Policy

Group of eight governments, including the UK, France, and Germany, confirm fresh funding for biodiversity protection and restoration programmes

A failure to include community energy in the Great British Energy Bill could compromise the UK's climate progress, writes Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse

But plans to lift national cap on bus fares from £2 to £3 slammed by green groups for potentially encouraging more polluting cars on UK roads

Climate Change Committee argues UK's updated Paris Agreement climate plan should aim for an 81 cut in emissions, excluding aviation and shipping, against a 1990 baseline

Businesses call on government to accelerate decarbonisation efforts, as Climate Change Committee publishes guidance on UK's next UN climate target

China talks up its manufacturing plans, Ireland appoints a Just Transition Commission, and NatWest sets out European solar investment strategy

Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese confirm net zero pact and discuss free trade agreements between the two nations on the sidelines of this week's Commonwealth Summit

Vyas to succeed Emma Pinchbeck, who is set to leave Energy UK next month to to become chief executive at the Climate Change Committee

The White House is racing against the clock to distribute all clean energy funding before a new administration takes the reins

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week