the years…
View More ‘Put a big fat price on carbon’: OECD chief bows out with climate rally cryGlobal green recovery plans fail to match 2008 stimulus, report shows
Efforts by governments around the world to forge a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic are so far failing even to reach the levels of…
View More Global green recovery plans fail to match 2008 stimulus, report showsBank of England must do more to secure green recovery from Covid, say MPs
The Bank of England must do more to ensure a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, as current emergency finance measures have not carried conditions…
View More Bank of England must do more to secure green recovery from Covid, say MPsFighting climate crisis made harder by Covid-19 inequality, says WEF
Tackling the existential risk posed by the climate crisis will be made harder by the growing gap between rich and poor triggered by the Covid-19…
View More Fighting climate crisis made harder by Covid-19 inequality, says WEF‘We see huge benefits’: firms adopt four-day week in Covid crisis
When Target Publishing cut staff pay after the first coronavirus lockdown last year, the magazine group knew it had to make a positive gesture to…
View More ‘We see huge benefits’: firms adopt four-day week in Covid crisisFour-day week would be affordable for most UK firms, says thinktank
A carefully designed four-day week could be introduced in the UK immediately and be affordable for most firms with more than 50 workers, a thinktank…
View More Four-day week would be affordable for most UK firms, says thinktank