The Environment Consultant

A blog for those seeking insights, resources, and advice to build their career in environment and sustainability consultancy.

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Climate & Sustainability

  • China’s National Emissions Trading System

    China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, has taken a significant step toward climate action with the launch of its National Emissions Trading System (ETS). Officially operational since 2021, China’s…

  • EU’s Nature Restauration Law

    After years of negotiation and mounting ecological urgency, the European Union has adopted the Nature Restoration Law in August 2024, marking a historic step forward in Europe’s environmental policy landscape.…

  • Nature-based Solutions

    Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are actions that protect, restore, and sustainably manage ecosystems in ways that simultaneously address societal challenges and promote human well-being and biodiversity. They include a wide range…

  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, or a roadmap for net-zero

    Explore Bill Gates’s plan to reach net-zero emissions in How to Avoid a Climate Disaster — a practical, science-based roadmap for solving climate change.

  • The Limits to Growth, and the finite natural resources

    Explore how The Limits to Growth predicted resource depletion and ecological collapse, and why its message of sustainability remains crucial today.