Policy

Local climate action has improved, but pace of change means many authorities are set to miss high profile net zero targets for 2030

Belém Summit gets underway amid fresh warnings from the UN Secretary General that missing the 1.5C warming target established through the Paris Agreement would constitute a 'moral failure'

Rachel Reeves preparing 3p-per-mile EV charge to offset decline in fuel duty revenues, as industry warns proposals would slow adoption and prove 'self-defeating'

Major analysis details how world could correct the 'woeful political failure' that will see temperatures overshoot the 1.5C goal

Defra launches consultation on plans to slash emissions of hydrofluorocarbons by over 98 per cent by 2048

New analysis from Ember suggests global clean energy deployment has put target to triple renewable capacity by 2030 within reach

More than 200 governments, banks, businesses, and communities back 'paradigm shift' to better align public and private finance in support of funding pledges made in Baku

Report recommends raft of changes to address 'minimal explicit inclusion' of climate and sustainability in the national curriculum

Kemi Badenoch launches campaign 'to get Britain drilling again', as Labour slams 'same failed Tory energy policy that caused the worst cost of living crisis in a generation'

Defra advances £1bn plan for new national forests designed to boost carbon sequestration and improve access to nature for new homes