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Defra announces plans for eight new regional water councils to give mayors, communities, and businesses greater say on local investment in sewage infrastructure and flood resilience measures

UK financial regulator sets out pathway for bringing providers of company environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings for investors within its scope over the next two years

Global adaptation finance remains far short of the levels required to weather impacts from a rapidly warming world, UNEP warns

CPI's latest Net Zero Finance Tracker warns the share of assets held by institutions progressing towards climate targets has declined over the past year

New research claims 1,600 clean industrial projects are in development worldwide, with China and emerging economies outpacing the US and Europe for the first time

UK firms are the most confident in Europe about Britain’s sustainable finance credentials, but support is tested by challenging economic climate

Biomass energy giant unveils plans to build one of the UK’s largest data centres

Recent emissions trends 'particularly far' from alignment with Paris Agreement goals, new study warns

SMEs estimated to require huge increase in investment in energy efficiency, clean technologies, and climate adaptation measures to maintain competitiveness, but green loans remain hard to secure

Meant to pay countries for keeping forests standing, the fund has an interim charter, a board, a World Bank home… and insufficient funds