The Pew Charitable Trusts have conducted a comprehensive analysis of plastic pollution in Earth’s waters, land and air, updating and expanding the earlier Breaking the Plastic Wave (BPW1) report.

The global green economy has surpassed $5tr in value and is projected to exceed $7tr annually by 2030.

The FCA has published proposals for ESG ratings in an attempt o make them more transparent and comparable.

BP has withdrawn its application for major hydrogen plant in Teesside.

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has announced that 2025 Antarctic ozone hole came to an end on 1 December. The 2025 ozone hole was relatively small for the second consecutive year compared to the large and long-lasting ozone holes from 2020-2023, and had higher ozone concentrations, giving hope for recovery.

The UK’s largest floating solar energy project at the Port of Barrow has received approval from Westmorland & Furness Council.

GB Energy (GBE) has published its strategic plan outlines the organisation’s priorities for the next five years, including delivering 15GW of clean energy generation and storage, £15bn of mobilised private finance over time, 10,000 jobs, and income-generating portfolio, with income reinvested into more capacity.

RWE is to build its largest UK storage project. The Pembroke Battery Storage facility will be a £200m development and form a major part of the Pembroke Net Zero Centre decarbonisation hub in South Wales.

The Sustainable Markets Initiative has hosted a high level gathering and attended a report back session with His Majesty The King, sharing their plans for action and the commitments they had made.

Triodos Bank has embarked on its Climate and Nature Strategy, including concrete targets to rapidly reduce emissions, accelerate the energy transition and scale-up high-integrity nature-based solutions.

Despite the new 3p per mile tax on EVs, an analysis shows that EVs can still save their owners around £1,450 a year on average.

In bringing in a mileage-based charge for electric and plug-in hybrid car drivers from 2028, the Government will require all types of electric car drivers to be subject to Tan annual check, either via existing MOT tests, or for new cars through an annual check procedure which is expected to be carried out at MOT stations.