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The final text may have fallen short, but staging COP30 in the Amazon provided powerful evidence of what is at stake as climate impacts intensify

Eight leading brands pledge to work towards eliminating the use of ancient and endangered forests in their paper packaging and fibre supply chains

Every B Corp will undergo audits by independent assurance providers from 1 February, standards setter confirms

Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action that is so desperately needed

Reports claim Ukraine war has generated 237 million tons of additional CO2 emissions, Jamaica raises alarm over climate-disaster funding shortfall, and EU and South Africa ink critical minerals deal

The end game at COP30 has is boiling down to a stand-off over whether to introduce a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels - and leading businesses want the plan for tackling fossil fuels to secure approval

For companies, transition planning is no longer a box-ticking exercise but a strategic imperative - the UK must catch up, writes Kevin Leung from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Research from ECIU and E3G urges government to address costly reliance on fossil fuels in upcoming Budget

Two new reports underscore how businesses can get a grip on deforestation risks in their supply chains, but too many remain blind to the forest loss they are fuelling

New report examining country's water usage warns 'significant and sustained' effort is needed from both water companies and consumers to meet legally binding targets