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2024 will likely see another record year of coal, oil and gas consumption, but renewables trends mean the global energy market is nearing a turning point, new analysis claims

Report by Aldersgate Group, RenewableUK and countryside charity CPRE urges government to make strong, positive case for major planning reforms to scale-up clean power

Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) warns government guidance over application of farming water rules 'may be unlawful'

Oil and gas giant reverses 2021 ruling in blow to climate campaigners, European Parliament delays landmark deforestation legislation by a year, and German city announces 2035 gas grid phase-out

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: COP29

Labour announces plan to formalise ban on new coal mines, following court ruling against controversial plans for new mine in Cumbria

Annual analysis of global climate action warns governments are 'failing to bend the curve' as the world edges ever closer to dangerous temperature thresholds

It was only a few years ago that the UK was aiming for an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050 - now the goal is an eminently achievable 81 per cent cut by 2035

Oxford University analysis details how climate disclosure rules are becoming increasingly widespread, but regulatory regimes are still struggling to trigger sufficient

John Podesta appears at UN Climate Summit in Azerbaijan following Donald Trump's US election victory last week