Benedict McAleenan: No, Greta, we don’t need Absolute Zero. We need Net Zero – with its negative emissions.

A recent report launching a new coalition explains why we need new technologies that will deliver these at scale.

Sam Hall: How to help poorer people meet the costs of net zero

The first piece in a mini-series on ConHome this week on Net Zero and climate change.

Clive Moffatt: The Government should come clean – and explain that reaching the net zero target by 2050 may not be possible

It is about to embark on an ambitious plan for net zero carbon emissions when we can least afford it. There may be a more affordable option.

Sam Hall: Conservative lessons from Houchen and Street about how to respond to the Greens

By uniting behind Johnson’s plan, and replicating the approach of these two mayors, the the environment can become a winning issue for the party.

Chris Whiteside: Why Britain’s first new coal mine for decades should open in the ward I represent

The saga shows how vulnerable Britain’s planning system can be to high profile, articulate pressure groups.

“We have been terrific at pure research, and useless at translational research.” What our industrial strategy should aim to change.

The best way of thinking about it isn’t to fix one’s gaze on direct subsidies, but to look wider – at our failure to turn British ideas into British prosperity.

George Freeman: The industrial strategy reforms I led helped to deliver Britain’s vaccine success. Now for the next phase.

I’m delighted to have been asked to help set up the new Taskforce for Innovation and Growth through Regulatory Reform.

Jerome Mayhew: The carbon proposal that the Government should put at the heart of its plan for COP26

Very rarely do the stars align in favour of a truly inspiring act of leadership. They are doing so for Border Carbon Adjustment. It just needs a catchier name.

Does the UK really have the political will or state capacity to hit Johnson’s ‘ambitious’ Net Zero targets?

Talk of a new industrial revolution is all well and good, but the spirit that delivered the last one seems long gone.

Ed Birkett and Benedict McAleenan: Hydrogen holds huge potential for British industry – here’s how to achieve it

Not only is it a fuel of the future, but it can help the Government achieve its levelling up agenda.

Alex Game: Students are the key to environmental progress – and we need to lose the tribalism in our debates

Extinction Rebellion has polarised discussions on climate change. Organisations like the British Conservation Alliance aim to bring balance back.

Mark Jenkinson: The case for coal

Enhancing its domestic production can help “level up” Britain and reduce the carbon footprint from imports.

Sam Hall: Extinction Rebellion is completely wrong in its approach to climate change

We need a credible plan to reach net zero by 2050. A great prize is within our grasp, but XR is alienating the public.

Tony Lodge: Britain’s creaking, outdated energy system has been exposed by this crisis. It’s time for a greener future.

While the pandemic has been challenging for the National Grid, it also presents the perfect opportunity for change.

Andrea Leadsom: The legacy that I’ve left my successor at the Business Department

Our priorities were: tackling global climate change, solving Grand Challenges and making the UK the best place in the world to work and to grow a business.