Policy

To protect nature and livelihoods in a changing climate, consider both systems together and listen to local people, say local government leaders

Extreme heat is here to stay, which makes the continued absence of a UK National Cooling Action Plan difficult to justify, writes Clare Perry from the Environmental Investigation Agency

Plus France emissions projected to fall this year, Engie plots a major new biomethane plant, and Inter Milan's publishes its first sustainability plan

Ed Davey's speech to Energy UK's annual conference slams Conservative plans that threaten to make the UK even more reliant on expensive imported gas

Environment Agency to step up compliance checks on companies' water use, as large areas officially designated as being in sever drought

Energy UK, We Mean Business Coalition, and IIGCC pen joint letter to EU Council in response to proposed shake-up of the bloc's flagship Emissions Trading Scheme

Group of 10 trade unions argues approving major new fossil fuel project in wake of record-breaking summer would be anything but 'pragmatic'

Barclays forecasts inclusion of large infrastructure projects in Biodiversity Net Gain scheme will lead to increased competition for limited numbers of nature credits

Regulator publishes draft ruling on water industry's performance against leak and customer service targets

The extent to which AI harms the environment or turbocharges clean tech development will depend to a large extent on the policy framework in which it operates